ABOUT AVIENT:

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

Examples include:

• Dyneema, the world's strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
• Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work. For more information, visit .

WHY AVIENT:

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well as positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of 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.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.

General Summary:

The Technology Intern will work in the business unit or corporate technology group. The Technology Intern will complete specific assigned projects in support of existing sustainable liquid dispersion color and additive products and new product development. The successful candidate will be able to perform, coordinate, and manage experimental methods and protocols in an accurate and reproducible manner, analyze data and instrumental outputs, and write clear concise reports and assist in presentation of data to internal customers. The successful candidate will also provide technical support to manufacturing operations, quality, and sales where appropriate to help drive profitable growth and mitigate risk.

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

Product development and testing.

Technical support and service.

Provide ongoing technical service to internal customers - sales, environmental health and safety, quality, purchasing, and manufacturing.

Support raw material evaluation and selection.

Develops a working knowledge of available analytical and physical testing equipment.

Scope:

This position will support a specific department or business unit.