Production Associate-1st Shift

Avient

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

McHenry, Illinois

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Production Associate is responsible for performing weigh-up and packaging duties within the production department. They must ensure high-quality product output while meeting customer specifications and delivery requirements.

Qualifications

Avient is looking for a dependable and reliable Production Associate to perform weigh-up or packaging duties within the production department. This is an entry-level position that requires being a team player, eager to learn, and open to working overtime as needed. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Job Description

Are you looking for a stable job with great benefits and pay? Consider becoming part of the Avient team!
 We know your time is valuable and you have a lot of job ads to review. Let us break down the important details!
 Pay: $17.16-$25.67
 Hours: 6:45am-3:15pm
 Days: Monday-Friday 
 What is the job: In this entry-level manufacturing position as a Production Associate with Avient you will be responsible for performing weigh-up or packaging duties within the production department. Ensuring the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost and meeting customer specifications and delivery requirements in accordance with Avient policies and procedures.
 At Avient, we're a global team creating materials that make a real difference in people's lives. From the world's strongest fiber used in personal protective equipment to recycling innovations and eco-friendly transportation solutions, our work spans a vast array of applications that help build a better future, all while giving back to the communities where we live and work.
 What you can expect from us:
 • Competitive compensation including a bi-annual bonus plan• Medical benefits that begin day 1 - no waiting period• Paid time off: Two weeks of vacation pro-rated based on start date, in addition to sick time, paid holidays, floating holidays, community service/volunteer days• 401K with company match – 100% vested• High regard for safety. Avient is 3x safer than the industry average!
 What we expect from you:
 • Dependable & reliable• Openness to work overtime as needed• Team player who is eager to share their knowledge with others and learn from other team members• Apply now or continue reading for more details!

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!

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. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.

Avient

The world is changing in remarkable ways, creating both challenges and opportunities. At Avient, our purpose is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. We harness the collective strength of 9,000 employees worldwide to collaborate and build on each other’s ideas. In doing so, we innovate solutions that help our customers overcome their challenges or capitalize on opportunities provided by the fast-changing world and secular trends. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, we help create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable. Visit our website to learn more.
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