Manufacturing Process Engineer
Avient · Montrose, CO
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Avient (chemicals) in Montrose, CO.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Colorado: typical posted base $97k–$126k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 13 process engineer 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 12 other live process postings in Colorado.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$126k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 54%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 46%
- Lean 46%
- New product launch 38%
- Tooling 38%
- Six Sigma 31%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Process team at Avient
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Avient in Montrose
1 other open role at this site.
- Production Supervisor: 2nd Shift · Production · Supervisor
Full description from AvientAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Develops, designs, and communicates manufacturing processes.
- ◆Monitors and revises processes to help generate cost savings and improve the quality and efficiency of product/process.
- ◆Participates in design reviews to improve the ability to manufacture products.
- ◆Responsible for the activities related to the development of new processes including researching current and emerging technologies, evaluating process cost, quality, and performing process characterization and optimization studies using designed experiments, problem-solving and decision making tools.
- ◆Identifies and solves issues or problems with equipment/process. Troubleshoots possible causes and coordinates the activities of maintenance, production and other available resources to implement cost effective solutions.
- ◆Provides coordination of new process installation and process changes.
- ◆Other projects/duties as assigned.
Physical/Environ. Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.
Scope
Reporting to Plant Manager
Manufacturing Plant: Montrose, CO
B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial) required
At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing engineering role
At least 3 years in process improvement
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 position supports Plant Manufacturing and Technical Operations while maintaining a strong focus on continual Process Improvement and Optimization. Applies fundamental knowledge of basic principles, theories and concepts of industry standards and practices to design, automate, modify, or develop facilities, testing, machines, equipment or processes used in processing or manufacturing products.
