Senior Electrical Engineer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Clark
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.

The Senior Electrical Engineer provides technical leadership for the Family Care 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 leadership and vision, 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.

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 Family Care. 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 Family Care mills is expected.
• Support and implement strategy deployment process for capacity and capability liberation supporting the Family Care OEE Strategy, Supply Chain Priority Initiatives, and Cost Transformation requirements.
• Provide technical leadership of sector wide initiatives that improve Supply Chain OEE.
• Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&E, Supply Chain, mill operations, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers. Partner with mill teams keeping a customer focused mindset.
• Lead, coach, and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve Family Care’s business results.
• Maintain technical and scientific expertise in an areas of industrial software, drives, and controls. Be able to communicate impact of developments on Kimberly Clark processes.
• 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.
• Will travel 50% of the time to the Family Care mills ( Neenah, WI; Jenks, OK; Beech Island, SC; Chester, PA; New Milford, CT or Mobile, AL )

The successful candidate will join the Process Support Value Stream team and report to the Electrical Engineer Technical & Team Leader.

About Us

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform-so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You’re driven to 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.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline (e.g. Science or Engineering related)

• At least ten (10) years of related technical experience in both mill and staff environments. Direct experience with UCTAD, C-TEC, and LDC technologies/platforms strongly preferred.

• Proven ability to establish strong, effective cross-functional network at enterprise level.

• Subject matter expertise in tissue machine operation and optimization.
• Subject matter expertise in converting operation and optimization.
• Demonstrated working knowledge in Rockwell controllers and drives.
• Demonstrated ability to teach SME and SMS personnel.
• Strong fundamentals in engineering systems and tools in order to drive technical innovation.

• Ability to effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&E, Supply Chain, mill operations, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead and direct a technical team and projects that successfully meet business objectives.
• Ability to travel 50% of the time

Total Benefits

Here are a few of the benefits you’d enjoy. For a complete overview, see .

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options. No waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

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

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. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects 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.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact or for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.

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.

K-C will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of K-C’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will decided in K-C’s sole discretion.