Shift Mechanical Technician

Lindal, Cumbria
Kimberly Clark

Your Job

Implementing and improving maintenance practices in a facility that creates top-notch products for nearly of the world’s population is challenging work, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see those essential products being used by your own loved ones each 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 .

SAFETY

The technician will:

Ensure that safety and environmental standards both KC & legislative are maintained. Report unsafe conditions using site systems (ETQ & ProAct). Risk assess and plan work packages in accordance with KC & industry standards. Manage contractors & vendors utilising permitting and safe systems of work. Have working knowledge of equipment isolations procedures (LOF1), WAH, major lift permitting.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

The technician will:

Execute SAP WO s in a proactive manner utilising planned asset downtime. Problem solve and work with the Asset & Manufacturing teams to fault find and ensure equipment operational targets are maintained. Assist with breakdowns and repairs on the asset. Support and execute planned inspections and work with Engineering Planners using SAP to procure spare parts and develop WO s. Conduct all necessary process health checks and essential care rounds to ensure product quality is met. Gather data on asset failures and use to this data to problem solve the root cause.

This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s commitment to pioneering and upholding World Class Best Maintenance practices at a global level and applying those standards to safely produce premium Kleenex and Andrex right here in Barrow. It starts with YOU.

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, 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know that these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without skilled workers, like you. Here, you’ll use your skills to make some of the most helpful things for billions of people all around the world – all in a safe, stable, and caring environment. While our products support better lives for billions of people around the world, our company passionately supports the ability for over 45,000 employees to do their best work and enjoy life.

With manufacturing roles in 3 locations across the United Kingdom, there’s more than one way to create your future with our winning team. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark ; you just need to clock in!

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

As a person, you’re a flexible thinker, a motivated fixer – someone who is always taking initiative to solve problems, make things better and respectfully engage others along the journey with you. As a Shift Mechanical Technician, you are able to demonstrate your previous mechanical engineering experience, you work best under pressure and you deliver high value to your team by owning issues through resolution, being flexible (in both mindset and practice) and working collaboratively with them toward team goals. You also

• A strong awareness for safety.
• Good interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of people.
• Computer literacy skills (Microsoft applications).
• Recognized apprenticeship in a relevant field ideally NVQ level 3 (Mechanical/Electrical).
• To ideally possess a minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent, including Mathematics and English
• SAP experience is advantageous
• Passionate about fault finding, repairing, maintenance.
• To be working towards or having achieved an HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline

Total Benefits

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 pension up to 20% contribution and access to company store.

To Be Considered

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

And finally, the fine 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.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. K-C will not provide relocation support for this role.