Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance 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 Maintenance Engineer for our First Quality Tissue SE, LLC located in Anderson, SC.  This position will identify key barriers to continuously improve machine reliability through root cause analysis, training, maintenance projects, preventative maintenance planning and develop and manage the Converting Roll Program. 

Primary responsibilities include:

• Promote an action-oriented safety culture embracing safety as a core value, instilling and exemplifying a safety mindset for all team members resulting in an incident free workplace. 

• Develop and Maintain Roll Management Program to include Organizing Documentation, Drawings, Specifications, Managing Change-outs & Rebuilds ensuring FQT Specifications and schedules are met to ensure reliable operation and availability 

• Work with Maintenance management to develop annual goals that support Reliability & Maintenance KPI’s. 

• Lead and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).  Develop procedures and recommendations for permanent elimination of problems. 

• Develop and implement standards-based repair procedures, job plans, documenting repairs, developing and implementing OEM standards.  

• Identify, plan and implement small projects to improve the inherent reliability of equipment. 

• Be involved in design, engineering, and manufacturing of maintenance projects and take the lead in communicating project status with all stakeholders using proper FQ documentation tool (MOC).  

• Support Outages, equipment installations, startups, and validations. 

• Support the Maintenance/Controls Techs as needed in troubleshooting issues on the converting lines. 

• Mentor, train, and develop maintenance teams on new techniques, maintenance processes, nsuretegories met and procedures on engineered changes.  

• Participate in maintenance team on-call duty rotation.

• Manage contractors to ensure work is completed to design and FQ specifications. 

• Certify all precision maintenance work and manage all respective documentation. 

• Support and participate in planning and scheduling meetings.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Minimum 5 years of industrial maintenance experience preferred in a high speed manufacturing environment. 

• Previous experience with converting rolls – roll coverings, hardness, set ups, etc. required.

• Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems such as MP2, SAP, and/or EAM preferred. 

• Advanced knowledge of technology and mechanics. 

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

• Strong leadership and communication skills 

• Ability to work in a team-based environment 

• Advanced computer skills, proficiency with MS Office 

• Strong Mechanical Aptitude including Bearing installation, Shaft/journ