Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

Job Description

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead single or multiple product or process improvement projects with a financial scope of up to $30 million from conception through commercialization.

• Provide functional leadership and creativity in the initiation of design, development, and optimization of converting and manufacturing equipment and processes to meet unit objectives.

• Develop knowledge and skills to be recognized for expertise and functional leadership in application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management while providing advice and counsel to others.

• Carry out all job responsibilities in a safe manner.  Develop equipment and processes that meet safety codes, policies, and guidelines.  Provide for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel.

• Seek, recognize, define, and solve problems to achieve unit objectives.  Identify complex technical issues to determine root cause.

• Participate in the development of others within the area of the incumbent's expertise.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A bachelor's or advanced degree in Chemical and/or Pulp and Paper Engineering from an accredited College or University and 10 years or more of experience in a variety of technical or operational assignments.  Candidates with an Associate, Bachelor, or advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline and possessing applicable experience may also be considered.

• Strong experience using manufacturing analysis tools, such as: SPC statistical process control; design of experiments; process capability studies; Six Sigma; Others.

• Subject matter expert in Family Care converting and/or manufacturing technologies, products, processes, and materials with a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into execution of process and capacity improvements in major expense and capital projects.

• A demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve project results within required timeframes.

• A Demonstrated ability to effectively provide work direction to a broad range of team members

• Strong fundamentals in engineering systems and tools to drive technical innovation

• Process Engineering / Process Technical expert background

• Demonstrated knowledge of tools such as PIMS, Plant Apps, and MIDAS

PREFFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15 or more years of experience in a variety of plant and staff assignments, including maintenance and operations.

• Experience and expertise with Kimberly-Clark manufacturing and converting process engineering technology, procedures, processes, and products.

• Experience