Purpose and role of job:

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.

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.