Entry Level Mechanical Engineering, Paris Texas

Description:
Mechanical Engineering at Kimberly-Clark requires application, design, development, project management and troubleshooting skills to design, build, test and support equipment for manufacturing of consumer and business to business health and hygiene products.
Engineers work as part of a team. Project size and financial responsibility increases with experience, including potential leadership of engineering teams and large capital or developmental projects. Also, positions in operations, maintenance and other functional areas are available for potential growth opportunities.

As a world-class manufacturer of market leading consumer and business to business products, Kimberly-Clark operates under the philosophy of continuous product improvement requiring the development and design of new manufacturing lines and updates/additions to existing production machinery. To meet these requirements, fundamental engineering skills are applied, including:

* Machine/Prototype Design
* Engineering Economics
* Stress Analysis
* Dynamic Systems
* Heat Transfer/Thermodynamics
* Computer Analysis/Simulation
* Fluid Mechanics
* Material Science

Qualifications:
A Bachelor's (or MS) of Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology degree is required. Relevant industrial co-op/intern or other experience is highly desirable.

Engineering candidates possess these qualifications:

* 3.0/4.0 or higher Grade Point Average
* High Level of Initiative and a Global business perspective
* Ability to provide innovative contributions in a TEAM environment
* Effective Communication Skills with the ability to discuss technical issues in a business environment
* Mobility to accept varying corporate and manufacturing facility assignments in different geographic regions
* The ability to adapt to rapidly changing business priorities and assignments.
* Application/Results orientation with primary focus on problem definition and generation of alternative solutions
* Customer Focus when dealing with internal and external customers

Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience
FLEXIBLE BENEFITS
You are unique. You have a lifestyle that is all your own. Like all of us, you have different benefit needs at different times in your life. K-C offers a choice of benefits which provides you the opportunity to tailor your benefits to your unique needs. Each year, you get an opportunity to select your benefits for the next year from a pool of benefit options.

Job Location: Paris, TX

Job Number: 608BR

Company URL: http://www.kimberly-clark.com

Company Profile:
TRUSTED GLOBAL BRANDS: Kimberly-Clark is a leading global health and hygiene company with operations in 37 countries and product sales in more than 150. Employing more than 60,000 people worldwide, Kimberly-Clark posted sales of $15.1 billion in 2004.

K-C is home to some of the world's most trusted and recognized brands -- including KLEENEX, SCOTT, HUGGIES, PULL-UPS, KOTEX and DEPEND. We hold the No. 1 or No. 2 position globally in most of the major consumer products categories in which we compete. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust our brands to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being.

THE PEOPLE: At Kimberly-Clark, people do not stand on rank. Thought, contribution and teamwork are valued over job titles and status. Throughout the world, all Kimberly-Clark people operate on a first name basis with one another. We see ourselves as members of a global team, all with something important to contribute.

THE WORKPLACE: The atmosphere at Kimberly-Clark is designed to foster personal, professional and corporate growth. We work together in a spirit of cooperative teamwork and trust. We expect our work environment to reflect a sense of community while nurturing a commitment to innovation. You will find a culture that encourages open dialogue and the sharing of ideas, that prefers conversations over presentations. We are comfortable, yet professional. We are casual, yet respectful. We are motivated to continually deliver superior products and exceed the expectations of our shareholders, our customers and ourselves.