Shift Electrical Technician

Barrow-in-furness, Cumbria
Kimberly Clark

The role

Do you want to make an impact on products that consumers around the world can’t live without? Are you curious about the operations, engineering, and technology behind some of the world’s most loved brands such as Andrex and Kleenex ? Do you want to work for a company that is passionate about innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives? Working hard and living well. All to make essentials for better lives worldwide.

Then we have the role for you – we currently have exciting opportunities available for Permanent Shift Electrical Technician This opportunity is only being advertised internal and external to Barrow Mill.

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 process engineering support within their area discipline. This will be a hands-on role in planned activity and troubleshooting scenarios.

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 Process Technician, you are able to demonstrate your previous 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 will also have the following;

• 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 (Electrical).
• To ideally possess a minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent, including Mathematics and English
• Have working knowledge of equipment isolations procedures (LOF1), WAH, major lift permitting.
• To be working towards or having achieved an HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline.

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 more than 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.

Total Benefits

Our manufacturing employees are some of our most important workers, our most loyal fans and our favourite people, so we take care of them really well. We’ve listed just a few of the many offerings that the incumbent of this role would enjoy in this job ad. For a full overview of the many Benefits offered to Kimberly-Clark employees, go to .

Great support for Good Health with options for medical, dental and vision coverage-and no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions, you can start work with peace of mind.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts that let you maximize health care options and stretch your dollars further when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse Income protection insurance options to help protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury or other unexpected events.

Great support for amazing life choices. We know it takes time and resources to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare. That’s why Kimberly-Clark offers additional programs and support for the things that matter to your life, right now.

Fantastic Pension. Up to 20% contribution.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our 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, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, 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.