Lead Process Engineer

Job Description

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.

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.

• Provide process engineering leadership to a platform team, driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance across assigned assets.
• Lead and support structured problem‑solving initiatives to identify, prioritize, and close performance gaps across the facility.
• Own technical improvement efforts on assigned machines, including centerlining, good run settings, Lean Six Sigma, and sustainment of people‑and process‑based solutions.
• Serve as the primary process engineering contact for the platform team, leading trials, RSRs, quality protocols, and related activities.
• Partner cross‑functionally with product, materials, supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, and equipment suppliers to design, optimize, and evolve converting processes and equipment.
• Develop and execute process optimization and continuous improvement plans to support existing product forms and evolving business needs.
• Apply engineering principles, scientific analysis, and project management to deliver robust, scalable process solutions and documentation.
• Champion safety by designing and maintaining equipment and processes that meet all safety codes, policies, and guidelines, ensuring the well‑being of operators and plant personnel.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or relevant scientific discipline, Chemical or Industrial preferred.
• 3+ years of engineering experience
• Strong technical expertise, communication, and problem‑solving ability
• Analytical skills to collect and assess data to support technical recommendations
• Evidence of continuing self‑development
• Ability to work within a team‑based environment

• Experience in high‑speed manufacturing of personal care products
• Lean Six Sigma experience with belt rating.
• Effectively demonstrate leadership and behaviors to align with Kimberly‑Clark’s Ways of Working
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and collaborate across functions/departments
• Experience with external technical service, sourcing, and supply vendor partners
• Technical knowledge and experiences with high‑speed manufacturing equipment
• Prior exposure to plant/manufacturing experiences

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

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.

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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.

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