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Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift

Avient · Englewood, CO

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Industry
Chemicals
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at Avient (chemicals) in Englewood, CO. Adjusts, repairs or replaces defective parts.

They ask for
degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
Welding

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in Colorado: typical posted base $57k–$92k.

Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 44 maintenance technician openings in Colorado, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Colorado plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 49 other live reliability postings in Colorado.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $70k–$95k, from 7 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Not stated

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 48%
  • ✓ Welding 46%
  • PLC 30%
  • Root cause 26%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

At a glance

Lifts up to 55 lbs

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Completes projects with minimal guidance showing a proactive attitude to minimizing equipment down time and lost production capability.
  • ◆Troubleshoots mechanical devices in operation. Dismantles and examines devices to gain access to and remove defective parts. Adjusts, repairs or replaces defective parts.
  • ◆Sets up and operates shop machinery such as lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, welder. etc. Uses hand tools and pneumatic tools to modify or repair parts and equipment.
  • ◆Installs new or repairs/modifies hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
  • ◆Improves reliability and uptime of all equipment. Takes a proactive approach to equipment issues with a preventive maintenance mentality.
  • ◆Operates forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
  • ◆Researches supplies, parts and tools needed to complete work orders.
  • ◆Assists in identifying and maintaining an accurate inventory of parts.
  • ◆Contributes to upkeep and updating of required paperwork such as

records, maintenance logs, documents, manuals, drawings, PM logs, etc.

  • ◆Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
  • ◆Follows applicable Safety, Health and Environmental rules and guidelines while performing job duties.
  • ◆Maintains departmental housekeeping.
  • ◆Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use foot/feet to operate machine. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and frequently move more than 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance 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. Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and explosives. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.

Qualifications

  • ✓High School diploma, General Education Diploma (GED)
  • ✓Technical School degree or equivalent experience
  • ✓Work experience in an industrial operations environment preferred
  • ✓Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, or procedure manuals
  • ✓Must have mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Must have the ability to use conversions, work with different units such as weight, volume, density, distance, etc.
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The Maintenance Technician is responsible for completing maintenance assignments to build, repair and/or maintain all equipment in good operating condition as quickly and accurately as possible; while keeping associated costs to a minimum to help meet Plant goals. The Maintenance Technician is expected to be multi-skilled and able to contribute to plant maintenance activities in a variety of craft disciplines.

We know your time is valuable so please see below for our pay range and our biweekly shift schedule!

Pay Range: $29-$32.50/hour

Week 1: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:00pm-3:30am

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 3:00pm-3:30am and Thursday 3:00pm-11:30pm

Physical 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
  • •Ability to frequently communicate and understand work instructions and information in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where noise level is loud
  • •Must be able to detect and discern safety alarms and respond accordingly
  • •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

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!

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 su

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