Associate Product Development Scientist

First Quality was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials and thermoformed plastics), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking an experienced Associate Product Development Scientistfor our First Quality Baby Products facility located in Macon, GA.

This position will be responsible for creating, developing, testing, and implementing new and proprietary designs of Baby Diaper and/or Adult Incontinence products based upon business, customer, and consumer needs. Provide support for the needs of present product systems to assure competitive performance and value.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Contribute to FQ as a member of the Product Development team by executing projects in timely, diligent, safe, and professional manner.
• Work with cross functional teams across the business to support and develop the design new products and product improvements to meet business and consumer needs.
• Lead the development of new and improved materials and technologies with suppliers, and ensure all new raw materials obtain proper safety testing and clearance.
• Maintain the existing business product cost improvements through product redesigns and improvements.
• Support in corporate proprietary technology by documenting novel ideas.
• Complete product testing of internal and competitive products to understand and compare product performance.
• Develop new test methods to better predict and understand product performance in use.
• Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Technical Bachelor’s degree (e.g. Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology) or equivalent
• 0-2 years in R&D inventing, developing and implementing new products
• Knowledge of retail absorbent products preferred.
• Experience with the scientific method of testing hypotheses, resulting in specific conclusions and recommendations.
• Able to speak, read and write the English language and have strong oral and written communication skills.
• Good analytical skills, with working knowledge of basic statistics
• Good computer skills with Microsoft Office programs
• Able to travel occasionally to US and International manufacturing plants for product and process trials.

Excellent compensation and benefit package!

For immediate and confidential consideration, please visit our website at www.firstquality.com & click on the Join Us Tab!

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.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person