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First Quality

<div><div>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.</div><div>
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&rsquo;ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better&reg;.</div><div></div><div>
We are seeking a Maintenance Planner for our First Quality Home Care Products, LLC faciality located in Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be responsible for improving work force productivity and work quality by eliminating in advance potential delays and obstacles through proper planning and coordination of parts, machine time and labor.</div><div>
The Planner/Scheduler is responsible for the planning and scheduling of all maintenance work performed in the area to which assigned. Acts as liaison and coordination between the operations and maintenance organizations; maintains appropriate records and files to permit meaningful analysis and reporting of results or work done.</div><div>
Primary responsibilities include:</div><ul><li>
Principal contact between the Maintenance department and the plant</li><li>
Receives all work orders from requesting departments, excepting emergency work</li><li>
Reviews and screens each work order for completion. Discusses the details with the requestor as appropriate</li><li>
Assures the work requested is needed and resolves appropriately</li><li>
Examines jobs to be done and determines best way to accomplish the work. Consults with requester, Maintenance Supervisor, Engineering or functional crews when necessary</li><li>
Obtains blueprints, drawings, instructional manuals and special procedures, as needed. Makes any additional sketches, diagrams, etc., necessary to clarify the intent of the work order.</li><li>
Identifies and obtains determinable materials and critical items, entering material needs on the work order</li><li>
Ensures safety needs are given a top priority in work planning</li><li>
Estimates jobs with sequence of steps, the number of tradespersons and required labor hours for each step</li><li>
Estimates cost of each work order in terms of direct labor, materials required and total cost.</li><li>
Maintains backlog files of work orders waiting planning and/or scheduling in accordance with their priority limits with an estimated completion date</li><li>
Verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for job execution prior to scheduling</li><li>
Knowledge of each department&rsquo;s PM workload</li><li>
Reviews the schedule and labor availability forecasts daily</li><li>
Develops a maintenance work schedule for the maintenance area supervisor</li><li>
Attends meetings with the Operations Planning department and participates in the overall plant scheduling of the following week&rsquo;s work, and negotiates for downtime &ldquo;windows&rdquo; during which maintenance can be performed</li><li>
Finalizes schedules, ensuring that the work scheduled balances labor hours available so that a full day&rsquo;s work is provided each person. Establishes and maintains effective communications and partnerships with suppliers</li><li>
Other duties as requested
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Mechanical/electrical background necessary and technical school background or Industrial Engineering degree desired</li><li>
10+ years of industrial maintenance experience required.</li><li>
Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems, such as MP2, SAP, or EAM preferred.</li><li>
Adequate trade knowledge to estimate labor hours, materials and visualize job execution</li><li>
Good oral/written communication skills</li><li>
Good administrative and mathematical skills</li><li>
Working knowledge of computers in a reasonable training period</li><li>
Good planning, organizational and multi-tasking skills</li><li>
Ability to understand what constitutes good instructions</li><li>
Able to read blueprints and shop drawings</li><li>
Sketching ability</li><li>
Understanding of the proper use of work orders, priorities, scheduling, etc.</li><li>
Orientation and commitment to customer service</li><li>
Ability to communicate/teach reliability best practices, condition monitoring, precision methods</li></ul><div>
What We Offer You</div><div>
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:</div><ul><li>
Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities</li><li>
Paid time off (three-week minimum)</li><li>
Medical, dental and vision starting day one</li><li>
401(k) with employer match</li><li>
Paid parental leave</li><li>
Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)</li><li>
Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)</li><li>
Tuition assistance</li><li>
Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums</li><li>
...and more!</li></ul><div></div><div><i>
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.</i></div><div><i>
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.</i></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><i>
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.</i></div><div></div><div><i>
First Quality is an Equal </i><i>Opportunity</i><i> 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.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Maintenance Planner

