Kimberly-clark

Principal Mechanical Engineer

23/12/2024
full-time
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Job Description

Principal Mechanical Engineer


Barrow, Cumbria


Permanent, Full Time

Competitive + Benefits


Your Job

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.

As Principal Mechanical Engineer your responsibilities will include:

  • Responsibility for the delivery of legislative and corporate safety and engineering standards

  • Champion and continuously improve all safety requirements, including the supervision of the technical support team and contractors, Includes the Permit to Work process, Risk assessments and method statements

  • Lead and support the reduction of risk (Unified Risk Management (URM))

  • Management of capital projects from initial feasibility study to final close out ensuring KPI’s for safety, cost, time & specification are met.

  • Lead root cause failure analysis and 4 step problem solving. Ensure actions are completed, closed out and shared with relevant parties.

  • Coach, develop, build capability, and consciously Improve the way in which mill teams adhere to Mechanical mill processes and standards.

  • Champion the planning, implementation and continuation of other company wide programmes (such as LEAN, OPEX, P2030 best practice) that are identified within the mill’s asset roadmap.

  • Transfer in depth technical knowledge of mechanical equipment and systems, eg Pumps, Motors, Gearboxes, Transmission Systems, Steam Generation and Lifting equipment

  • Application and use of CBM methodologies to drive equipment reliability.

  • Manage work prioritisation based on asset criticality assessments

This role will provide technical leadership to the mechanical engineering resources, as part of our commitment to world-class engineering and technology, we’re building on our current mechanical capability. Lending your expertise in all kinds of ways, you’ll help us achieve our ambitions across our production line operations. Reporting to a Mill Operations Manager, you’ll ensure assets are operating to their optimum efficiency to maximise output and ensure targets are consistently met. Your knowledge and expertise will be Integral to supporting the delivery of the mill’s improvement strategy, the holder of this role will also be required to effectively build capability in One KC Manufacturing practices in a way that meets all Kimberly Clark’s standards and processes.

You will work a day shift, with the flexibility to support emergency call outs when required. Your focus will be to optimise and sustain tissue manufacturing assets, minimise machine downtime, and make cost-saving improvements. You’ll also be responsible for implementing new engineering systems and solutions, optimising maintenance strategies and managing obsolescence programmes.

What’s more, you’ll train and mentor others, creating a legacy of best practice at our Barrow in Furness factory on the edge of the beautiful Lake district!


About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.


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.

In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

  • Minimum BEng Mechanical engineering or equivalent tertiary education or experience

  • Preferably experienced within a manufacturing, packaging or FMCG environment.

  • Knowledge of SAP computerised maintenance systems and processes.

  • Proven knowledge and experience of initiating and implementing continuous improvements

We are looking for someone who has a logical and methodical approach and can be relied upon to see the job through to the end. You will be a natural problem solver, tenacious and will use creativity, innovation, and an analytical approach to exhaust all options until a solution is found. A proactive attitude with a flair for quick and efficient learning which equips you well to adapt to the latest technologies.


Total Benefits

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.

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.

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.

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 not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance, car allowance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.


To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the small 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. 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.

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.

