Senior Engineer Electrical

Senior Engineer Electrical

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

Position Summary:

The incumbent will serve as a Senior Electrical Engineer for the Family Care Technology Development Team with focus on Tissue Converting machines. The individual will both lead and support projects in technology development as well as early capital estimates toward completion of Engineering Feasibility Studies (EFS) including input or starting Engineering Design Reports (EDR) just prior to appropriation. This role would also lead or support First of A Kind (FOAK) conversion start-ups. Other cross-functional partners would include Mill, Supply Chain, Finance and other R&D teams, as well as working close with TSPs and OEMs. This role will report to and receive work direction from an R&D Associate Director.  It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Lead R&D team members to deliver upon project goals. This role may own project budgets, schedules and resourcing plans working with and leading projects with a multi-discipline engineering team.
• Communicates effectively and succinctly in many forms to key stake holders including R&D and cross-functional Senior Leaders.
• Drives a culture of documented and protected innovation utilizing patents and trade secrets.
• As a leader, provide work direction, coaching and mentoring within the broader Family Care R&D team.
• Understand the innovation strategy and drive the development and execution of projects focused on long-term competitive advantage forecasting business needs 2 to 5+ years out.
• Ensure all work complies with Corporate Safety, Regulatory and Quality requirements as well as our Company Code of Conduct.
• Work closely with the Supply Chain, Mills, Finance and other R&D teams to achieve project goals.
• Drive work direction and guidance toward R&D discipline leads as well as TSPs and OEMs.
• Use significant influence to impact critical decisions from business leaders.

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

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM related field from an accredited college/university.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in production or R&D environments.   
• Proven track record of effectively communicating to and influencing leaders and team members across all levels of the R&D and cross-functional organization.
• Demonstrated ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship.
• 10-25% travel with heavier times during in factory testing or machine conversions.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

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