Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer

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. It starts with YOU. 

This role will provide Process Engineering support and leadership within the Personal Care Technology Team.  Primary focus will be to develop process and technology solutions that enable innovation programs.  The individual in this role will lead/support end to end process development ranging from early process definition up to project commercialization and design optimization.  Activities are focused across our North American Personal Care and Global facilities. The incumbent reports to an R&E Senior Manager and receives direction in the form of specific and broadly defined project objectives. This role will provide process engineering leadership and support in the form of developing and executing plans for the optimization of, and improvement to, the manufacturing and converting processes for the existing product forms, as well as develop, direct, and execute evolutionary changes to the process as dictated by changing business conditions.

In this role, you will:

• Provide process engineering leadership to a team of internal and external engineers and developers to establish equipment designs that deliver against process and product success criteria. Involvement spans from project inception through commercialization.
• Provide creativity in the design, development, and optimization of Personal Care converting and manufacturing equipment and processes to meet business unit objectives.
• Work closely with the product, material, and engineering leads to provide functional guidance in the design, development and/or optimization of converting equipment/processes to meet unit objectives.
• Develop knowledge and skills to be recognized as an effective implementer of engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management.
• Develop knowledge and skills to be recognized as an effective subject matter expert in advanced process development and documentation.
• 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.
• Interact on a daily basis with cross functional partners: supply chain, product, materials, manufacturing, procurement, external equipment manufacturers/suppliers, etc.  This role will develop and represent the process engineering learning plans and process impacts.

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 professional 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant scientific discipline and 3+ years of engineering experience.
• Adept technical expertise, communication, and probl