Senior Process Engineer

Kimberly-Clark•New Milford, CT

2d•Hybrid

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 were made to create Better Care for a Better World: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. About 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.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant scientific degree
8-12+ years of related technical experience in mill, production or staff engineering environments.

Nice To Haves

Specific, technical knowledge and process expertise in rolled and folded tissue and/or towel manufacturing processes.
Prior experience in a variety of plant and staff assignments, ideally including maintenance and operations.
Familiarity with machine startups.
Experience working with external technical service providers and original equipment manufacturers.
Strong analytical skills and ability to mine process data from process data systems and provide clear direction as to opportunity areas for improvement.
Experience in improving the operation of high-speed manufacturing and/or converting equipment and processes.
Evidence of continuing self-development.
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and coach less-experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

Lead, support, or consult on capital process improvement projects with a financial scope of up to $100 million from conception through commercialization.
Provide functional leadership and creativity in the initiation, design, development, and optimization of manufacturing and converting equipment and processes to meet safety and OEE objectives.
Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management.
Carry out all job responsibilities in a safe manner.
Develop equipment and processes that meet safety codes, policies and guidelines.
Provide for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel.
Identify complex technical issues and provide necessary solutions to eliminate root cause.
Conceive, develop, validate, and share ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, systems or scientific knowledge aligned with business unit objectives.
Coach and mentor team members to increase technical understanding of equipment and processes and their ability to execute programs to improve NA tissue value stream business results.
Share expertise and provide coaching to build team capability.
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).