Project Engineer

We are seeking a Project Engineer for our Lock Haven, PA tissue manufacturing facility.

The Project Engineer is responsible for the specification, selection, purchase, installation, and startup support of capital and expense projects to improve efficiencies, quality or expand the manufacturing operation. This role reports to the Engineering Manager and works closely with operations and maintenance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Utilizes project management skills to prepare scopes, budgets, schedules, manage contractors and coordinate multiple disciplines to execute projects.
• Installs, starts up, and validates new equipment to ensure it meets project success criteria. This includes creation and execution of detailed Factory Acceptance Test plans.
• Responsible for executing machine design changes or additions to lower costs and/or improve quality while ensuring customer requirements are met.
• Ensures system and equipment documents are updated and uploaded in the document control system.
• Interacts with representatives from a variety of functional groups, including Process Engineers, Maintenance, Operations, Planning, Procurement Safety, Environmental, Quality Assurance and contractors.
• Ability to identify machine, material and/or process improvements and implementation solutions.
• In conjunction with Operations, track root causes of problems, participates in risk analysis and evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Exhibit strong core leadership skills: accountability, credibility and trust.
• 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.
• Individual must be self-motivated, able to work to complete multiple assigned tasks in short time frames and work well with others under time pressures
• Must follow written procedures and guidelines; possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Experience/Education/Skills Required:

• 5-10 experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Packaging Engineering or related technical field, preferred
• Project engineering experience managing projects and contractors.
• Exceptional analytical problem solving, equipment, vendor management skills, and strong computer skills.
• Must be able to use technical drawings, machine schematics, and manuals in daily work.
• Exhibit strong core leadership skills accountability, credibility, trust.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail required.
• Proficient with AutoCAD or Autodesk programs and 3D Inventor, a plus.
• Proven experience managing $50K-$1.0M dollar projects, including budgetary responsibilities.

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.