ADTS Engineer

Avient Corporation (Chon Buri, Thailand)

Chonburi, Thailand

The world is changing in amazing and dynamic ways, demanding a new generation of specialized and sustainable material solutions that deliver on the promise of innovation and help to protect the planet. That's where Avient comes in. We’re born of the collective power of both well-established technologies and continually emerging innovation. Joining these qualities together accelerates our evolution into a specialty formulator of sustainable solutions and a Great Place to Work®. We are more than the sum of our parts. Together we transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

About this position

The ADTS will work with other members of the application development team to innovate and/or modify products including liquid/solid additive and all bioplastic masterbatch to enhance the product performance, improve quality and processing/ cost competitiveness in order to meet the customer requirement and company direction.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and develop new products for white/additive and bioplastic in solid/ liquid masterbatches to meet customer requirement.
• Customer engagement includes customer visits, training, meeting for new project/ opportunities with sale/ TSE to ensure we get the right information for development further and be able to enhance the business opportunities to the company.
• Collaborate with PM Additive for new product development (NPD) in technical aspects e.g., formulate, testing, trial, technical information to ensure NPD launch in time.
• Provide "Technical product information (TPI) "as well as other technical information, documents to commercial team and customer.
• Conduct any Technical Application Request (TAR) that related to new project/ product development to meet customer / project on time.
• Collaborate with supplier for getting new competitive with good quality of raw material, equipment, and technology to apply with our field.
• Evaluate new raw material to ensure the product performance and competitiveness or can be our innovation products.
• Collaborate to other regions for product and technology transfer.
• Provide technical training internally and externally for new products and existing products.
• To assist in troubleshooting of any operational problem that occur in production and suggest the solution.
• To assist and give suggestion in customer complaint to find possible root cause and make preventive action.
• To co-operate with sourcing team on finding alternative raw materials to produce product with good quality and deliver on time.
• To give some guidance for processing and critical control points for QC and production for smooth lab transfer to production.
• To participate the ISO/5S/Safety program including documents, workshop, and audit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Polymer Science, Chemical Engineer, Polymer Engineer, or Polymer Technology.
• At least 3-5 years working experience in related field with supervision skill.
• Self-learning and creative thinking, flexible and can work or handle multi tasks effectively.
• Good attitude to be able to cooperate with other departments positively.
• Good communication skills internal and external.
• Be able to provide feedback, follow up and ensure the task is done effectively.
• Be able to lead and supervise team to contribute result to hit company targets.