Location
Pune | India
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About Avient: Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with expected 2022 revenues of $4.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- 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 8,400 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
Why Avient At Avient, we strive for a culture of trust and engagement. Our associates are leading company initiatives such as Lead by Women, HYPE (Harnessing Young Professionals), Pride at Avient and Embrace to advance diversity in professional and personal development. We also provide our associates with robust development programs such as Avient Academy, Lean Six Sigma, and various leadership workshops to allow for career growth in a variety of ways. With workplace flexibility, health and wellness programs, casual dress days, and paid time off for community service, we are committed to building upon our positive momentum.
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 in hiring, promotion, development, compensation and advancement are based upon non-discriminatory factors such as, for example, qualifications, abilities, experience, and performance.
Job Title: Analytical Engineer
Job Location : Plot No. F-27, MIDC, Ranjangaon, Taluka- Shirur, Pune, India, 412220.
Job Summary This hands-on Analytical Engineer position will be responsible for carrying out analytical testing to support R&D at Avient. The individual should have basic understanding of general chemistry, analytical chemistry, and organic chemistry, and some hands-on experience with analytical techniques, including thermal or rheology analysis, spectroscopy, microscopy, chromatography, or wet chemistry. The individual should be able to handle common lab chemicals safely. Responsibilities include preparing samples, carrying out routine analytical procedures, analyzing data and preparing reports for internal customers, and some instrument maintenance/troubleshooting. Individual must be able to effectively communicate with internal customers and global lab team members, follow written SOPs, perform minor equipment repairs, and ensure compliance with standardized methods (ISO, ASTM, VDA, etc.).
Essential Functions - Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret data and provide compete/thorough presentations/reports.
- Experience with engineering polymers or plastics.
- Ability to pro-actively design methods to meet customer needs.
- Ability to identify potential sources of error in an experiment and implement controls to mitigate them.
- Strong understanding and commitment to safe lab practice and chemical handling.
- Ability to organize, keep detailed documentation/records, and achieve timely, accurate results.
- Ability to make minor repairs to lab equipment.
- Knowledge of polymeric materials and their properties.
- Hands-on experience with analytical chemistry techniques such as NMR, FTIR, GPC, TGA, DSC, DMA, TMA, SEM, microscopy, GC, LC, MS, IV.
- Ability to identify the appropriate analytical technique to troubleshoot when presented with a problem.
- Knowledge of polymer structure-processing-performance relationship.
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.
Qualifications Education and Experience: - BSc in Chemistry, Material Science, or related field (MSc Preferred) or related field with 3-5 years of experience
- Course work in material science and/or polymer science is preferred.
Additional Qualifications - Use of statistical software (StatEase, Minitab, SigmaPro or similar) for executing DOEs & Gage R&R studies.
- Strong competencies in using Microsoft Word for documentation and report writing.
- Strong competencies in use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Project for research needs.
Competencies - Excellent presentation and technical communication (written & oral) skills.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills required to develop detailed project timelines with key milestones and deliverables.
- The candidate must be collaborative and work effectively across cross-functional teams to drive projects from lab-to-commercial scale.
- The ideal candidate is an independent thinker and self-motivated to address technical challenges.
- Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.
Physical Demands - Requires standing and sitting for prolonged periods, talking and listening.
- Typical work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.
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