Manufacturing Maintenance Technician (2nd & 3rd shift)
Avient · Avon Lake, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Avient (chemicals) in Avon Lake, OH. Adjusts, repairs or replaces defective parts.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, Welding, SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Ohio: typical posted base $58k–$75k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 202 maintenance technician openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 211 other live reliability postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Typical $71k–$107k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 49%
- Team leadership 42%
- ✓ Welding 34%
- Root cause 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Avient in Avon Lake
4 other open roles at this site.
- Plant Manager · Production · Manager
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Quality Manager · Quality · Manager
- Operational Excellence Specialist - 2027 Leadership Development Program · Lean / CI · Manager
Full description from AvientAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Starting Rate: 23.00+ (experience considered)
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.
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.
Education
- ✓High School Diploma or GED Complete
- ✓Technical School Degree or equiv exp Complete
Experience
- ✓Manufacturing - Electrical 5 Years
- ✓Manufacturing - Maintenance 5 Years
- ✓Manufacturing - PLC Troubleshooting and Repair 5 Years
- ✓Manufacturing - Industrial Operations 5 Years
- ✓Cross Functional - Process Improvement 5 Years
- ✓Manufacturing - Mechanical 5 Years
- ✓Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques 5 Years
- ✓Personal Skills - Manual Dexterity Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Statistical Skills Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Research Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Self Motivated Intermediate
- ✓Software Skills - Microsoft Office Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management Intermediate
- ✓Software Skills - Internet Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Ability to Multitask Intermediate
- ✓Software Skills - SAP Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Organizational Skills Intermediate
- ✓Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills Intermediate
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 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.
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Schedule
2nd Shift; 1:30PM - 9:30PM; Monday - Friday
3rd Shift; 9:30PM-5:30AM; Sunday - Thursday
