General Summary:
This is an onsite position intended to support the Avon Lake Engineered Materials Plant. The focus of this role is to coordinate activities related to the site safety program. This is an hourly position and reports to the site's EHS Manager.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead Residual Risk Reduction (R3) activities to include hosting assessment meetings and following through on action items stemming from them.
* Collect site safety observations and manage appropriate reports and dashboards.
* Participate on the site Safety Committee and drive action as a result of meetings.
* Participate in incident investigations and execute relevant action items.
* Assist site EHS Manager in ensuring adherence to corporate and other regulatory requirements.
* Execute relevant inspections to ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory standards.
* Assist in training development and delivery site wide.
* Share daily safety messages and various alerts and serious incident reports.
* Assist EHS Manager in the procurement of safety supplies and equipment to include PPE, tools, signage, etc.
* Manage the site EHS training program to ensure completion of annual training by all associates.
* Other duties assigned by site EHS Manager.
Physical/Environ. Demands
Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking and listening. Must be able to walk and use hands. Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs. May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds. Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud. Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection.
Exposure to outside weather conditions is routine. May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity. May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes.
Scope
Manufacturing Plant - 554 Moore Road, Avon Lake OH.
Education and Experience
- High School Graduate
- Career Technical Education or Associates Degree Completed Preferred
- Bachelors-Engineering or Equivalent Experience
- EH&S - Environmental, Health and Safety 1-3 years
- Cross Functional - Chemical Industry
- EH&S - Safety Improvement
- Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry
- EH&S - Safety Standards
- Manufacturing - Safety Procedures 1-3 Years
- Manufacturing - Manufacturing Operations 3 Years
Physical Demands
- Typically work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.
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.
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Avient Corporation
Feb 27, 2025