ADTS (Engin/Chem/Spec)
Job Summary
The ADTS will work with other members of the application development team to innovate and/or modify products including liquid/solid additive and all bioplastic masterbatch to enhance the product performance, improve quality and processing/ cost competitiveness in order to meet the customer requirement and company direction.
Essential Functions
- Initiate and develop new products for white/additive and bioplastic in solid/ liquid masterbatches to meet customer requirement.
- Customer engagement includes customer visits, training, meeting for new project/ opportunities with sale/ TSE to ensure we get the right information for development further and be able to enhance the business opportunities to the company.
- Collaborate with PM Additive for new product development (NPD) in technical aspects e.g., formulate, testing, trial, technical information to ensure NPD launch in time.
- Provide "Technical product information (TPI) "as well as other technical information, documents to commercial team and customer.
- Conduct any Technical Application Request (TAR) that related to new project/ product development to meet customer / project on time.
- Collaborate with supplier for getting new competitive with good quality of raw material, equipment, and technology to apply with our field.
- Evaluate new raw material to ensure the product performance and competitiveness or can be our innovation products.
- Collaborate to other regions for product and technology transfer
- Provide technical training internally and externally for new products and existing products.
- Production, QC/QA and SCM team support
- To assist in troubleshooting of any operational problem that occur in production and suggest the solution.
- To assist and give suggestion in customer complaint to find possible root cause and make preventive action
- To co-operate with sourcing team on finding alternative raw materials to produce product with good quality and deliver on time
- To give some guidance for processing and critical control points for QC and production for smooth lab transfer to production
- To participate the ISO/5S/Safety program including documents, workshop, and audit
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Polymer Science, Chemical Engineer, Polymer Engineer, or Polymer Technology.
- At least 3-5 years working experience in related field with supervision skill.
Addtional Qualifications
- Self-learning and creative thinking, flexible and can work or handle multi tasks effectively
- Good attitude to be able to cooperate with other departments positively.
- Good communication skills internal and external.
- Be able to provide feedback, follow up and ensure the task is done effectively
- Be able to lead and supervise team to contribute result to hit company targets
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
- Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
- Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of 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 Corporation is a drug free workplace. 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.