Mechanical Engineer - Tissue Machine

Kimberly‑Clark

As a person you’re a learner, a natural leader, and 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.

Tissue Machine Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for technical asset management of mechanical equipment and systems related to the Tissue Machine and its subsystems. Technical Asset Management includes projects, reliability strategy implementation, maintenance planning and execution, OEM relations, and key contract management for assets.

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• Implement standards for safe engineering practices across the asset.
  
• Ensure risk assessments are completed in support of maintenance tasks and development work.
  
• Support site safety initiatives and call to actions (CTA).
  
• Owner of Yankee Dryer Safety Performance Standard on site.
  
• Ensure mechanical equipment and infrastructure compliance with legislative and KC technical standards.
  
• Make sure the Permit to Work process is compliant and effective on the asset.
  
• Support other performance standards implementation and sustainability.
  

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• Update CMMS for mechanical systems for new assets and reliability strategy changes.
  
• Ensure all critical mechanical documents, as‑builts and drawings are up to date.
  
• Collaborate with Reliability Engineers to deploy group reliability strategies to the Tissue Machine.
  
• Develop or optimize preventive/predictive maintenance programs for the asset and mechanical systems.
  
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and legislative standards around mechanical equipment.
  
• Execute technical investigations for faults, equipment failures and deliver Bad Actor analysis.
  
• Make sure critical spare parts are defined and stored in the facility.
  
• Retain required documentary evidence in line with regulatory and legislative standards.
  
• Tissue Machine Mechanical Maintenance Budget Holder.
  
• Optimize Roll Reliability and Maintenance Strategy.
  

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• Develop and update Asset Master Plans for the Tissue Machine (5‑year CAPEX strategy).
  
• Support CAPEX projects, handovers and commissioning.
  
• Develop and deliver small to mid‑size engineering projects.
  
• Manage obsolescence proactively.
  
• Collaborate effectively with Asset Leader and Asset Team.
  
• Support OPEX cycles.
  
• Support digitalisation strategy for Tissue Machine systems.
  

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• Best‑in‑class contract management of inspection and maintenance contracts.
  
• Contractor safety & performance management reporting.
  
• Identify cost‑saving and value‑creation opportunities and deliver these initiatives.
  
• Focal point for key OEMs (Tissue Machine key vendors).
  
• Support conversion and site services assets during engineers’ absences or holidays.
  
• Contract owner for mechanical, fitting contracts and scaffolding.
  

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• Drive site maintenance strategy and encourage use of identified best practices.
  
• Support prioritisation and coordination of technician, SMT and contractor activities to ensure flow to work on a daily frequency.
  
• Act as a role model for crew and technicians, actively coach them during daily activities.
  

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• Network with others in the maintenance community to develop and implement common maintenance management processes, information systems and techniques.
  
• Partner with other asset engineers, reliability and project teams.
  
• Strong stakeholder management with OPS manager, asset leads, EHS and quality.
  

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• Contribute to training and development of maintenance personnel to achieve mill objectives.
  
• Continuously assess effectiveness of the site utilities by measuring performance against identified KPIs.
  
• Support the shut planning and post‑shut review process to drive continuous improvement.
  
• Make performance visible and share this with leadership team periodically.
  

Huggies® Kleenex® Cottonelle® Scott® Kotex® Poise® Depend® Kimberly‑Clark Professional®. Millions of people use Kimberly‑Clark products every day. At Kimberly‑Clark you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact.

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.

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• Formal engineering qualifications – minimum HND, ideally degree level.
  
• Extensive mechanical engineering experience at heavy industrial level, preferably FMCG.
  
• Proven experience of Tissue Machine or similar process‑based industry.
  
• Experience implementing reliability / maintenance / TPM improvement programs.
  
• Project management experience.
  
• Contract management experience.
  
• Technical knowledge around paper making and pressure vessels/systems.
  

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work‑life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well‑being, offering comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance, travel insurance and a market‑leading defined contribution pension scheme.

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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. Kimberly‑Clark is a committed equal opportunity employer; 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.