Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Your Role

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® Andrex®.

At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

You were made to create Better Care for a better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day.

In this role you will provide ‘real time’ leadership on shift; with responsibility for ensuring that people, operational and business requirements are achieved and that the operation complies with specific Company, Local and Statutory requirements.

The Shift Manager will spend most of the time on the floor driving performance and in contact with shift Team Members on production and people issues.

To co-ordinate site activities out of day work hours and weekends. 

About You

In one of our Electrical Engineer roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work.

This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium Andrex® and Klenexx® that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Barrow.

It starts with YOU.



* A strong awareness for safety.


* Demonstrate and have knowledge of safe working practices on complex mechanical systems when carrying out maintenance work.

Lead by example at all times following both company and legislative safety protocol. 


* To diagnose the cause of technical malfunction or failure of operational equipment, apply adequate resolutions including following work instructions.


* Good understanding of instrumentation, pneumatics, hydraulics and combustion systems


* Coach and develop assed based electrical technician and electrical Manufacturing Team Members.


* Knowledge of DCS systems


* Develop preventative and predictive maintenance programs to support the asset operating commitments

Required Qualifications


* You will possess a minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent, including Mathematics and English and be working towards or having achieved a HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline.

In addition, you will have a recognised apprenticeship in a relevant field ideally NVQ level 3 with hands on experience in Manufacturing/FMCG environments.

Led by Purpose.

Driven by You.

Total Benefit

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