Sr. Engineer Mechanical - IC & Facial

Sr.

Engineer Mechanical - IC & Facial

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. 

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. 

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.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Senior Mechanical Engineer serves as a key technical leader within the Enterprise Capital Engineering organization, providing mechanical engineering and project leadership to drive successful capital project execution.

This role is responsible for leading the development, design, and implementation of select capital projects, ensuring that equipment and system solutions meet business needs for capacity, capability, innovation, safety, and obsolescence mitigation.

This role will oversee all phases of capital project delivery—including conceptual layout, detailed design, value engineering, procurement support, installation, commissioning, and optimization—while ensuring alignment with technical standards, cost targets, and schedule expectations.

Success in this role requires strong cross-functional collaboration.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will partner closely with Supply Chain, R&D, Procurement, Finance, manufacturing sites, OEM equipment suppliers, technical service providers, and construction contractors to deliver robust, efficient, and innovative mechanical solutions that enable long-term operational excellence.

In this role, you will:


* Drive the development and execution of capital projects using the KC NA Project Management Practices (PMP) process as projects are assigned.


* Provide leadership by example in safety, ethics, quality, regulatory, and sustainability, and ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development and Diversity policy are fully supported.


* Coach and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve Family Care’s business results.


* Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&D, Supply Chain, mill o...