Controls Technician - Warehouse

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 two Controls Technicians for our First Quality Tissue facility located in Anderson SC.  This position will be responsible for applying specialized skills in maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and adjusting Self-Guided Vehicle systems (SGV) to function on a daily basis. Responsible for maintaining controls components and systems for production and associated utility equipment to ensure high reliability and safe operation. Coordinates electrical Preventative Maintenance (PM) programs and makes complex changes in Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programs and Human Machine Interface (HMI) program.

The hours are Monday through Friday 6:30am - 2:30pm

Primary responsibilities include:

• Observe all safety rules and use the proper safety equipment at all times.

• Troubleshoot machine breakdowns and malfunctions utilizing working knowledge of programs and tools required to troubleshoot PLCs and HMIs including electrical schematics, meters, oscilloscopes, mechanical diagrams, flow charts, wiring diagrams, blueprints, etc.

• Troubleshoot, repair, replace, and calibrate all electrical sensing devices (photoelectric, inductive, capacitive, magnetic, temperature, weight, and position sensors) and all electrical control devices (DC drives, contactors, motors, breakers, solenoids power supplies, and indicator lights).

• Make complex program modifications in PLC logic and HMI programs to improve equipment performance.

• Make critical decisions to proactively avoid safety problems, quality, scrap, and downtime.

• Repair all machinery, equipment, and components as required.

• Conduct preventative maintenance checks and inspections of assigned equipment.

• Develop and execute equipment routes.

• Analyze readings and trend equipment data.

• Make recommendations for continuous improvement to the overall health of the equipment.

• Perform root cause failure analysis and determine cause of failure.

• Write work orders for pieces of equipment in need of repair.

• Operate all machinery and equipment so that repairs can be tested when complete.

• Operate hand and power tools so that all necessary repairs can be made in a timely fashion.

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.

• Share knowledge and techniques with team members and assist with training.

• Operate powered industrial trucks.

• Follow necessary Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and International Standards Organization (ISO) regulations/guidelines.

• Follow all Standard Operating Procedures and requests, same of teammates.

• Perform other duties as necessary when directed to do so.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechatronics, or related field required.

• Minimum of two years’ technical experience is preferred.

• Experience with operating/managing Self-Guided Vehicles preferred.

• Advanced knowledge of troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, and adjusting equipment.

• Advanced Preventative Maintenance Skills: lubricates, aligns, and adjusts.

• Standard knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics.

• Standard knowledge of product specifications, quality specifications, goals, efficiency, scrap, and production.

• Ability to use Personal Computer (PC) software for time management, correspondence, and reporting.

• Excellent multiple trade skills.

• Good communication skills.

• Good analytical skills.

• Ability to run the equipment.

• Ability to operate an overhead crane.

• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

Ability to:

Lift up to 35 pounds.

Stand for long periods of time &/or walk long distances.

Climb & balance.

Bend, stoop, stretch, crouch or crawl.

Operate forklifts in tight spaces and frequently get up and down off of the forklift.

Sitting and/or driving a vehicle for long periods of time.

Type and read small print on screen and blueprints/schematics.

The employee is required to sit inside the cab of several kinds of powered industrial vehicles such as forklifts, cranes, etc.

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!