Lead Engineer Electrical

Lead Engineer Electrical

Job Description

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. 

The Lead Electrical Engineer plays a pivotal role within the Adult & Feminine Care Value Stream Engineering Optimization Team, driving transformational improvements in asset performance and cost efficiency.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic foresight, and inventive problem-solving to tackle open-ended challenges with rigor and creativity. The Lead Electrical Engineer collaborates closely with mill operations, staff teams, and cross-functional partners, the Lead Electrical Engineer will design and implement advanced solutions that elevate Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), drive cost reductions to world-class benchmarks, and ensure alignment with corporate sustainability goals.

This role interacts frequently with Mill Operating Teams, Staff Manufacturing, Research & Development (R&D), Planning, Distribution, and Procurement.

In this role, you will:


* ​Flow to work as part of the Value Stream Engineering Optimization Team.  Expected to be able to support manufacturing and converting activities across all Adult & Feminine Care.

In the event of escalation, assist AO teams to return asset to target results.


* Drive the development and execution of the OEE plans for assets. 


* Coordinate and lead targeted onsite action plans.  Provide hands-on assistance to onsite teams.  Significant presence at Adult & Feminine Care mills is expected.


* Support and implement strategy deployment process for capacity and capability liberation supporting the Adult & Feminine Care OEE Strategy, Supply Chain Priority Initiatives, and Cost Transformation requirements.


* Provide technical leadership of sector wide initiatives that improve Supply Chain OEE. 


* Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&D, Supply Chain, mill operations, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.  Partner with mill teams keeping a customer focused mindset.


* Maintain and grow technical and scientific expertise in areas of industrial software, drives, and controls.  Be able to communicate impact of developments on Kimberly Clark processes.


* Implement the documentation and report of unit work as required by KC policy, effective communication, protection of proprietary information, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.


* Provide leadership by example in corporate safety, quality, regulatory, product safety and sustainability.


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