Senior Mechanical Engineer - Asset Reliability Lead

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Chester (Delaware County); On-site; USD 116,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, and optimization of assets and processes. You will drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across plant operations, collaborating with maintenance for complex troubleshooting.

Role requires a Bachelor or higher in Mechanical Engineering and 7+ years in consumer product manufacturing, with cross-functional teamwork and lean expertise.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years industrial experience in a variety of technical or operational assignments in a high-speed consumer product manufacturing and/or staff environment.
• A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve objectives within required timeframes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver equipment and processes that meet safety requirements, policies, and guidelines.
• Provides for the safety and well-being of operators, maintenance, and other personnel.
• Lead asset improvement projects from inception by specifying, selecting, procuring, installing, checking-out, and starting-up associated equipment.
• Manage multiple medium-to-large initiatives to deliver improvements to asset performance or mill systems; lead major initiatives for breakthrough improvements, solving higher level problems for the plant.
• Develop knowledge and skills in leadership of the application of engineering principles, scientific analysis, LEAN principles, and project management.
• Seeks, recognizes, defines, and solves complex technical issues to root cause to achieve objectives.
• Participates in the development of others within the area of the incumbent's expertise, including the creation of knowledge transfer documentation materials.
• Support maintenance personnel when troubleshooting complex issues.
• Identify and document issues and opportunities with existing equipment.
• Develop and maintain training plan for mechanical resources at the site.
• Lead a safety work team.
• Partner with maintenance on reliability projects.
• Assist in developing and managing strategic obsolescence replacement plan
• Assist team with trial planning and trial preparation
• Support assets using engineering knowledge, including being on-call and potential shift coverage
• Provide input to plant expense and capital plans.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

LEAN principles

Problem solving

On-call support

Education

Bachelor or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, and optimization of assets and processes. You will drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across plant operations, collaborating with maintenance for complex troubleshooting.

Role requires a Bachelor or higher in Mechanical Engineering and 7+ years in consumer product manufacturing, with cross-functional teamwork and lean expertise.