Lead Engineer - Mechanical

Kimberly-Clark • Beech Island, SC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

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. In this role, you will: Provide leadership and creativity in the design, development, optimization, problem solving, and operation of assigned assets & supporting processes in a manner that meets safety and operational performance expectations. Focus on driving continuous improvement, reducing obsolescence, and improving reliability for the assets they support. Report to an Asset Leader and will have engineering, maintenance, and reliability responsibilities for the assets they are assigned, and support other mechanical site work as needed. Develop and deliver equipment and processes that meet safety requirements, policies, and guidelines. Provide for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel. Manage multiple medium-to-large initiatives to deliver improvements to asset performance or plant systems. Lead major initiatives for breakthrough improvements, solving higher level problems for the plant. Identify cost savings opportunities and manage expense spending to asset budget. Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, LEAN principles, and project management. Seek, recognize, define, and solve complex technical issues to root cause to achieve objectives. Participate in the development of others within the area of the incumbent's expertise, including the creation of knowledge transfer documentation materials. Support maintenance personnel when troubleshooting complex issues. Identify and document issues and opportunities with existing equipment. Lead a safety work team and partner with maintenance on reliability projects. Assist in developing and managing strategic obsolescence replacement plan. Assist team with trial planning and trial preparation. Support assets using engineering knowledge, including being on-call and potential shift coverage. Provide input to plant expense and capital plans. Provide input to capital teams so proposed changes are in line with the 5-year vision. Be involved with early design, technology, equipment selection, sizing, location, etc. Oversee and support during installation and commissioning. Liaise with utilities/facilities teams so impact of operational changes is understood, and solutions are in place when needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 3+ years industrial experience in a variety of technical or operational assignments in a high-speed consumer product manufacturing and/or staff environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve objectives within required timeframes.
• Flexibility to travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA.
• Potential of shift coverage to support assets, projects or initiatives.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive knowledge with tissue making production equipment, materials, and processes is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability of writing and presenting updates to leadership.
• Multiple years of experience in a variety of 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 is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and creativity in the design, development, optimization, problem solving, and operation of assigned assets & supporting processes in a manner that meets safety and operational performance expectations.
• Focus on driving continuous improvement, reducing obsolescence, and improving reliability for the assets they support.
• Report to an Asset Leader and will have engineering, maintenance, and reliability responsibilities for the assets they are assigned, and support other mechanical site work as needed.
• Develop and deliver equipment and processes that meet safety requirements, policies, and guidelines.
• Provide for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel.
• Manage multiple medium-to-large initiatives to deliver improvements to asset performance or plant systems.
• Lead major initiatives for breakthrough improvements, solving higher level problems for the plant.
• Identify cost savings opportunities and manage expense spending to asset budget.
• Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, LEAN principles, and project management.
• Seek, recognize, define, and solve complex technical issues to root cause to achieve objectives.
• Participate in the development of others within the area of the incumbent's expertise, including the creation of knowledge transfer documentation materials.
• Support maintenance personnel when troubleshooting complex issues.
• Identify and document issues and opportunities with existing equipment.
• Lead a safety work team and partner with maintenance on reliability projects.
• Assist in developing and managing strategic obsolescence replacement plan.
• Assist team with trial planning and trial preparation.
• Support assets using engineering knowledge, including being on-call and potential shift coverage.
• Provide input to plant expense and capital plans.
• Provide input to capital teams so proposed changes are in line with the 5-year vision.
• Be involved with early design, technology, equipment selection, sizing, location, etc.
• Oversee and support during installation and commissioning.
• Liaise with utilities/facilities teams so impact of operational changes is understood, and solutions are in place when needed.

Benefits

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level