Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical 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. 

In this role, you will:

• Provide functional leadership and creativity in the initiation of design, development, and optimization of assets, supporting processes, and supports day to day operations to meet unit objectives.
• Lead multiple expense and capital projects, to improve process reliability, safety, overall operational performance, and to support cost transformation objectives.
• Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the 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. Resolve complex technical issues to determine root cause.
• Work with external technical service providers, construction management providers and sourcing and supply vendor partners.
• Discuss technical issues using effective communication skills in a business environment (mill technical and operations resources, suppliers, management, etc.).
• Continuing self-development. 
• Assist in the development of others within the area of expertise, including providing direction and building talent of AE Technician Specialists.

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 or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university
• 2+ years of experience in a Mechanical Engineering role with a variety of technical or operational assignments, including demonstrated leadership in achieving results.
• Strong experience with mechanical process and equipment.
• Recognized expert in manufacturing processes with a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into
  execution of process and capacity improvements in major capital projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve project results within required timeframes. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a variety of plant and staff assignments, including maintenance and operations.
• Experience and expertise with Kimberly-Clark manufacturing mechanical engineering technology, procedures, processes and products.
• Experience working with external technical service providers.
• Demonstrated continuing self-development (i.e., progress toward an advanced degree).  
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Prefer candidates with working knowledge of CAD and Solid Works

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