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  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.
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  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&rsquo;ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better&reg;.
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   We are seeking an experienced Director of Process Engineering (Northeast) for our First Quality facilities located in McElhattan, PA and Lewistown, PA.
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   This position will be responsible for leading and implementing process engineering system management, principles, and best practices at all AbHy sites. These efforts include driving changes to align with all cross functional departments to Process Engineering best practices and implement productivity improvement efforts that ensure we are the highest quality, lowest cost producer in the market. In addition, will provide systems, methods, and trainings to ensure team members have the appropriate information, knowledge, and skills to deliver best in class safety, quality principles, machine equipment, cost and system reliability to the marketplace.
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   Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:
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   Works closely with the cross functional Operations, Planning, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering leaders to drive divisional alignment and projects for the Northeast sites of the AbHy division.
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   Drives efficiency improvement and scrap reduction efforts through the application of continuous improvement tools consistently across all plants.
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   Provides roadmap and training for the effective implementation of reliability, center lining, pinning, and run to target processes using all available systems and resources across all plants.
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   Sets standards for engineering systems and practices and drives these across the AbHy divisions of the company.
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   Drives and owns productivity projects and involves plant personnel to achieve targets across all departments consistently across all plants.
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   Provides specific expertise, training, and guidance on software, data analytics, SPC, and best practices using industry standard tools and processes.
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   Builds a team to provide excellence in service and management of system and process reliability across the division.
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   Plays a key role in partnering with cross functional teams to ensure raw materials and processes are meeting specifications and design parameters consistently at all sites.
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   Ability to operate as an individual contributor and leader as needed based on business dynamics and facilitation needs.
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   Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
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   Develops proposals, budgets, CERs, and purchase recommendations as needed.
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   Develops, implements, and facilitates training programs in engineering practices.
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   Develops engineering improvement objectives and content to meet the needs of the team members.
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   Facilitates and performs process engineering workshops.
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   Additional duties as required.
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   Qualifications/ education and experience requirements:
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   Bachelor's degree in Engineering
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   Minimum of ten years of experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment and leading rapid continuous improvement.
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   Minimum of five years of all business-related software systems experience.
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   Black Belt/Six Sigma certification preferred.
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   Skills/ competencies requirements:
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   Exceptional analytical problem solver and has training in SPC and DOE with demonstrated successes applying these principles.
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   Proven track record of implementing new systems and procedures.
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   Strong personal computer proficiency with MS Office and all related software.
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   Excellent communication skills both oral and written with executive presence.
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   Demonstrated ability to act as a business partner.
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   Data-driven, disciplined, objective and detail oriented.
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   Strong experience with lean manufacturing strategies used to reduce waste (i.e. - material pull system).
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   Strong experience with Error Proofing and Design principles.
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    THIS ROLE REQUIRES 20% TRAVEL TO OTHER FQ SITES AND SUPPLIERS.
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  <strong>
   What We Offer You
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 </p>
 <p>
  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:
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 <ul>
  <li>
   Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
  </li>
  <li>
   Paid time off (three-week minimum)
  </li>
  <li>
   Medical, dental and vision starting day one
  </li>
  <li>
   401(k) with employer match
  </li>
  <li>
   Paid parental leave
  </li>
  <li>
   Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
  </li>
  <li>
   Bundle of joy benefit (years&rsquo; worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
  </li>
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   Tuition assistance
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   Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
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   ...and more!
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  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.
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  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.
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   For immediate consideration, please go to the Careers section at
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    www.firstquality.com
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   to complete our online application.
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Director of Process Engineering

<div><div>First Quality was founded in 1989 and has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are 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.</div><div></div><div>
We are seeking a Training Intern for our First Quality Print &amp; Packaging facility located in Anderson, SC. This position will be responsible for recording and creating Operational Training media.</div><div></div><div>
Primary responsibilities include:</div><div></div><ul><li>Practice good hygiene, treating everyone with respect, being constructive and tactful, communicating with the team, and abiding by company policies and procedures</li><li>Film or photograph the processes on the machines within the facility</li><li>Use video editing software to edit the captured media using the TWI Lean Manufacturing approach</li><li>Observe all safety rules and use proper safety equipment at all times. (PPE. LOTO, etc.)</li><li>Work along with management and team leads to ascertain the information for the training media and assure it is accurate</li><li>Use various recording devices to achieve clear and concise images</li><li>Use both Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite to edit and design informational media</li><li>Keep a clear, organized, and easily decipherable record of all projects and their individual pieces</li><li>Maintain a line of communication with the Training Manager and provide measurable growth for team meetings</li><li>Work on multiple project simultaneously while adhering to quality and deadlines</li></ul><div></div><div>
The ideal candidate should possess the following:</div><div></div><ul><li>High School Diploma or equivalent required</li><li>Actively pursuing a print or packaging related degree</li><li>Work in an environment with the potential for exposure to dust, gas, and fumes</li><li>Occasional Stooping, bending, kneeling, squatting, crawling, crouching throughout shift</li><li>Occasional climbing and reaching</li><li>Able to work in dusty, wet, hot environments on occasion</li><li>Work in hot and cold as well as wet and humid areas</li><li>Able to work in confined spaced</li><li>Occasional climbing of steps / ladders</li><li>Able to sit for extended periods of time</li></ul><div></div><div>
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, because of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.</div><div></div><div>
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.</div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><i>
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.</i></div><div></div><div><i>
First Quality is an Equal </i><i>Opportunity</i><i> 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.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Training Intern

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Maintenance Planner

Director of Process Engineering

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