Production Supervisor: 2nd shift
Avient · Englewood, CO
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Avient (chemicals) in Englewood, CO.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- SAP
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Colorado: typical posted base $78k–$114k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 23 production supervisor 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 21 other live production postings in Colorado.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $84k–$114k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 86%
- ✓ SAP 27%
- Lean 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Avient in Englewood
1 other open role at this site.
- Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift · Reliability · Technician
Production Supervisor: 2nd shift at Avient in other locations
This opening uses the same posting as the one in Montrose, CO. Avient lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
Full description from AvientAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Safely insures all phases of manufacturing are being performed efficiently and effectively.
- ◆Identifies and solves any issues or problems with equipment or personnel.
- ◆Recommends and drives formula improvements, equipment and engineering revisions.
- ◆Maintains open lines of communication with Supply Chain Planning, Quality/Lab, Maintenance and Warehouse support groups to ensure production schedules are met.
- ◆Coordinates publishing of process condition set up sheets; updating these conditions and maintaining the process conditions database.
- ◆Produces all shop floor paperwork as required for process order production.
- ◆Coordinates and administers all aspects of training for new hires as well as long term associates.
- ◆Complies with and enforces all company policies and procedures.
- ◆Ensures consistent and maximum throughout while maintaining acceptable quality control.
- ◆Ensures efficient use of staffing by effective planning of vacation schedules and arranging the required coverage when necessary.
- ◆Ensures that product loss and scrap production are kept to a minimum.
- ◆Administers performance appraisals of production associates. Establishes, communicates and provides timely feedback to assigned workforce on objectives, goals and expectations.
- ◆Ensures complete and accurate information is entered into SAP in a timely manner.
- ◆Ensures production supply inventories are maintained and notifies the appropriate purchasing associates when items need to be restocked.
- ◆Reviews and corrects information in E-Time for time-keeping of production associates’ hours.
- ◆Ensures that attendance issues are reported and handled in accordance with the attendance policy.
- ◆Coordinates with other Production Supervisors to provide seamless shift turnover and appropriate staffing.
- ◆Ensures plant production area housekeeping is maintained in “Tour Ready” conditions at all times in accordance with housekeeping guidelines.
- ◆Other projects/duties as assigned.
Physical/Environ. Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The associate is frequently required to walk. The associate is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The associate is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may be required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the associate 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
Manufacturing Plant.
Other
Typically reports to Plant Manager
Education
High Scholl Diploma or GED
Cross Functional- Leadership Experience 5 years
Cross Functional- Managing Direct Reports 5 years
Cross Functional- Manufacturing Industry 5 years
Manufacturing- Safety Procedures 5 years
Manufacturing- Manufacturing Operations
Software Skills - Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel
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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Position encompasses the staffing, supervision, direction, training and evaluation of an assigned production team. Directs and controls multiple production operations.