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Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and Design as per Design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
  • Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations
  • Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses, including design reports and procedures
  • Manage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements
  • Clearly communicate and explain difficult concepts and persuade others to adopt a point of view
  • When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
    • Direct small or medium Mechanical Engineering team as a Lead Engineer
    • Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and completed within the planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard
    • Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project, including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all workforce resources – agree on allocations with the Discipline Manager
    • Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
    • Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
    • Act as project representative for the discipline during meetings with the Project Team, Customer discipline lead, and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
  • Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
  • Interpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution
  • Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
  • Provide similar support for Variation Orders
  • Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs
  • Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
  • Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, and Project Management Team, as required
  • Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
  • Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements
  • Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
  • Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications
  • Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
  • Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestones, and engineering scope
  • Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and site surveys, as required
  • Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Mechanical Engineering
  • Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve design reports and procedures
  • Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
  • Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services, ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures
  • Provide procurement assistance, including preparing, reviewing, and (as Lead Engineer) approving requisitions, evaluating technical quotations, preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer
  • Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information
  • Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
  • Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve design verification through single-discipline check/ inter discipline check (IDC)
  • Provide technical support to fabrication queries
  • Keep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and workforce-related
  • Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports, including associated productivity
  • Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved
  • Present issues and problems to Customers in a timely manner and assist the Lead Engineer in negotiating resolutions in accordance with project and company requirements
  • Perform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews in accordance with MOR Global Procedures
  • Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customers and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc) on their review and approval
  • Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR’s Lessons Learned system
  • Guide less experienced engineers on MOR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc
  • Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables
  • Monitor costs of own work processes
  • Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines
  • Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards
  • May participate in standards development committees or task groups
  • Develop communication and presentation skills (e.g., write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions, etc.)
  • Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software
  • Provide information on employee performance to the Discipline Manager
  • Assist the Discipline Manager in interviewing job applicants
  • Check/prepare and (as Lead Engineer) Approve Mechanical equipment list, spare parts list, special tools list
  • Check/prepare/participate in Approval of detailed engineering documents/ deliverables such as:
    • Mechanical Equipment Specifications and datasheets
    • Mechanical handling philosophy report and associated requisitioning for handling equipment
    • Noise report prepared by a consultant to ensure it complies with Project requirements
    • Lubrication schedule, spare parts schedule
  • Assist with equipment inspection and testing
  • Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing of various items as assigned
  • Identify vendor assistance for installation, pre-commissioning, and commissioning purposes
  • Update electrical load list, P&IDs, and equipment lists based on receipt of vendor information
  • Participate in HAZOP meetings, as necessary
  • Participate in 3D model reviews, as necessary
  • Provide inputs to Piping Design, including package/equipment supplier data
  • When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
    • Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineers’ skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager
    • Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterparts
    • Ensure substantive communications are documented
    • Prepare the bid’s and project’s Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required
    • Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineers’ skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager
    • Plan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budgets to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets
    • Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule/ register compliant with the overall execution plan
    • Prepare working forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action, and real-time schedule
    • Provide Discipline inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports, including associated productivity
    • Alert the project team of any deviation from the scope or a need for a change order
    • Monitor progress measurement results and take corrective action as necessary to improve Discipline performance, including performance at interfaces with others
    • Coordinate with other Discipline Lead Engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design inputs
    • Review and approve requisitions, technical quotation evaluations, and queries, compiled bid tabulations and recommendations and purchase requisitions; and coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents as required
    • Lead the Discipline team during project audits (internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits) and Design Reviews
    • Review comments from Customers & other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the team, and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation
    • Assist the Discipline manager in the preparation of quarterly forecasts and workforce planning
    • Anticipate project engineering needs and plan accordingly
    • Coordinate with vendor for discipline-managed/procured items
    • Assist the Discipline manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in the Performance Evaluation of project team members
    • Check and Approve Mechanical equipment list, spare parts list, and special tools list
    • Check and Participate in Approval of detailed engineering documents/deliverables such as:
      • Mechanical Equipment Specifications and datasheets
      • Mechanical handling philosophy report and associated requisitioning for handling equipment
      • Noise report prepared by a consultant to ensure it complies with Project requirements
      • Lubrication schedule, spare parts schedule

Reports to:

Project: Lead Engineer, Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager

Functional: Supervising Department Manager

Liaises With: All Engineering disciplines, Safety Department, Project Management Team, Document Control, Project Planner,

Project Cost Controller, QC and Certification Group, Procurement Group, Subcontractors, Vendors, and Customers

Supervises: Senior Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Associated Engineers

Essential Qualifications and Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • 15-20 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design
  • Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable
  • Seasoned structural knowledge
  • Very good organizer, motivator, and supervisor
  • Able to solve problems without assistance
  • Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work
  • HSE, TQM and cost-conscious
  • Fluent in the English language
  • Understanding and supporting company goals and work processes
  • Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:
    • The reassignment to other McDermott offices
    • The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays
    • The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible/desirable
    • The managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications

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