Engineering Technical Specialist

Avient Corporation
United States, North Carolina, Greenville
5750 Martin Luther King Junior Highway (Show on map)
Mar 16, 2025
About Us: Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough! Job Summary The Engineering Technical Specialist is responsible for the management of critical Management of Change (MOC)documentation and records. Oversees and coordinates the flow of documentation between archives, Avient Protective Materials Project Leads and external engineering resources. Provides oversight of all drawings and standards. The Specialist will be a subject matter expert with regards to AutoCad system, document control, IP/MOC, and SAP for the site.. Performs the oversite and administration of the IP and MOC committee meeting and decisions taken for the Greenville and Mesa sites. Performs complex administrative duties, while providing support to all change leaders on site in the field and office. Assignments generally involve work of a confidential nature and requires a thorough knowledge of engineering practices and procedures of the function, company products, policies and programs. The Engineering Technical Specialist will operate within the organizational structure to provide support engineering, maintenance and reliability groups for Avient Protective Materials in Greenville, Stanley and Mesa sites. The person in this role will interact with all staff and global colleagues. They will a high level understand of engineering concepts and terminology. They will have knowledge of drafting/engineering practices and methods. They will have knowledge and demonstrate use of US National CAD standards and provide direction to engineering staff on subject. Knowledge of AutoCad, SAP, Adobe Acrobat, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel required. Knowledge of Solidworks desirable.. They will have knowledge of plant and equipment specifications. They will have knowledge of construction techniques and job-site requirements. They will have knowledge of multiple engineering subjects to include mechanical, electrical, chemical and civil engineering. They will maintain documentation and conduct audits on these systems. This person will be recognized as the subject matter expert on Autocad, drawings and documents of record archives, other documentation, administrative policies and procedures and will interpret guidelines for others. Essential Functions Key Areas of Accountability / Responsibility All employees have the responsibility to: Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Materials requirements, rules and procedures Address any person behaving in a SHE and Security irresponsible way Report any SHE and Security incidents (including observed risks) to management Avient Protective Materials Values - Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Materials Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values. Aspires to demonstrate exemplary behavior with respect to the Avient Protective Materials values inside and outside Avient Protective Materials. Manufacturing Excellence - Avient Protective Materials wants to be 'best in class' in every respect, including manufacturing. To excel in manufacturing, we need to optimize how we do things. Everyone within the organization has at least one role within Manufacturing Excellence. Roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned to those involved in the different Manufacturing Excellence Work Processes. Ensure all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed. Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems, and procedures. Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a "need to know" only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys. Manage and oversee a Avient Protective Materials compliant document management system for archival of engineering documentation. Manage and oversee a Avient Protective Materials compliant document management system for archival of SHE and production records which will be maintained by others. Manage and oversee site Improve Plant and MOC processes and documentation. Facilitate Improve Plant and MOC committee meetings. Oversite of annual non-capex budget. Manage and oversee Temporary Change Management documentation and process. Subject matter expert for management/oversite of drawings, standards and software. Maintain filing system and retention policy for all Engineering documentation. Ensures Avient Protective Materials Engineering and production records are maintained properly and per the established records retention policy. Control and monitor distribution of confidential Engineering documents. Update equipment documentation for changes initiated via MOC including AutoCAD updates of existing plant drawings and mechanical catalog information. Assist Project Leads in field with redline drawings, sketches and measurements. Issue and maintain catalog, drawing, valve, and line/piping numbers to insure against duplication. Make prints and PDF files of drawings for use by others. Ex. P&IDs utilized for LOTOTO during production STOPs Verify completeness of all design packages received from LCP, SP or other MOC activities. Maintain supplies and insure working order of Engineering plotters, printers and other design tools. Provide direction to contract or intern resources working with drawings and documentation. Performs other duties as assigned. Authorities Enter updates to drawings, lists, mechanical catalogs and master archives. Temporary Change Management records Enter purchase requisitions into SAP. Direct influence of others with regards to accuracy and standards for archival information. Projects or Special Assignments Operational Excellence Roles SAP Roles (as required) Education and Experience BS degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Construction/Project Management with 1-4 years experience, AS degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Construction/Project Management plus 5 years' experience in multiple engineering fields such as mechanical, electrical, chemical and civil or High school graduate plus 10 years' experience in multiple engineering fields such as mechanical, electrical, chemical and civil. Ability to adjust and adapt to changing needs. Direct, coordinate, influence levels above management without specific authority. Ability to utilize automated systems for document control. Experience overseeing and managing critical documentation systems.. Proficient in database administration desired. Advanced capability with Microsoft Access and Excel High proficiency in CAD software desired. AutoCAD preferred. Knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications. Knowldege of SAP, Solidworks, and Microsoft Projects . Complexity of the Job The Engineering Technical Specialist will interact with all staff locally within Avient Protective Materials, globally within Avient Protective Materials, and Corporate APM. Oversight, decisions and actions will impact Avient Protective Materials with regards to official/master engineering drawings and documentation. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud. Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection. We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals. At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. 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