Design 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 Design Engineer for our First Quality Baby Products site located in Macon, GA.  This position will be responsible for using 2-D and 3-D CAD systems, designing and overseeing fabrication and installation of machine part/sub-assemblies/schematic designs to support Production, Product Development, Facilities, and Engineering improvement projects.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Using general manufacturing experience and equipment/process knowledge, creates machine sub-assembly designs to solve problems and support Production, Product Development, and Engineering improvement projects.  Oversees outside fabrications and final installations to ensure desired result is achieved.

• Using limited sketches, works with Product Development and Process Engineering to prepare CAD documentation used for product changes.

• Using operations knowledge and working closely with Production, Warehousing, Facilities and Engineering, prepares architectural building / equipment arrangement CAD drawings for building modifications, insurance underwriting, compliance permitting, office changes/additions, and new buildings.

• With other CAD / Design personnel, maintains and improves drawing control and management system to protect company intellectual property.

• Has access to product design and company drawing files and maintains strict document control measures. 

• Interprets information and sketches provided by customers to create conceptual designs to solve identified problem.  Creates effective CAD machine sub-assembly designs that can be fabricated, maintained, and operated efficiently and safely. 

• Shows sense of urgency with peers and line personnel to maintain focused actions.  Workload is generally established with direct customer.  Where tasks are not well defined, pushes to get clear problem definition, sets timelines, and aggressively manages his/her efforts to meet commitments.

• Uses Infor as required to review assigned work and provide updates used to communicate project status.

• Using manufacturing experience and equipment/process knowledge, creates machine designs to solve problems and support Production, Product Development, and Engineering improvement projects.  Oversees internal 3D printing activities, outside fabrications and/or final installations to ensure desired result is achieved.  May require direct contact with OEM’s or specialty raw material suppliers to define improvement requirements.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Either a qualified four-year BS degree in 3-D product/machine design co-op or intern experience, or a two year AS degree in CAD or design disciplines with 3 - 5 years of experience using latest CAD technology for parts detailing and small assembly designs with controlled motions; providing field checks, design improvement concepts, and fabrication / installation oversight.

• Formal 2-D and 3-D CAD training with knowledge of metal machining and finishing operations, part plating and coatings selections, fabrication and assembly procedures, parts materials selection, mechanical cams and linkages, pneumatics, mechanical drive transmission design, rotating assembly dynamic balancing, high precision assemblies, general parts dimensioning, and materials selection.

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