Fiber Process Specialist

The Process Specialist is responsible for safely diagnosing and remedying safety, quality, production, and equipment problems as expeditiously as possible without compromising safety or quality. Must interact with other Greenville Avient Protective Materials associate's in production, maintenance, technical services and safety areas.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Ensures that all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed by monitoring and providing at four (4) safety observations per month. Monitors safety and quality reports and take immediate action, as a daily first priority, to correct any safety and quality situations to ensure compliance with established parameters. Plans the detailed lockout and tag-out program for each major maintenance STOP and ensures that this is done properly.
• Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of:  employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.
• Troubleshoots using various tools and PC based programs.      Must use the Microsoft Excel program to provide information regarding such.  Write reports on findings.  Uses this information to drive the process back to stability and to make improvements.  Predict potential problems as a result of using these tools.  Participates and/or leads RCAs as needed.      Analyzes data from all production ovens (i.e. yarn break)
• Monitors optimal performance of production lines as well as utilities, and other items pertinent to ensuring a safe, stable, quality process that meets our monthly production targets.  Take immediate action, as a daily first priority, to correct the situation and bring the process back in line with established parameters.  This is done in conjunction with other departments such as Engineering, Maintenance and Production personnel to make repairs, recipe changes, procedural updates, and by issuing temporary change controls.
• Review quality and performance data daily to determine where immediate efforts are needed.  Understands, at an advanced level, the cause-and-effect relationship between process parameters and raw materials.  Uses this to help Plant Services refine recipes.
• Proficient in the operation of all production and monitoring equipment and systems.
• Coordinates and helps determine best practices across all shifts, ensures documents are updated and appropriate training executed.  Appraise supervision and Line
• Specialist of new developments, results from troubleshooting efforts, best practices, and repairs.
• Interacts and work closely with Process Engineer and supervision to determine best practices, updates procedures, and conducts training for Technicians and ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures are consistent across shifts.
• Identifies potential production problems, investigate; recommend solutions to correct them and report variances as required.
• Maintains rapport with other departments such as Engineering, Maintenance and Production personnel to make repairs, recipe changes, and procedural updates, issuing temporary change controls and participating in RCA’s.
• Facilitates teamwork and resources for the team to fulfill production demands as well as encourage team members to understand corporate and departmental goals/objectives and needs by disseminating needed divisional, unit and corporate information to employees on a timely basis.
• May be required to plans the use of raw and intermediate materials for optimum quality and output.  Reviews and updates schedules for production lines, including planning resources for production demands.  Authors and approves SOP’s. Assist supervisor with evaluating training needs and assist in conducting formalized training for technicians. 
• May be required to issue work notifications and coordinate repairs and PMs with maintenance for more complicated issues.  Monitors whereabouts of visitors and location(s) of maintenance work.
• Assists Engineering with trails.  Makes minor recipe adjustments as needed. 
• Monitors and oversees the winder program for optimal performance.  This will include developing and optimizing winder packaging using equipment specific software. Train technicians and mechanics as needed.
• Help determine routine maintenance intervals, PM’s, proper preventive and corrective techniques, determine spare parts, FMEA’s.
• It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace.
• Comply with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
• Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste by reviewing DYNPRO SHE DYN 653 and general awareness presentation.  Specific job holders will complete more detailed training as well.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Authorities

• Within the boundaries of our current procedures and recipes.
• Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities

Projects or Special Assignments

• Operational Excellence Roles 
• SAP Roles (as required)

• 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. 

• May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds. 

• Specific vision abilities may require 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. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas. 
• Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions. 
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. 
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.