First Quality · 4 hours ago
Material Development Engineer
US PA McElhattan
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFirst Quality is a company focused on absorbent hygiene products, and they are seeking a Material Development Engineer to lead material development and cost innovation processes. This role involves ensuring consistent material quality and working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to improve product materials and processes.
ConsumerHealth CareInformation ServicesManufacturingRetail
Responsibilities
Promotes a safety culture, embracing safety as a core value, instilling and exemplifying a safety mindset for all team members resulting in an incident free workplace
Works in conjunction with Quality department to ensure consistent raw material quality and that finished product satisfies all finished product quality standards
Work closely with suppliers, external partners and internal team members including quality and process team members to define material needs and create/refine/review raw material specifications
Work closely with both production and process team members to ensure good material processability on our converting lines
Support funding the growth activities related to materials for the Absorbent Hygiene business
Investigate new material and relevant technologies and collaborate with PD team members to continuously improve our absorbent hygiene products
Develops deeper material understanding for some of the material categories such as non-wovens, films, pulp, sap, adhesives, elastics and laminates etc
Develops Intellectual proprietary (IP) where applicable to establish competitive advantage, and ensure FTP for performance and cost innovative materials
Assists in planning, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting technical services
Responsible for project planning and execution on commercial and pilot line trials
Responsible for evaluating analytical data including material characterization and relaying the information to non-technical personnel
Responsible for organizing Material Development pipeline and raw material qualifications
Always maintains a high level of professionalism
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering/ Polymers/ Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering preferred
Minimum of 5 years in Project or Process Engineering experience
Minimum of 5 years in industrial experience
Minimum of 2-5 years Material Development/Process experience
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to develop and organize multiple projects
Ability to work with a diverse, cross-functional team of professionals to deliver against key objectives and timelines
Knowledge and understanding of absorbent hygiene raw materials, material interactions within product and converting processes preferred
Specific expertise in the following areas: Raw materials, Material Testing, Material Specifications, Trial planning and execution, Intellectual Property, Project Management
Knowledge of material science and analytical testing procedures
Knowledge and use of statistical analysis
Knowledge and use of Design of Experiments
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Minitab, as well as other office systems
Preferred
Experience in a lean manufacturing environment preferred
Knowledge and understanding of absorbent hygiene raw materials, material interactions within product and converting processes preferred
SAP knowledge preferred
Company
First Quality
Manufacturing Adult Incontinence Products, Feminine Hygiene Products, Baby Wipes, Adult Washcloths, and Consumer Paper Products.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Mike Janiak
Chief Information Officer
Recent News
2025-10-07
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