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Controls Engineer
First QualityOhio, United States • South Carolina, United States
Posted February 24, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
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.
Job Description
Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company seeking a Controls Engineer for its start-up First Quality Tissue site in Defiance, OH. The role involves specifying, designing, implementing, and maintaining complex controls systems and software programming on production equipment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls/mechanical Engineering or related field
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with demonstrated results
- Experience with industrial control networks design, set up and troubleshooting
- Focused controls engineering experience including specifying control elements/devices, programming control loops, troubleshooting/optimizing processes
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
- Paid time off (three-week minimum)
- Medical, dental and vision starting day one
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
- Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums