Process 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 Process Engineer for First Quality Tissue located in Lock Haven, PA. 

Job Function:

The Process Engineer in Converting is responsible for projects and daily work centered around correcting safety issues, supporting operations, downtime reduction, waste reduction, operator training, new product trials and setup, raw material trials, and process centerlining with the goal of improving department efficiencies and lowering operating costs while ensuring compliance with quality systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for improving efficiencies of all equipment in converting process.
• Works in conjunction with Quality department to ensure finished product satisfies all finished product quality standards.
• Develops and implements plans and programs to reduce downtime and waste and improve converting line efficiencies.
• Promotes growth of converting operations personnel to improve understanding of process.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and troubleshoot process problems.
• Works with manufacturing to develop raw material standards for parent rolls.
• Develops and leads comprehensive teams for continuous improvement projects.
• Interacts with representatives from Purchasing, Maintenance, Planning, Quality, Safety, Project Engineering, and Production personnel.
• Proposes, installs, and commissions new equipment.
• Completes setup information and lead the launch of new products.
• Observes all safety rules and uses proper PPE at all times.
• Performs other duties as necessary and when directed to do so.

Experience/Education Required:

• Minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Preferred Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Ability to prioritize projects and workloads utilizing time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team.
• Fundamental knowledge of basic rolled products converting equipment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Analytical thought process.

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 (year's 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!