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
Responsible for developing new products for the composite market and/or the company's other key growth areas. Responsible for conducting industry and product trend studies, reporting findings to technology and business managers, and working with R&D group to define and successfully create new products.
Essential Functions
* Lead and manage the product development process from concept to commercialization.
* Collaborate cross-functional teams including R&D, marketing, and manufacturing to ensure successful product launches.
* Key part of a team that develops chemistry formulations for various applications.
* Ensure all activities are in line with Safety & Health principles. Pro-actively support safe working environment and assess all potential hazards.
* Demonstrated strong technical writing skills, complies project reports results and communicates and presents recommendations.
* Develops with guidance, products adhering to customer specifications, quality, and operational goals and standards.
* Actively participates in materials formulations and testing to facilitate lab feasibility to scale up to production, Lead and participate in manufacturing trials.
* Contributes to product platform development through application of statistical experimental design, product testing, and data analysis.
* Understanding of both inorganic and organic chemistry; Chemistry lab experience required
* Supports marketing and sales through development of product and application data.
* Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
* A bachelor's degree in chemistry, or a closely related field is required. A Master's of PhD. degree is preferred.
* Experience and knowledge with polymer chemistry and composite materials.
* Experience with both inorganic and organic chemistry preferred.
* Chemistry lab experience and chemical handling is required.
* 5-10 years of relevant technical experiences is required.
Additional Qualifications
* Must demonstrate self-motivation and the ability to work independently.
* Must have excellent research, technical writing, and analytical skills.
* Must be able to drive engagement and work across multiple functions within the organization.
* Must be able to demonstrate situational adaptability and resiliency in obtaining results.
* Must be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Ability to use Microsoft Office Products.
Physical Demands
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
* Must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally handle up to 50 pounds.
* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
* Requires use of safety equipment as dictated by work area.
* Work is inside and typical noise level fluctuates from moderate to loud.
* Repetitively exposed to moving mechanical parts or airborne particles.
* Occasionally exposed to vibration. May occasionally perform tasks involving toxic or caustic chemicals, and operate instruments that pose a risk of electrical shock.
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 Corporation
Apr 29, 2025