Lead Engineer - Mechanical

Kimberly-Clark•Chester, PA

23h•$96,100 - $118,700•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Engineer - Mechanical reports to an Asset Leader and is responsible for engineering, maintenance, and reliability for assigned assets, while supporting other site mechanical work as needed. The role initiates design, development, optimization, problem solving, and operation of assigned assets and supporting processes to meet safety and operational performance expectations. It drives continuous improvement, supports troubleshooting, reduces obsolescence, and improves asset reliability. The position supports multiple medium-to-large initiatives to improve asset performance or plant systems and leads major initiatives aimed at breakthrough improvements and solving higher-level plant problems. It contributes to cost savings, expense and capital planning, and alignment of capital proposals with the plant’s five-year vision. The engineer provides input on early design, technology, equipment selection, sizing, and location, and offers oversight and support during installation and commissioning. The role also coordinates with utilities and facilities teams to understand impacts of operational changes and ensure solutions are in place. The engineer works with plant and sector management, operations, site engineering teams, plant reliability, supply chain, value stream, and enterprise capital teams. The role includes supporting maintenance personnel with complex troubleshooting, partnering on reliability projects, documenting equipment issues and opportunities, contributing to obsolescence replacement plans, and assisting with trial planning and preparation. Support may include on-call availability and shift coverage. The role is based in a manufacturing environment supporting a 24/7 operation. Scheduled hours may vary to meet operational needs, and travel of up to 15% may be required for benchmarking and best-practice sharing across KCNA. Kimberly-Clark describes flexible hybrid work arrangements, though the listing also identifies the role as onsite.

Requirements

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
Ability and flexibility to work in a manufacturing environment with a 24/7 operation.
Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team to complete projects within required timeframes.

Nice To Haves

Prior industrial experience in technical or operational assignments in high-speed consumer product manufacturing and/or a staff environment.
Knowledge of tissue-making production equipment, materials, and processes.
Demonstrated ability to write and present updates to leadership.
Experience in plant manufacturing and staff support or capital project assignments, including maintenance, utilities, and asset support.
Experience working with external technical service providers.
Familiarity with high-speed manufacturing equipment machine startups.
Experience and expertise with Kimberly-Clark engineering procedures and processes.

Responsibilities

Carry out all job responsibilities safely and develop equipment and processes that meet safety requirements, policies, and guidelines.
Provide for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance personnel, and other employees.
Initiate design, development, optimization, problem solving, and operation of assigned assets and supporting processes.
Drive continuous improvement, troubleshoot problems, reduce obsolescence, and improve asset reliability.
Support multiple medium-to-large initiatives and lead major initiatives for breakthrough improvements and resolution of higher-level plant problems.
Identify cost-saving opportunities.
Seek, define, and solve complex technical issues to root cause.
Develop others in areas of expertise, including creating knowledge-transfer documentation.
Support maintenance personnel in troubleshooting complex issues.
Identify and document issues and opportunities with existing equipment.
Partner with maintenance on reliability projects.
Assist in developing and managing a strategic obsolescence replacement plan.
Assist the team with trial planning and preparation.
Support assets using engineering knowledge, including being on-call and providing potential shift coverage.
Provide input to plant expense and capital plans.
Provide input to capital teams to align proposed changes with the five-year vision, including early design, technology, equipment selection, sizing, and location.
Provide oversight and support during installation and commissioning.
Liaise with utilities and facilities teams so operational impacts are understood and solutions are in place.
Use engineering principles, scientific analysis, LEAN principles, and project management in the development of technical and leadership skills.