Lead Engineer- Quality

Lead Engineer- Quality

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®.  At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

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:

• Initiate and follow up on CAPA and QNC for assigned platforms and site; Owns quality risk management activities for the assigned platforms/site, including FMEAs and risk files.

• Identify need for, develops, and executes continuous quality improvement plans within the assigned platforms and site.

• Build and maintain capability for compliance with QMS, 21 CFR 820, and other regulations and GMP's.

• Provide Quality Management support to mill and project teams, including support for change control, design & development transfer to the site, quality protocols & spec verification/validation, supplier quality management, and acceptance sampling, as needed. As required, helps maintain the site Master Validation Plan.

• Provide feedback for the development of new quality standards and systems to meet business objectives; communicates effectively.

• Ability to demonstrate safety as a value while also complying with both company quality assurance standards and applicable government regulations, such as GMPs and ISO requirements.

• Ensure that established manufacturing inspection, sampling and statistical process control procedures are followed as applicable.

• Perform production and quality systems audits; Maintain and demonstrate a high degree of knowledge and skill in product forms, quality systems, processes, and regulations.

• Establish and maintain good customer rapport, while driving solutions to meet business needs.

• Execute continuous improvement activities for established processes and initiates/supports development of new processes; Builds and maintains capability in QMS, ISO, and GMPs to support objectives.

This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium products that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Beech Island. It starts with YOU.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering or related discipline

• 5 years or more of broad experience in a Quality, Manufacturing, Research or Regulatory function.

• Experience working closely with Manufacturing and Research functions AND technical quality skills in at least two of the following areas: CAPA/problem-solving, applied statistics, validation, risk management/FMEA, change management, design controls, engage R&R, supplier quality management, and/ or demonstrated application of LEAN/ Continuous Improvement skills.

• LEAN Six Sigma Blue belt or higher strongly preferred.

• Ability to travel up to 10%

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.​

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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
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