Lead Mechanical Engineer
Kimberly-ClarkAbout the role
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.
About You
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. Job responsibilities include:
- Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with EHS standards, regulations, and plant guidelines.
- Lead capital and engineering projects up to $5M from concept through commercialization.
- Design, develop, and optimize tissue converting equipment and manufacturing processes.
- Apply engineering and project management principles to improve operational performance and reliability.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues using root-cause analysis.
- Partner with operations, maintenance, reliability teams, and external vendors to achieve business objectives.
- Develop innovative solutions that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and process efficiency.
- Provide occasional on-call technical support as needed.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited institution required.
- 3+ years of technical and/or operational experience; recent graduates with relevant internship, co-op, or industry experience will also be considered.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing systems, machine safety, mechanical design, automation controls, project execution, asset management, technical documentation, and Lean manufacturing principles.
- A demonstrated ability to work independently or to lead a team to complete projects within required timeframes.
- Collaborative work style with the ability to improve teamwork and drive
results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong knowledge and background in Manufacturing/production including a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into execution of process,
- 5+ years of experience in a variety of plant and staff assignments.
- Experience working with external technical service suppliers.
- Process Technologies: Merging Tissue-making Applications contributing to
Converting Processes. - Winding and Web Handling experience.
- OEM Equipment Design.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.
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.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic
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