Palletizer Operator
About the role
Job Description
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.
You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark's investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium products that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Paris. It starts with YOU.
In this role, you will:
- Monitor palletizer equipment during operation to ensure consistent, safe, and efficient performance
- Keep palletizers running by responding to minor stops, jams, or misfeeds
- Assist with equipment set‑ups and changeovers according to production schedules
- Perform basic troubleshooting and adjustments (e.g., clearing jams, resetting equipment, adjusting guides)
- Engage in activities that support normal operation conditions (e.g., centerlining checks, rounds, standard work)
- Load pallets, slip sheets, and other materials as required for production runs
- Conduct routine checks to verify pallet patterns, stack quality, and product stability
- Communicate equipment issues or repeated stoppages to leads, maintenance, or supervisors
- Follow all safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) at all time
- Maintain a clean and organized work area around palletizing equipment
Success in this role requires consistent demonstration of the following:
- Ownership: Acts as an owner of equipment, outcomes, team and personal results
- Flexibility: Willingly flows to work and adapts to changing priorities.
- Accountability: Holds self and peers accountable to safety, standards, and performance.
- Collaboration: Works effectively without trade or role boundaries.
- Problem Solving: Uses data and root cause thinking to drive sustainable solutions.
- Continuous Learning: Actively builds technical depth and breadth.
- Integrity & Respect: Models ethical behavior and supports an inclusive workplace.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
- Are 18 years or older and authorized to work in the United States
- Have a state and/or US Department of Education accredited high school diploma, GED Grade 12 certificate
- 1+ years of continuous work experience.
- Have basic computer knowledge, mechanical aptitude and good math skills
- Are able to maintain a work schedule of 12-hour rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays and overtime
- Can pass a pre-employment assessment and a pre-employment drug + background screening
- Can pass post-offer / pre-hire Physical Abilities Test (PAT)
- Understand and follow safety requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- One year manufacturing/ industrial experience or equivalent Military education/training
- Forklift experience
In addition to the qualifications above, the following are Position Eligibility Requirements for
Interna
l K-C Employees, as of expiration date of posting:
- Employee must not be on a current Performance Improvement Plan
- No Written Warning (Level 2) or above within the year prior to the expiration date of the posting. An employee's receipt of a Written Warning (Level 2) or above at any time from the posting expiration date to the date the employee transitions into the new role, will deem the employee ineligible for the promotion.
Career Advancement
- Kimberly-Clark Palletizer Operators can pursue advancement opportunities across a variety of career paths based on skills, experience, and interests
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts
Diverse income protection insurance options
Additional programs and support
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Not included in the source posting: benefits.
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