Senior Quality Technician

Senior Quality Technician

Job Description

Senior Quality Technician

Location: Northfleet Plant, Kent, UK

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 have the exciting opportunity to drive the next chapter of product innovation for some of the key categories in the IFP tissue business – by bringing together your amazing passion for understanding consumers, pioneering new technologies, translating new ideas & insights into winning product propositions to meet and exceed the business needs.

You will also have a fantastic opportunity to partner with some of the key stakeholders in the R&D, Growth and Supply Chain teams and play an active role in influencing the IFP strategy.

In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:


* Collect and test for statistical evaluation, base sheet and finished product samples to enable checking for compliance to the finished product specification.


* Collect and test finished product and base sheet samples to support new product introduction, Plant and R&D trials and qualifications as required.


* Validate correlation of Lab test equipment & satellite lab test equipment


* Liaise with operations teams and monitor product quality on the line to provide the Plant quality leader with ‘up to the minute’ information relating to quality issues.

 Participate in Tier 2 process.


* Provide support to Plant teams in product testing procedures, developing compliance with company Standard test methods (STM’s), specifications and operating standards.


* Coaching mill operating teams in quality standards & testing


* Administration of Quality Management system  and assist with process confirmation and Continual Improvement of the Quality Management System.


* Administration of test equipment conformance, and certificates of schedules of calibration.

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.

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