Senior R&D Engineer - Dispensers

Permanent, Full Time

Location: UK, Walton Oaks (Hybrid)

Competitive Salary + Benefits

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior R&D Engineer to join the Kimberly-Clark International Family Care and Professional (IFP) R&D Team, focused on the development, commercialisation, and life cycle maintenance of our Professional washroom dispensing systems. The role will report to the Consumer & Customer Interface Director within the IFP Innovation team.

In this role you will need to be seasoned enough to explain complex technical information to others and provide / present program updates and recommendations to stakeholders. Experience working with plastics injection molding would be advantageous, as would knowledge of IoT connectivity including back-end architecture, security, and programming.

The role is critical to developing, commercialising, and maintaining a robust dispensing portfolio, including IoT solutions based on customer needs that will create an exceptional customer experience. The incumbent will be a key contributor in ensuring quality and adherence to design specifications, they will work closely with internal and external development partners to prototype, test, and bring new designs and/or improvements to market. This position requires an individual with the ability to think customer globally and communicate across numerous functional groups.

Working with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, and Sales teams, this person will:

• Drive projects to develop and commercialise washroom dispenser systems
• Support proactive service maintenance and problem diagnosis, along with guiding and aiding in problem remediation
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying and kickstarting initiatives to improve stability, reliability, and availability
• Provide customer facing technical support and problem resolution for IoT systems, including sensors, gateways and other peripherals.
• Track customer complaints and lead customer facing technical support for advanced problems
• Develop robust timelines and manage budgets for good project control
• Plan and carry out project responsibilities with limited assistance and direction
• Communicate and document project plans and results to key stakeholders
• Document and protect intellectual property

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. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a related major scientific field or engineering discipline from an accredited university ideally with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a variety of technical assignments
• Experience in communicating with end users, business teams and management to collect requirements, describe product features and refine technical designs
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team to organise and drive projects to completion within required timeframes, managing internal teams and external joint development partners
• Strong knowledge of modern IoT architecture and cloud-based software solutions
• Good understanding of software development fundamentals and practical experience with different OS, programming languages, development tools and cloud services
• Excellent project management skills and ability to manage timelines for development and deployment effectively
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal and leadership skills

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark:

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch pounds 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 and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

To Be Considered

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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.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background checks.