Site Leader, Occupational Health & Safety

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.  

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, million of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.  

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark. 

SUMMARY OF POSITION: 

As an integral part of the Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHS&S) team, the Site Health & Safety Manager assumes a leadership position, spearheading Kimberly-Clark’s (K-C) commitment to Better Care for a Better World. This role provides strategic leadership specifically for the occupational health and safety aspects of EHS&S programs and systems, focusing on the company’s most complex and largest operating locations. The primary objective is to ensure strategic alignment with K-C EHS&S Standards and compliance with local legal requirements.

Through influence without authority and/or direct reporting relationships, the position works collaboratively to identify and direct appropriate process and systems that elevate site program maturity, effectively manage risks, and deliver continuous improvement in occupational health and safety results.  Site Health & Safety Manager will lead a team of professionals that will assist in delivering on accountabilities and reports to Mill/Site Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal Compliance Management: Interpret, understand, and continuously monitor/manage changing implications of relevant legal requirements applicable to site activities and operations.


• Complex Risk Assessment: Able to identify and understand complex occupational health and safety hazards, assess associated risks, and develop similar skills and capabilities in others.


• Subject Matter Expertise: Maintain deep knowledge in various aspects of occupational health and safety, especially related to topics covered by K-C EHS&S Performance Standards (Perf. Stds.) and risks specific to operations.


• Leadership in Incident Management: Lead, conduct and guide occupational health and safety incident investigations and conduct causal analyses while building similar skills and capabilities in others.


• Training Development and Delivery: Develop, deliver, and train others across a broad spectrum of EHS&S topics relevant to complex operations.


• Program Maturity Assessments: Conduct and guide routine checks/self-assessments of the site's occupational health and safety program maturity and performance in complex operations.


• Leadership Skills: Demonstrate relevant leadership skills related to accountability, positive role modeling, and commitment as per the Leadership Curriculum.


• Technological Acumen: Leverage data and digital systems/platforms to improve decision-making and problem-solving. Address technological advancements, such as automation, as relevant to tasks/duties of the role.


• Project Management and Change Management: Exhibit capabilities in project management and managing change effectively.


• Lean Mindset and Collaboration: Role model a lean mindset, emphasizing continuous improvement and value to the customer. Embrace a "go to where the work happens" attitude. Demonstrate strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.


• Manufacturing Planning/Execution/Capital Allocation: Possess familiarity with manufacturing planning, execution, and capital allocation processes.

ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Compliance Assurance:

• Ensure the site's compliant with K-C and regulatory controls and requirements related to occupational health and safety.

EHS&S Management System Ownership:

• Take ownership of the relevant occupational health and safety components within the site's EHS&S Management System.

Risk Management:

• Identify occupational health and safety risks, hazards, emerging requirements, etc., and verify that they are managed to acceptable levels of risk or impact.


• Define the occupational health and safety objectives for the site and assess the effectiveness of performance.

Program Maturity Enhancement:

• Lead the facility's initiatives to improve the maturity of the occupational health and safety programs.


• Implement strategies and initiatives to continually improve the effectiveness of the EHS&S programs.

Strategic Alignment:

• Lead the facility's initiatives to improve the maturity of the occupational health and safety programs.


• Collaborate with regional and global teams to ensure consistent application of EHS&S standards and best practices.

Event Investigation:

• Assist in occupational health and safety event investigations to ensure thorough root cause evaluations and verify the effective implementation of corrective/preventative actions.


• Verify the implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions to mitigate the recurrence of incidents.

Training and Orientation:

• Ensure all employees undergo appropriate occupational health and safety orientation and training programs.


• Develop and deliver training initiatives to enhance occupational health and safety awareness and competence.

Contractor Compliance:

• Ensure adherence of contractors to relevant K-C standards and EHS&S requirements.


• Collaborate with contractors to establish and maintain a safe working environment.

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Utilize digital systems/platforms to conduct analysis of occupational health and safety data.


• Provide insights and recommend improvement actions based on data analysis.


• Ensure controls are in place to verify the quality and completeness of data.

EHS&S Culture Initiatives:

• Act as a catalyst for EHS&S culture initiatives and programs, fostering a culture of occupational health, safety, and continuous improvement.

Emergency Response Support:

• Support Health Services and emergency response efforts.

Key Decisions/Decision Rights

Decision rights for this role relate primarily to escalation (to Regional/BU and Global EHS&S leadership) of any potential conditions that cannot be appropriately resolved locally and are associated with potential:

• Non-conformance/non-compliance with K-C and regulatory controls and requirements related to EHS&S.


• EHS risks or impacts that may not be managed to acceptable levels.


• Ineffective corrective/preventative actions specified to address EHS&S events/subsequent investigations.


• Ineffective controls to provide quality and complete EHS&S data for compliance/conformance purposes.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, or a related field.


• 7 plus years of experience in safety, occupational health, and industrial hygiene management within a manufacturing environment, with a focus on legal compliance, risk management, and adherence to company standards.


• Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities if any.


• 3 years plus years of experience in a leadership, management, or supervisory role.


• Strong communications, interpersonal skills with ability to engage at all levels of the organization.


• Ability to influence behaviors/outcomes w/o direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant Professional Certifications (e.g., PE, CIH, CSP, HMM, NEBOSH, etc.)


• Previous experience with a consumer products organization.


• Large or multi-site health & safety management experience desired for complex site.

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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, 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 pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check. 

Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark includes pay and a full package of benefits that can be tailored to individual needs. The anticipated pay range for this job has a range of $115,000 to $150,000 in addition to bonus potential. Individual pay levels will be based on multiple factors including, but are not limited to, location, role, skill set, and level of experience. 

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” -  or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request. 

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply. 

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