Lead Mechanical Engineer

Lead Mechanical Engineer

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. 

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. 

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.

Job responsibilities include:



* Championing safety, environmental compliance, and risk prevention through equipment design, process improvements, and leadership.


* Provide technical leadership for the optimization of tissue converting equipment and processes.


* Applying engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management methodologies to drive business results.


* Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving complex technical and operational issues, including root cause elimination.


* Partnering cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, reliability, and external vendors to achieve plant objectives.


* Delivering occasional on-call and on-site technical support as needed.


* Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, reliability, quality, and productivity.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications



* Bachelor's or advanced degree in an Engineering related-discipline from an accredited institution.


* 3+ years of technical , operation or co-op/intern experience.


* Collaborative work style with the ability to improve teamwork and drive
results.


* Knowledge and/or background in Manufacturing/production including a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into execution of process.

Preferred Qualifications



* Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited institution.


* Proficiency in SAP and experienced in asset maintenance and reliability programs.


* Knowledge of the following Process Technologies: Merging Tissue-making Applications contributing to Converting Processes.


* Winding and Web Handling experience.


* OEM Equipment Design.


* Experience in:  Infrastructure systems maintenance, TALCM (Total Asset Life Cycle Maximization), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance), SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Die) process, and/or Project management certification.

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