Manufacturing Engineer
Avient · Bethel, CT
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 19 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Avient (chemicals) in Bethel, CT. A successful Manufacturing Engineer applies fundamental knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and industry standards and practices to design, automate, modify, or develop facilities, testing, machines, equipment, or processes used to process or.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Connecticut: typical posted base $88k–$137k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 28 manufacturing engineer openings in Connecticut, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 27 other live manufacturing postings in Connecticut.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $88k–$137k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 54%
- Tooling 50%
- Root cause 46%
- Six Sigma 39%
- ✓ Cost reduction 25%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 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?
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What You'll Do
- ◆Work under the guidance of the Plant Manager to ensure the plant operates at peak performance
- ◆Develop, design, and communicate manufacturing processes
- ◆Monitor and revise processes to generate cost savings and improve product/process quality and efficiency
- ◆Participate in design reviews to improve product manufacturability
- ◆Own all activities related to developing new processes, including researching current and emerging technologies, evaluating process cost and 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
- ◆Coordinates new process installations and process changes
- ◆Other projects/duties as assigned
Physical 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.
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Color & Additives – US & Canada | Bethel, CT
At Avient, our people power our performance. As a Manufacturing Engineer , you will support the plant manufacturing and technical operations while maintaining a strong focus on continual process improvement and optimization. A successful Manufacturing Engineer applies fundamental knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and industry standards and practices to design, automate, modify, or develop facilities, testing, machines, equipment, or processes used to process or manufacture products.
Why Avient
- •Visible impact across multiple sites and businesses
- •Strong partnership with business and enterprise leadership
- •Opportunity to lead change
- •Growth-focused culture that values innovation, collaboration, and accountability
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What You Bring
- •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experince in a manufacturing environment
- •Ability to work on-site Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm with possible weekend coverage as needed by the business
- •Strong understanding of Safety best practices in a manufacturing environment
- •3+ years driving process improvement
- •3+ years in manufacturing leadership
- •The ability to stand for extended periods of time
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.