JOB DESCRIPTION

You were made to do this work: 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.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Senior Process Engineer for this role will provide leadership and creativity in design, development, optimization and problem solving for the Beech Island UCTAD Towels Converting manufacturing processes.
The position reports to the Beech Island UCTAD Towels Converting Asset Leader.

In this role, you will:

• Provide daily Processing Engineering support for the UCTAD Towels Converting assets to achieve Safety, Quality, OEE, & Cost objectives.
• Carry out all job responsibilities in a safe manner. Lead improvements for risk reduction and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel. Develop and support equipment and processes that meet safety technical standards, policies and guidelines.
• Support and lead improvements to product Quality and conformance, driving systems to reduce variability to meet quality scorecard metrics.
• Execute product and process trials to drive improvement for assets and/or business.
• Lead improvements in OEE - speed, waste and delay per asset objectives.
• Lead the preparation and execution of the OS portion of OPEX Tip cycles and Annual Planning Workshops as well as development of asset annual glidepaths.
• Identify & implement cost savings opportunities and manage expense spending to unit budget limits.
• Identify and problem solve complex technical issues and provide necessary solutions to eliminate root cause and sustain improvements, including leading group Problem Solving sessions.
• Develop and incorporate best practices and centerlines to optimize key outputs.
• Lead or support capital or major maintenance projects from conception through commercialization.
• Provide coaching to develop knowledge and skills in the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management of more junior Process Engineers throughout the UCTAD department.
• Flow-to-work through the UCTAD department (and mill) as needed for process or project support.
• Effectively and positively interface with inter-mill departments, staff Process team, and staff Capital Execution teams.

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.

In this role, you will:

• Provide daily Processing Engineering support for the UCTAD Towels Converting assets to achieve Safety, Quality, OEE, & Cost objectives.
• Carry out all job responsibilities in a safe manner. Lead improvements for risk reduction and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel. Develop and support equipment and processes that meet safety technical standards, policies and guidelines.
• Support and lead improvements to product Quality and conformance, driving systems to reduce variability to meet quality scorecard metrics.
• Execute product and process trials to drive improvement for assets and/or business.
• Lead improvements in OEE - speed, waste and delay per asset objectives.
• Lead the preparation and execution of the OS portion of OPEX Tip cycles and Annual Planning Workshops as well as development of asset annual glidepaths.
• Identify & implement cost savings opportunities and manage expense spending to unit budget limits.
• Identify and problem solve complex technical issues and provide necessary solutions to eliminate root cause and sustain improvements, including leading group Problem Solving sessions.
• Develop and incorporate best practices and centerlines to optimize key outputs.
• Lead or support capital or major maintenance projects from conception through commercialization.
• Provide coaching to develop knowledge and skills in the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management of more junior Process Engineers throughout the UCTAD department.
• Flow-to-work through the UCTAD department (and mill) as needed for process or project support.
• Effectively and positively interface with inter-mill departments, staff Process team, and staff Capital Execution teams

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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s or advanced degree in Chemical Engineering, Pulp & Paper Science, or closely related engineering from an accredited college or university.
• 7+ years of experience in mill or staff engineering assignments.
• A very strong, demonstrated performance history of leading improvements and achieving/exceeding Safety, Quality, OEE, & Cost objectives.
• A very strong, demonstrated performance history of exhibiting the Ways of Working and the related competencies.
• A very strong demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team or lead a team, while providing task-oriented direction to others to complete actions within required timeframes.
• High level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness with a strong work ethic.
• Strong experience using manufacturing analysis tools, such as: statistical process control, design of experiments, process capability studies, Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing.
• Experience leading capital projects, adhering to Kimberly Clark’s capital execution practices, standards, and CFI’s.
• Experience working with external technical service providers.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate clearly, concisely and effectively with various levels of the organization.
• Incumbent should have the ability and flexibility to work in a manufacturing environment with a 24/7 operation.
• Incumbent should be flexible to travel up to 15%