Reliability Leader

Location: United Kingdom- Barrow

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Description

Reliability Engineer

Barrow Plant, Barrow-In-Furness

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Andrex®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, 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. 

This role will be part of Kimberly Clark's International Family Care and Professional (IFP) business—an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact. As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world-class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid-2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements. This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses. You’ll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark’s iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano’s industrial and sustainability leadership.

About You

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.

In your role as Reliability Leader, you will provide strategic reliability leadership borne through an excellent technical understanding and extensive proven background in engineering maintenance.  You will lead the plant level reliability strategy development and plan execution including leadership of the transformation plan and its associated activities.

You will be responsible for establishing leadership standards for the personnel associated with maintenance and reliability throughout the site, setting the strategy, developing team and leader capabilities, managing the reliability glidepath, and delivering continuous improvement in asset reliability.  This position also ensures maintenance and reliability teams are leveraging the OPEX (operational excellence) continuous improvement process to drive improvements. 

In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Manage, lead, resource and develop, the Reliability Team to support a breakthrough step change in asset performance with a principal focus on maintenance planning, scheduling, and pre-shut planning and effective parts staging, right first time, resulting in an improvement to safety, quality, OEE, and maintenance cost reduction to best support the sites assets.

• Manage, lead, resource and develop the Site Shift Technical Team (supported through the Shift Technical Team Leader) to effectively allocate and schedule technical resource to planned and responsive activities to support the sites assets.

• Manage, lead, resource and develop the Engineering Stores team (supported through the Purchasing/Engineering Stores Team Leader) to continuously drive improvements in safety, quality, inventory level, delivery and cost reduction to best support the sites assets.

• Manage and lead the on-site outsourced lubrication team and its plant maintenance program to best support the sites assets.

• Work in partnership with the Mill leadership to achieve facility objectives. Provide governance to all established reliability processes, ensure continual improvement, and build/establish new processes defined through RCPS.

• Ensure we are following best practice standards for all reliability systems and fully utilising end to end the Reliability Playbook and Maintenance Management System (SAP PM) for Work Identification and Control.

• Manage all aspects associated with CbM tools and techniques across the facility including thermography, vibration analysis, oil condition sampling, collating the data, making effective decisions and taking action.

• Manage Vendor support contracts and maintenance budgets associated with CbM based preventive and predictive reliability services.  Lead with innovation to determine and track investments in reliability technology, tools, systems and processes to drive continuous improvement and right first time.  Provide justification, develop and lead Reliability based Capital funded projects.

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

• Minimum degree level, ideally BEng Engineering or equivalent tertiary education or professional certifications.

• Significant engineering experience within a manufacturing, packaging or FMCG environment.

• In depth knowledge of SAP PM (computerised maintenance systems) and processes.

• Proven knowledge and experience of initiating and implementing Reliability focused continuous improvements programs.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

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.​

• Market-leading pension contribution.

• Bonus scheme.

• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximise health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents. 

• Private Medical Insurance, great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options.

• 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.

Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

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.

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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, 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. 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 local policies.

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