Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process 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. 

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World.

As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement.

You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with 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:



* Providing process engineering support for the Beech Island Conventional Technology (CTEC) Tissue Machine assets for Kleenex® supporting daily performance across safety, quality, production, delivery, and cost.


* Driving improvements in Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) by improving machine speed, reducing waste, and minimizing delays.


* Leading structured problem solving and root-cause analysis to identify and resolve technical and manufacturing process issues.


* Optimizing tissue manufacturing processes by applying best practices, centerlines, digital metrics, and dashboards to improve and sustain performance.


* Leading and supporting product and process trials focused on product quality, performance improvement, cost reduction, and successful implementation.


* Leading continuous improvement planning, including Operating System activities, Tactical Improvement Plan (TIP) cycles, annual planning, and development of asset improvement metrics.


* Leading and supporting capital and major maintenance projects from initial concept through implementation and commercialization.


* Collaborating across operations, maintenance, engineering, Process, and Capital Execution teams while sharing technical expertise and supporting broader facility needs.

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

 

Required Qualifications



* Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s or advanced degree in Chemical Engineering or Pulp & Paper Science or related disciplines from an accredited college or university.



* 3+ years experience in an engineering role, which may include co-op or internship experience.


* A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve results.   



* Self-motivation to achieve results with minimal direction and follow-up.



* Strong or...