Lead Mechanical Engineer
About The Position
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’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day. 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. As the Lead Mechanical Engineer you will provide leadership and creativity in the design, development, optimization, problem solving, and operation of equipment & supporting processes in a manner that meets safety and operational performance expectations. This position will focus on driving continuous improvement, leading projects, and providing technical support to internal and external customers.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- 4 plus years or more industrial experience in a variety of technical or operational assignments in a high-speed consumer product manufacturing and/or staff environment.
- A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve objectives within required timeframes.
- Flexibility to travel up to 10%
Nice To Haves
- Extensive knowledge with high-speed manufacturing & converting equipment, materials, and processes is a plus.
- Proficiency with CAD tools (Solidworks & AutoCAD)
- 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
- Lead international projects from receipt of PO through shipping
- Lead execution of Kimtech capital & expense projects
- Support the development of facility 5-year capital plan
- Identify cost savings opportunities and manage expense spending to residual budget
- Lead a safety work team
- Develop and deliver equipment and processes that meet safety requirements, policies, and guidelines. Provides for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel
- Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, LEAN principles, and project management
- Seeks, recognizes, defines, and solves complex technical issues to root cause to achieve objectives
- Participates in the development of others within the area of the incumbent's expertise, including the creation of knowledge transfer documentation materials
- Support operations personnel when troubleshooting complex issues
- Support operations using engineering knowledge, including being on-call and potential shift coverage as needed
Benefits
- Eligibility for a target bonus
- Comprehensive benefits suite
- 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
