Shift Electrical Technician

Your Role

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® Andrex®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

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.

As part of the highly skilled Asset Support Team, the Technician will work under the direction of the Site Technical Team Leader to provide both proactive and reactive maintenance support within their area discipline. This will be a hands‑on role in both planned maintenance and troubleshooting scenarios. In this role, you will be installing, maintaining and repairing electrical components of machines and assets in our mill facility, in accordance with our reliability strategy and site safety standards.

In one of our Shift Electrical Technician roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. You’ll be able to demonstrate your previous experience of Electrical Engineering, and you’ll also be able to demonstrable your Electrical experience in an ever‑changing technical environment including networks and site infrastructure. This role is part of Kimberly‑Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium Andrex® and Klenexx® that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Barrow.

It starts with YOU.

• A strong awareness for safety.
• Recognized apprenticeship in a relevant field ideally NVQ level 3 (Electrical).
• Have working knowledge of equipment isolations procedures.
• SAP experience is advantageous.
• Passionate about electrical fault finding, repairing and plant maintenance.
• To be working towards or having achieved an HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline.

• You will possess a minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent, including Mathematics and English and be working towards or having achieved an HNC/HND (or equivalent) in a Electrical Engineering discipline.
• Computer literacy skills.
• A committed and flexible approach.

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.

• Fantastic Pension. Up to 20% contribution.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts that let you maximize health care options and stretch your dollars further when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse Income protection insurance options to help protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury or other unexpected events.
• Great support for Good Health with options for medical, dental and vision coverage—and no waiting periods or pre‑existing condition restrictions, you can start work with peace of mind.
• And many more

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…