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Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States
Onsite
Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
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.
You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day.
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Senior Electrical Engineer for the Hand Towels business unit will provide leadership, technical expertise, and creativity in the design, development, optimization, troubleshooting, and operation of TM4 and supporting processes. This role blends capital project leadership with operations‑embedded reliability engineering, ensuring both long‑term asset health and day‑to‑day performance
In this role, you will:
Follows the Safety Roles and Responsibilities Matrix for Loss Prevention and Control by holding themselves and all team members accountable to its tenets.
Design and Development: Provides guidance in the initiation, design, optimization and development of manufacturing and supporting processes to achieve unit objectives. Specifically to include projects that achieves significant cost savings improvements (YOY).
Technical Knowledge: Develops knowledge and skills to be recognized for expertise and functional leadership in application of engineering principles and/or scientific analysis. Provides advice and counsel sought by others.
Security and Documentation: Provides leadership in security and documentation to ensure the retrieval of data and protection of proprietary information.
Problem Solving: Seeks, recognizes, defines and solves problems/opportunities using LEAN methodologies to achieve unit objectives.
Capital Project Leadership: Lead medium‑to‑large capital projects ($1MM to $30MM) from concept through commissioning, including scope definition, equipment selection, installation, checkout, and startup.
Internal Control: Leads assigned projects/tasks to meet unit objectives within applicable corporate policies. Places emphasis on CFI and Internal Controls.
Communication: Communicates to inform, engage and inspire. Emphasizes communications as a tool to build collaboration and ensure organizational alignment
Human Resources Development: Participates in the development of others in the area of incumbent’s expertise, while demonstrating an understanding of those with a diverse background or experience.
Safety: Lead by example in safety, ensuring all designs and processes meet corporate and regulatory requirements.
Quality: Analyzes and improves process capability to deliver a reduction in defects and variability. Identifies, develops and provides leadership to implement products, processes, materials, systems, and procedures to achieve business objectives.
Diversity: Contributes to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
Scope:
Receives direction in the form of broadly defined objectives. Assignments may vary from individual contribution to team leadership.
Communicates directly with the project sponsors in defining project scope.
Responsibilities include project results, project control and effective use of resources.
Day to day responsibilities include electrical leadership for manufacturing asset management teams.
Incumbent is a recognized technical leader, possesses high standards of professional performance, displays vision and demonstrates both personal and organizational sensitivity.
Working Conditions:
Full time roll at Loudon Mill.
Flexibility to travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.
Potential of shift coverage to support assets, projects or initiatives
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.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering
7 plus years industrial experience in high-speed manufacturing environments
Strong experience with
ControlLogix
Drives
HMI Interfacing
I/O
Experience with Allen-Bradley Controls
Drives and Motors Experience
AC/DC Instrumentation Experience
Flow
Pressure
Temperature
Consistency
Control Valves
Power distribution systems (up to 480V)
NEC and NFPA requirements
Manufacturing background
Project management experience
Directing work
Managing contractors
Preferred Experience
Tissue making production equipment, materials, and processes
Experion
Demonstrated ability of writing and presenting updates to leadership.
Motion Control and Servo Systems
Control Net Communications
Safety Systems
Knowledgeable in power distribution systems (up to 15KV)
SAP experience
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.
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