2 Year Fixed Term Contract
While the primary location for this role is Essity’s Springvale site in Australia, we’re also open to the position being based at our Kawerau site in New Zealand.
At Essity, we’re breaking barriers to well-being. As a global leader in hygiene and health, we create solutions that improve lives every day. Join our Manufacturing team in Springvale or Kawerau and lead digital transformation initiatives that enhance efficiency, reliability, and innovation.
About the Role:As an Operational Technology Engineer, you’ll lead and develop digitalization processes across Essity’s manufacturing sites, ensuring optimal use of resources to enhance equipment, processes, and maintenance. This role is pivotal in driving Industry 4.0 technologies and supporting continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to spearhead digital transformation and Industry 4.0 initiatives. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, AI, automation, and machine learning, to make our operations smarter and more efficient. If you’re passionate about digitalization and ready to shape the future of manufacturing, we want to hear from you!
What You Will Do:Manage and maintain key digital systems for manufacturing operations.
Lead the implementation of Essity’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) such as Proficy, Plain, and Rubik.
Lead development and implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies (AI, IIoT, VR, Machine Learning).
Configure systems, maintain master data, and implement updates.
Provide first-level support for MES and other digital applications.
Develop training materials and onboard users on digital systems.
Promote best practices and continuous improvement to achieve zero-breakdown and zero-stop goals.
Actively integrate safety leadership behaviors into all processes.
Degree-qualified in process or production engineering.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role, ideally in FMCG manufacturing.
Strong affinity with IT and digitalization, with experience leading projects.
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Safety-focused, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement.
Bonus: Experience with Proficy, Historian, Plain, or other types of MES applications, and feasibility studies.
Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You With UsPlease note that with the upcoming Christmas shutdown period, there may be some minor impacts to our recruitment timelines. We appreciate your understanding during this time.
Application End Date:24 Dec 2025Job Requisition ID:Essity258273Top Skills
What We Do
Essity - a globally leading hygiene and health company, breaking barriers to well-being. Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.
Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. Our barrier breakers innovate for good and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. At Essity, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, is to enable customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.
Our leading global brands include TENA, Tork, Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 36,000 employees. Net sales in 2022 amounted to approximately SEK 156bn (EUR 15bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity
