Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Location: Barrow Plant, Barrow-In-Furness, UK

Permanent, Full time

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Andrex®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, 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. 

This role will be part of Kimberly Clark's International Family Care and Professional (IFP) business—an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact.

As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world-class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid-2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses.

You’ll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark’s iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano’s industrial and sustainability leadership.

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.

In this role you will systematically lead the end-to-end lifecycle of multiple capital investment projects ensuring that they are delivered safely, on time and within budget.

Whilst, adhering to the functional design specification and applying an in-depth understanding of operational requirements and legislative compliance throughout.

What’s more, you’ll train and mentor others, creating a legacy of best practice at our Barrow in Furness factory on the edge of the beautiful Lake district!

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


* Provide vision and leadership in the continual analysis, design, development, implementation and optimisation of processes, equipment and infrastructure through management of capital project investment programs across Barrow Mill and full adherence to the Kimberly-Clark Capital Project Administration Manual.


* Use of KPI’s to meet long-term and short-term strategic business goals, ensuring mill capital investments are accurately scoped and prioritised through reviews of HSE implications, return on investment, strategic opportunities and sustaining asset lifecycle management.


* Champion and continuously improve all site safety r...