Quality Technician
Avient · Norwalk, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Avient (chemicals) in Norwalk, OH.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $52k–$75k.
Median of the low and high ends of 31 live postings that list pay, out of 554 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 26 other live quality postings in Ohio.
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 59%
- Root cause 33%
✓ = 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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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Avient
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
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This plant: Avient in Norwalk
1 other open role at this site.
- Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift · Reliability · Technician
Full description from AvientAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Performs standard tests on assigned product line production batches and on some incoming raw materials as needed, ensuring the meeting of Avient and the customer’s specifications.
- ◆Acts as a technical resource to production addressing issues related to production batches.
- ◆Recommends to production and may develop adjustments to batches to meet specifications.
- ◆Records test results in SAP. Maintains reference files.
- ◆Completes and maintains all required paperwork, records, documents, etc.
- ◆Ensures all gauges and test equipment are verified.
- ◆May participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.
- ◆Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
- ◆Completes and sends documentation to customers (i.e. COA).
- ◆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 10 pounds and occasionally handle up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be required by this job 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. Work is inside and the typical noise level
fluctuates from moderate to loud. Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is Occasionally exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
Scope
Manufacturing Plant.
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED.
- ✓1-3 years of Lab Experience Preferred.
- ✓1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment conducting quality testing will be considered.
- ✓Color Matching experience is highly desired.
- ✓Experience working with plastics is highly desired.
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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This role starts at $24.00 per hour. We also consider experience when determining starting pay, and 2nd/3rd Shift comes with a $1.00 per hour SHIFT PREMIUM!
Hours
2nd shift: 1:00PM - 11:30PM (Monday through Thursday)
3rd shift: 7:00PM - 5:30AM (Monday night through Thursday night)
Position tests product batches and will make adjustments, as necessary, to ensure compliance with customer specifications and quality standards. Tests incoming raw materials and maintains Certificates of Analysis (COA) from suppliers.
