Project Controls Engineer

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Project Controls Engineer for our First Quality Tissue Midwest, LLC manufacturing facility located in Defiance, OH. 

Primary responsibilities include:

• Core belief in site Safety
• Field Change Requests (FCR): Develop, track, analyze, forecast and process on-site field changes. Set up and run weekly Contractor meetings to review, negotiate and approve FCN’s. Ensure all back up information is supplied, checking against base scope for discrepancies. Summarize approved FCN’s per Contractor and forward to Procurement for formal Change Order issue.
• Invoice Review: Validate invoices received against approved base contract/FCR’s and site validate where necessary.
• Cost Reports: Assist with cost report preparation and provide input with contractor forecasting. Provide justification for monthly variances. Create and update Contract Summaries on a monthly basis.
• Earned Value Measurement: Create, maintain and report earned value progress measurement for Contracts.
• Cash Flow management: Update and track cash flow for both Capital and Expense. Noting and explaining variances.
• Schedule: Review and comment on both the Master Schedule and Contractor specific work schedules.
• Contract Close Out: Support close out of Contracts ensuring all supporting documentation is complete together with relevant back charges applied. Complete Contractor & Vendor close out forms. Lead Contractor evaluation review with project team.
• Assist with other duties as needed.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s in Electrical, Controls Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Deep domain in controls engineering. Paper experience is a plus.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience and proven track record of success.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and wide degree of creativity.
• Advanced knowledge of PLC based hardware and software.
• Leadership abilities; minimum 1 year supervisory experience.
• Computer skills including specific controls programming software, email, word processing, spreadsheet applications, and project management software.

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

...and more!