Lead Electrical Engineer - Towel & Wiper VSE Optimization Team

Lead Electrical Engineer - Towel & Wiper VSE Optimization Team

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 provides technical leadership for the KCNA Supply Chain with a focus on delivering a step-change in asset performance while driving costs down to world class benchmarks. This position provides technical troubleshooting and support, collaborating with mill staff and cross-functional team members in the design, development, and optimization of processes in support of overall OEE delivery, cost reduction, and sustainability compliance.

Organizational Relationships:

* Reports to the Engineering Technical Strategist and Team Leader in the KCNA Towel & Wiper Supply Chain Optimization Team

* 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 Supply Chain Team. Expected to be able to support converting and manufacturing activities across all of KCNA. 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 KCNA mills is expected.

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

* Provide leadership of initiatives that improve OEE on supply chain focus assets.

* 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.

* Support multiple initiatives to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve KCNA business results.

* Develop technical and scientific expertise in an areas of industrial equipment function, optimization and reliability.

* Maintain technical expertise in the area of electrical engineering. Complete miscellaneous layouts and drawings using ACAD. Familiarity and ongoing development of knowledge of drives, control systems, motors and instrumentation.

* 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.

* Ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development policy are fully supported.

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. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our professional 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 degree with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience or an associate's degree with an equivalent twenty plus (10+) years of experience in a related discipline (e.g. Science, Technology, or Engineering).

* Direct experience with UCTAD, Hydroknit and DRC technologies/platforms…