Senior Electrical Engineer

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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.

Senior Electrical Engineer

Barrow, Cumbria

Permanent, Full Time

Competitive + Benefits

This role will be part of Kimberly Clark's International Family Care and Professional (IFP) business—an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact. As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world‑class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid‑2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses. You’ll be part of a high‑potential business that combines Kimberly‑Clark’s iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano’s industrial and sustainability leadership.

As part of our commitment to world‑class engineering and technology, we’re building on our current electrical capability. Lending your expertise in all kinds of ways, you’ll help us achieve our ambitions across our production line operations. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll ensure assets are operating to their optimum efficiency to maximise output and ensure targets are consistently met. Your knowledge and expertise will be integral to supporting the delivery of the mill’s improvement strategy, the holder of this role will have expertise that will span everything from Digital Control Systems to medium/high voltage distribution.

This role will provide technical leadership to the Electrical engineering resources. You will work a day shift, with the flexibility to support emergency call outs when required. Your focus will be to optimise and sustain tissue manufacturing assets, minimise machine downtime, and make cost‑saving improvements. You’ll also be responsible for implementing new electrical engineering systems, optimising maintenance of existing systems and managing obsolescence programmes.

What’s more, you’ll train and mentor others, creating a legacy of best practice at our Barrow in Furness factory on the edge of the beautiful Lake district!

• Responsibility for the delivery of legislative and corporate safety and engineering standards
• Champion, role model and continuously improve all safety requirements, including the supervision of the KC technical support team and contractors, includes the Permit to Work process, Risk assessments and method statements
• Management of capital projects from initial feasibility study to final close‑out ensuring KPI’s for safety, cost, time & specification are met
• Lead root cause failure analysis and 4‑step problem solving. Ensure actions are completed and closed out and shared with relevant parties
• Coach, develop, build capability, and consciously improve the way in which mill teams adhere to Electrical mill processes and standards
• Champion and role model the planning, implementation and continuation of other company‑wide programmes (such as LEAN, OPEX, P2030 best practice) that are identified within the mill’s asset roadmap
• Champion, role model and consciously improve the way in which activities are planned and scheduled, in a way which effectively integrates asset and business requirements to maximise people utilisation and equipment performance
• Transfer in‑depth technical knowledge of electrical equipment in areas of responsibility
• Lead weekly asset team meetings. Be responsible for reviewing asset KPIs to drive improvement
• Supervise technical support team, including contractors, ensuring all tasks are completed to the expected level of quality

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