MES Solution 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.

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 an experienced MES Solution Engineer for First Quality Enterprises, LLC.

This position is responsible for understanding the overall architecture, product management, and delivery of First Quality’s manufacturing systems. The MES Solution Engineer, as a key member of the Manufacturing Solution Delivery team, provides functional and technical leadership for the definition, design, and delivery of First Quality’s manufacturing systems, including Proficy Plant Applications and Proficy Historian.

This position is responsible for understanding the overall architecture, product management, and delivery of First Quality’s manufacturing systems. The person in this role will be part of our MES Team and will interact with team members at manufacturing sites to define business requirements, scope solutions, develop specifications, and oversee delivery of solutions including integration to other FQ systems and the success knowledge transfer to the First Quality support organization.

The person in this position will work closely with the MES Team leader and Solution Architects and Solution Engineers of the following areas:
Manufacturing Systems
, Planning & Architecture, Business Systems, Analytics, Software Quality Assurance, Enterprise Application Integration, and Solution Support to maintain a complete end-to‑end manufacturing systems lifecycle (Architecture to Support). As such, proven evidence of being a team player is critical for success in this role.

• Focuses on prioritized initiatives and plans; is proactive, anticipatory, and driving in nature to provide significant value to divisions/functions.

• Plays a lead role in enabling the business to achieve their objectives through the effective use of technology.

• Work with business leadership to document a clear vision of a business problem/opportunity and how it supports the business plan.

• Ensures sound integration of processes and assigned systems across FQ.

• Ensures adherence to IT Architecture principles and guidelines.

• Ensures optimal application performance and maintainability of assigned systems thus enabling scalability and continuous updates from software vendors.

• Stays current on emerging manufacturing technologies.

• Provides input into the overall direction, development, and integration of MES systems.

• Works with plant personnel and Divisional IT Leaders to understand and address business requirements.

• Experience with MES systems in the areas of:

  • Execution. Supports and optimizes the MES systems (Proficy, PARCview) as well as

  • MES bolt‑on solutions (i.e., Loftware, Nice Label, etc.)

• Knowledge of:
  Proficy Plant Applications, Proficy Historian, OPC Servers, MS SQL Server, Windows Server products, TCP/IP

• Experience with Power BI or other analytics and reporting platforms

• Integration. Manufacturing Systems integration to Business Systems (ERP), Analytics/Reporting, MHE equipment, and Shop Floor Data Acquisition Equipment

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

• Manufacturing Systems experience (Proficy – Plant Apps)

• Strong problem…