EMEA Engineering Development Program Associate in Liverpool

Location: Knowsley, UK

As part of our European 24-month program, you will have the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of exposure and experience across our key Business Units. In addition, you will continue to grow and develop your career through on-job and formal training, coaching and mentoring. At the end of the program, you will be placed in a leading operations role that suits your strengths as you kick start your career with Avient.

Besides the on-job and formal training, we offer you a long-term career path into a performing and rewarding workplace, teambuilding and network activities and a culture of values focused on Collaboration, Innovation and Excellence.

You will navigate into our rotational assignments in:

• Engineering: You will join a small, experienced engineering team supporting the development and lifecycle of OEM equipment used by Avient customers worldwide. The role focuses on liquid additive metering and delivery system for the global plastics industry. You will gain hands-on experience in the design development, validation and global launch of new equipment solutions, while also supporting existing products. This includes working closely with external manufacturing partners, liaising with internal stakeholders and customers, and assisting with customer-raised issues, design updates, and end-of-life product considerations.
• Other key functions: During the program you will gain broad exposure across key parts of the business. This may include a short placement within Production which will be focused on liquid packaging in use. You will also get to know the Technology Centre and develop an understanding of the team’s technical capabilities, laboratory and testing facilities. Further rotation with the Technical Service Team will allow you to support key internal customer relationships, visit end-customer sites, and see equipment products operating in real application environments.
• Operations abroad: The program will include visits to manufacturing sites and to customers abroad. It provides valuable hands-on experience with different processes, technologies and ways of working while encouraging cultural and cross-functional understanding. The insights and best practices gained can then be transferred back enabling participants in the program to add value in their future roles.

Selection process: Initial phone screens will take place between 1st April – 30th April 2026. Recruitment Events take place between 18th May – 1st July 2026.

Program start and end: The Program will end in 2028 in Knowsley, UK.

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualified – preferably with some relevant industrial experience.
• Desire to learn and make a difference in the Polymer/Chemical Industry.
• Interested in demonstrating and further developing a broad set of engineering capabilities.
• Good spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Languages: English fluent and preferably another language.
• EU Category B Driving License.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of material 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.