Senior Engineer Electrical

Kimberly-Clark•Owensboro, KY

11d•$105,740 - $130,620•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer will provide electrical engineering expertise to the Enterprise Capital Engineering, Mill Sustaining team, and will provide process engineering support to the NA Tissue Value Stream organization. This role will provide capital project leadership and support in the development, layout, design, installation, and start-up of equipment and ancillary systems to address capacity, capability, innovation, safety, and obsolescence needs for the NA Tissue Value Stream. Additionally, you will be expected to collaborate across the Supply Chain, R&E, Procurement, tissue mill sites, key OEM equipment suppliers, technical service providers, and construction contractor networks. This role interacts frequently within various segments of the Tissue Value Stream organization as well as Mill Operating Teams, Staff Manufacturing, Research & Development (R&D), Planning, Distribution, and Procurement; and receives project assignments from the Capital and Senior Capital Managers.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree, or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline (e.g. Science or Engineering related)
8+ years of related technical experience in mill, production or staff R&E environments.
Demonstrated proficiency with the following Electrical Engineering competencies: DCS, Rockwell PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers), Motion Control (Servos), Variable speed drives/ control system, HMI (Human Machine Interfaces); Sensors Power Distribution/Protective Device, process Controls, Machine Safety Systems, Instrumentation, Project Management
Strong fundamentals in engineering systems and tools to drive technical innovation.
Ability to lead and direct a diverse team of KC and external personnel to define and execute projects that successfully meet business objectives.
Manufacturing facilities, Vendor, OEM visits as projects dictate (i.e. equipment review, acceptance testing, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Preferred candidate has paper experience, ideally subject matter expertise in tissue machine and/or converting operations.
Key technology areas include: TM - Stock Prep, wastewater, Chemical handling, Utilities, and Tissue machine operations. Converting - Unwinding, rewinding, calendaring, coating, folding, cutting, conveying, wrapping, bundling, cartoning, casepacking, and palletizing, Airlaid technologies and processes

Responsibilities

Drive the development and execution of capital projects using the KC NA Project Management Practices (PMP) process as projects are assigned.
Provide leadership by example in safety, ethics, quality, regulatory, and sustainability, and ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development and Diversity policy are fully supported.
Coach and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve Family Care’s business results.
Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&D, Supply Chain, mill operations, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.
Maintain technical and scientific expertise in an area of technology and communicate impact of developments on Kimberly-Clark. This may include serving as a User Group lead in a specific area of technology or skill to drive learning as well as strategy for future projects/initiatives.
Prepare and implement unit budgets and schedules.
Implement appropriate internal controls and standards to ensure compliance with applicable policies, laws and regulations.
Conceive, develop, validate, and share ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, systems or scientific knowledge aligned with business unit objectives.
Drive a culture of protected and documented innovation to protect and defend K-C proprietary technology, products, and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets. This includes completing required project documentation through EFS, EDR, and Appropriation activities and following PMP documentation including Corporate Financial Instructions (CFIs).