Jobs at First Quality

Supports environmental health and safety programs through inspections, training, incident investigations, OSHA documentation, corrective actions, workers’ compensation administration, and return-to-work coordination. The intern helps maintain regulatory compliance and promote a zero-injury workplace while working in demanding indoor and outdoor facility environments.

Manages product cost standards, cost accounting issues, manufacturing variances, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, inventory revaluation, and financial reporting. Partners with Planning, Operations, and leadership to improve profitability, maintain accurate bills of materials and routings, resolve material usage errors, support internal controls, and oversee dashboard reporting.

Supports flexographic printing and pre-press operations under the Press Manager. Learns printing processes, inspects and logs printing plate issues, collects press trend data, updates specifications, maintains project records, and creates training and informational materials using Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite. The role requires adherence to safety, quality, food safety, housekeeping, and plant policies while working on a manufacturing floor.

The Warehouser is responsible for inventory management, operating forklifts, supporting production lines, and maintaining warehouse organization and safety protocols.

Operate packaging and sealing equipment, inspect and label products, perform quality checks, maintain production records, manage lot codes and inventory information, and package products for shipment. Follow safety, GMP, FDA, and ISO requirements while maintaining clean work areas and assisting production teams. The role requires continuous standing, bending, lifting boxes up to 30 pounds, and operating hand trucks and related equipment.

Lead broad HR functions for a manufacturing workforce, including recruitment, employee relations, compensation, benefits, performance management, compliance, investigations, engagement, retention, training, and offboarding. Partner with managers and employees to implement HR strategies, interpret policies, resolve workplace concerns, support organizational development, and ensure compliance with employment laws.

Creates operational training media for a print and packaging manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include filming and photographing machine processes, editing instructional content using video and design software, collaborating with managers and team leads to ensure accuracy, maintaining project records, communicating progress, and meeting quality and deadline requirements while following safety procedures.

Quality Intern responsible for laboratory quality control, product testing, trial testing, calibration, production record audits, quality database maintenance, and Certificates of Analysis. The role supports lamination and extrusion testing, ColorCert management, process auditing, equipment accuracy, quality-system compliance, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing and laboratory environment. Requires flexible 12-hour day and night shifts, extensive standing and walking, frequent lifting up to 50 pounds, and full color vision.

Supports process engineering, production, quality, maintenance, and product development teams. Responsibilities include improving manufacturing efficiency, quality, safety, equipment utilization, scrap rates, and process reliability; assisting with product and materials trials; maintaining process documentation; supporting production crews; and leading a continuous improvement project. The intern will also help ensure OSHA and company procedural compliance while gaining hands-on manufacturing experience.

Supervise controls technicians and oversee industrial automation reliability, maintenance, troubleshooting, and safety. Manage PLC, HMI, SCADA, DCS, QCS, VFD, instrumentation, and network systems; schedule preventive maintenance; approve logic and safety changes; support capital projects and commissioning; maintain technical documentation; track reliability KPIs; and coordinate with production, engineering, vendors, and contractors.

Leads analytical and cleaning-performance method development for home care products, generating data to support formulation development and customer specifications. Responsibilities include scheduling and executing laboratory testing, preparing consumer testing samples, approving reports, managing stability and instrument maintenance activities, coordinating with third-party laboratories, developing demonstrations, and maintaining electronic sample trackers. The role also supports reverse-engineering, technical communications, cross-functional projects, and industry method evaluation.

Supports product development for adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products by designing, testing, and improving materials, technologies, and product systems. Works with cross-functional teams and suppliers, conducts performance testing, develops test methods, documents proprietary ideas, supports safety testing and raw-material clearance, and contributes to cost improvements. The role includes office, laboratory, and manufacturing work, with occasional travel to domestic and international manufacturing plants.

Supports capital manufacturing projects from equipment specification and purchasing through installation, startup, and validation. Coordinates schedules and multiple disciplines, analyzes trend data, troubleshoots process issues, identifies equipment and process improvements, and helps train operators and create procedures. The role requires compliance with GMP, FDA, ISO, and safety standards, along with extensive standing and walking during 12-hour shifts.

Leads the architecture, implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of manufacturing technology solutions, including MES, quality systems, automation, historians, equipment integrations, and operational analytics. Partners with manufacturing and IT leaders to develop technology roadmaps, manage solution architects, oversee integrations and vendors, ensure scalable and secure designs, support project delivery, improve system reliability, and mentor technical teams. The role requires extensive manufacturing systems experience and 40–50% travel across North American sites.

Provides quality assurance leadership for manufacturing programs, including quality testing, statistical analysis, corrective and preventive actions, audits, supplier assessments, raw material qualification, customer complaint resolution, quality system development, and procedure implementation. Supervises assigned staff, supports new product development and process improvements, ensures compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements, and communicates quality performance and recommendations to management.

Designs and leads Industrial Internet of Things architectures connecting industrial devices, OT systems, edge platforms, and enterprise IT. The role drives IT/OT convergence, secure connectivity, protocol and platform selection, industrial data flows, architecture standards, and deployment guidance across manufacturing sites. It collaborates with engineering, IT, operations, and cybersecurity teams to improve operational visibility, reliability, and performance while supporting pilots, production rollouts, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.

Processes and reviews accounts payable invoices, performs three-way matching, resolves variances and automation exceptions, executes payment runs, reconciles vendor statements, and supports month-end close and 1099 reporting. Monitors and expands automated invoice processing in SAP, collaborates with Procurement, IT, and Finance on process improvements, responds to vendor inquiries, supports audits, and follows financial controls.

Leads raw material procurement strategy, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, cost optimization, risk mitigation, supply assurance, and supplier performance management across multi-site manufacturing operations. Partners with Operations, Finance, Quality, Planning, and Product Development to ensure continuity, compliance, innovation, and profitability. Manages procurement team development and represents procurement in business leadership decisions.

Manages customer supply chain accounts, including order processing, inventory monitoring, vendor-managed inventory, product launches, promotions, claims, transitions, and delivery performance. Collaborates with sales, planning, production, distribution, transportation, finance, marketing, IT, and customers to resolve product flow issues, maintain service levels, and ensure orders are delivered on time and complete. Produces reports, monitors customer scorecards, supports corrective actions, and independently manages assigned customer relationships.

Leads product lifecycle management projects for new product introductions and product upgrades. Coordinates cross-functional teams, timelines, milestones, risks, status reporting, and transitions from innovation to execution. Oversees PLM project managers, monitors SAP workflows, supports decision-making, and drives continuous process improvement to improve speed to market, customer experience, and operational efficiency. Requires occasional travel to other plant locations.