Lead Engineer - Projects

Overview

As the Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for providing R&D Engineering leadership for the Kimberly-Clark North America Personal Care businesses to support new product innovation and renovation, expansion, and optimization. Responsibilities include leading Engineering Feasibility Studies, coordinating work across a broad range of team members, developing and executing a capital equipment learning plan, and managing success criteria and risk mitigation for assigned projects to ensure a successful transition to the capital execution team.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead engineering development through new product development and startup for projects that vary in scope and cost from less than $1MM to over $10MM in support of new product innovation, renovation, expansion, and optimization
• Know and follow Project Management Practices and manage all projects to meet or exceed project success criteria and timing
• Provide engineering leadership to a team of internal and external engineers to establish equipment designs that deliver against process and product success criteria
• Develop and apply LEAN capability to support continuous improvement strategies and activities. Seek, recognize, define and solve problems to achieve business unit objectives. Identify complex technical issues to determine root cause.
• Carry out all job responsibilities in a safe manner, developing equipment and processes that meet safety codes, policies and guidelines and for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance and other personnel
• Review and approve drawings, data sheets, equipment specs, Process & Instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), schematics, and system layouts for engineering accuracy
• Travel : Up to 25%

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.

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.

Qualifications

In one of our R&D 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 :

Preferred (not Essential, But Desired)

Benefits and Other Information

Salary Range : 85,540 – 105,620 USD. Primary Location : Neenah - West R&E Office. Time Type : Full time. Employment type : Full-time. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth. For a full overview, see the company benefits site and the total rewards package.

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

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