Process Engineer

First Quality was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking an experienced Process Engineer for our First Quality Products facility located in McElhattan, PA.

This position is responsible for providing technical leadership on assigned lines with similar technology. With Product Development, Production, Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Project Engineering, provides technical leadership and support to achieve required new products and product improvements; manufacturing cost and quality improvements; and manufacturing equipment utilization, reliability, speeds, scrap rates, and efficiency goals.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Observes all safety rules and uses the proper safety equipment at all times.
• Works closely with Production, Planning, QA, and Maintenance to meet daily production goals, priorities, coverage and special projects.
• Attends morning shift exchange meetings.
• Ensures material variances are within normal limits.
• Reviews spare parts usage monthly for trends and opportunities.
• Provides technical leadership for continuous improvement projects on his/her assigned lines for improvements in efficiency, scrap, speeds, quality, and safety.
• Leads and/or assists PD and QA on new product/process improvement and material trials on his/ her assigned production lines while minimizing production impacts.
• Maintains, audits, and updates as needed “Good Run” documentation, ensuring process conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.
• Ensures critical process parameters are monitored and followed.
• Reviews product specifications and BOM’s for accuracy.
• May lead the process definition on new production lines and major equipment and the start up, ensuring all process “Good Run” conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.

Education and experience requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Prefers knowledge and experience in high speed paper converting or web based film/paper/non-woven fabric manufacturing operations involving high speed web handling; glue, ultrasonic, or mechanical bonding; embossing; die cutting; fiber handling; dust control; servo drives and PLC controls.
• Has strong computer proficiency with MS Office, statistics, and design of experiments software. Has exposure to production results reporting systems, SCADA software, and Manufacturing Execution Systems.

Excellent compensation and benefit package!

For immediate and confidential consideration, please visit our website at www.firstquality.com!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.