Engineering Technical Leader - Process

Engineering Technical Leader - Process

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. 

 

In this role you will provide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise in the Tissue manufacturing and converting processes to lead overall process optimization through application of technology, implementation of best practice standards, building capability within the salary & hourly teams, and driving cost savings programs within the Mill.

 

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision.

You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

About You

 

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

Job responsibilities include:


* Provide leadership by example in corporate safety, quality, regulatory, product safety and sustainability.



* Support the application of the sector Quality Management Process in all assignments and responsibilities.



* Ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development and Diversity policy are fully supported as appropriate for the position.



* Manage self in accordance with the K-C Ways of Working, utilize LEAN principles in the development and management of work and drive change within the organization as a role model for process improvement.



* Protect and defend K-C proprietary technology, products, and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.



* Conceive, develop, validate, share and teach ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, systems or basic scientific knowledge as appropriate to the business unit and peer Mills.



* Locate existing, internal or external, or novel technology solutions for process and product needs 3 – 5 years from commercialization that enable realization of business unit strategies.

Recommend strategies to protect novel technology solutions to sustain identified advantage in market.



* Apply engineering principles, standards and procedures in the execution of projects and programs to advance process innovation.



* Strong analytical/statistical skills and ability to mine process data from MES systems and provide clear direction as to opportunity areas for improvement.

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