Lead Electrical Engineer

Job Description

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 Electrical Engineer you will provide leadership and design, development, optimization and problem solving of equipment with a strong customer focus and an eye towards innovation. It is expected that at any given time, multiple on-going projects and improvement opportunities will need engineering support across multiple technologies and will need to provide direction and guidance to a broad range of team members. Flexibility will be a key to being successful in this role. Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Tissue Machines, Pulp Production, and Warehouse, the primary focus of this role will be the TM17 Tissue Machine asset at the Chester plant.

In this role, you will:

• Provide technical guidance on resolution of process and equipment problems with a long-term reliability mindset




• Ensure effective Safety and Quality practices




• Implement projects and programs with excellence to deliver against business unit objectives with innovation




• Lead single or multiple product or process improvement projects with a financial scope of up to $10 million from conception through commercialization and can support larger projects as a member of project teams




• Manage self and others in accordance with KC’s Ways of Working including leading through influence




• Provide functional leadership and creativity in the initiation of design, development and optimization equipment and processes to meet unit objectives




• Develop knowledge and skills to be recognized for expertise and functional leadership in application of engineering principles, scientific analysis and project management while providing advice and counsel to others




• Seek, recognizes, define and solve problems to achieve unique objectives




• Identify complex technical issues to determine root cause




• Participate in the development of others within the area of expertise

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or advanced degree: Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology from an accredited College or University and 4 years or more experience in plant or staff engineering assignments




• Experience with manufacturing control systems, such as: PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), variable speed motor drives, VFDs (variable frequency drives), Motion Control (Servos), HMI (Human Machine Interfaces), distributed control systems, instrumentation, power distribution, machine safety systems




• Expertise in Electrical Engineering with a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into execution of process and capacity improvements in capital or expense projects




• A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve project results within required timeframes. Experience working with external technical service providers




• Experience in managing multiple simultaneous technical efforts or projects




• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills




• Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially the ability to convey complex technical information in simple, easy to understand terms




• Willing and able to travel domestically as needed up to 15 - 25% travel

Preferred Qualifications:

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  Experience with the following manufacturing control systems:

  
  
  
  

  • Allen Bradley and/or Rockwell Automation PLC's, and variable speed motor drives and servo drives

  
  

  • Modicon PLC’s

  
  

  • Honeywell TDC

  
  

  • Wonderware and/or Allen Bradley HMI

  
  
  
  



• Quality focused with an ability to translate customer expectations to engineering solutions




• Proven ability to help build talent within the organization




• Experience with the preparation of labor and capital estimates




• Experience with the use of Lean tools

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

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.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role, including assistance to obtain proper work authorization. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.

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