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Production Senior - ALL Shifts

Avient Corporation

Norwalk, OHJob$24–30/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$24–30/hr
Location
Norwalk, OH
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Production Senior sets up and operates machinery to blend or extrude dry and liquid chemicals into customer products, meeting quality, cost, specification, and delivery requirements. The role includes monitoring equipment, troubleshooting processing issues, documenting production, and supporting employee training. Shifts are available from first through third shift, with Monday-or-Sunday-through-Thursday schedules and possible Friday overtime. Starting pay is listed as $24.00–$30.00+ based on experience, plus shift differential.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

BlendingExtrusionMachine SetupEquipment TroubleshootingSAPTeamworkLeadershipLifting 55 Pounds

Full 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: Starting @ $24.00 - $30.00+ (Based on experience + Shift Differential!) Hours: 1st Shift / 7:00AM - 5:30PM, 2nd Shift / 1:00PM - 11:30PM, 3rd Shift / 7:00PM - 5:30AM Days: Monday (or Sunday) through Thursday - Overtime on Friday possible Position is responsible for set up and operation of machinery to combine dry and/or liquid chemicals into customer products. Ensures the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost and meets customer specifications and delivery requirements in accordance with Avient policies and procedures. Essential Duties & Responsibilities - Demonstrates and meets qualifications on all Blending or Extrusion operational areas. - Demonstrates leadership and team work in all phases of the operation. - Sets up and starts all machines, checking all controls for adherence to mixing/blending or extruding procedures. - Weighs ingredient to meet recipe specification and inserts into machinery; or ensures the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area and inserts pre-blended materials into machinery. - Monitors production and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. Troubleshoots equipment and processing issues. - Operates machinery to mix or extrude the ingredients according to operating procedures. - Examines materials visually or with hands in order to ensure conformance to established standards. - May take samples to quality control for testing. Follows lab instruction as to adding raw materials to the batch to bring it into specifications. Labels finished product. - Refers issues/problems to lead/supervisor for disposition. - Performs all required machine cleaning. - Completes and maintains all required SAP transactions. Demonstrates expertise in the use of SAP. - Documents work completed. Accurately completes and updates required paperwork such as production logs, data reports, procedures, etc. - Participates in training new employees and re-training present departmental employees in processes and methods as required. - Completes all necessary documentation at the end of shift. - Maintains departmental housekeeping standards. - Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company. - Follows applicable ISO, EH&S rules and guidelines while performing any procedure. - Other duties as assigned. Physical/Environ. Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas. Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipmentis dictated by the plant safety guidelines. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,066 open Machine Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$24–30/hr
  • Ohio median$23–26/hr104 hourly ranges
  • US median$21–24/hr603 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $27/hr, is 16% above the Ohio median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Machine Operator hourly ranges in Ohio.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 143 open Machine Operator jobs in Ohio and 1,066 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
Machine Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (355 postings).
Education
2 of the 1,066 open Machine Operator jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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