RESH Safety Manager at Essity North America Inc. in MANCHESTER, Connecticut

Job Description:

RESH Safety Manager

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.

About the Role

Essity North America Health and Medical Solutions is currently seeking an experienced Risk, Environmental, Safety & Health (RESH) Manager for our advanced wound care manufacturing sites located in Manchester, CT and Newark, DE. As part of the site leadership team (SLT), this critical position will be responsible for promoting a proactive safety culture that engages all employees, implementing programs that ensure sustainable compliance to applicable regulations and Essity requirements while driving risk reduction and hazard elimination through continuous improvement processes. We are looking for a transformational leader who embodies our values, is not afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move with a sense of urgency.

This is an onsite role, and the ideal candidate should live in the Manchester, CT area or is willing to relocate.

What You Will Do

• Lead the site-wide implementation of the ICare Culture.


• Collaborate with the Site Leadership Team to establish organizational goals and strategic measures (OGSM). 


• Develop and update all safety policies, procedures, and training modules.


• Coordinate supervisory and employee safety training and recordkeeping.


• Implement the Essity RESH Framework; a management system that ensures compliance with applicable regulatory and company policies and regulations.


• Actively participate in departments daily operations meetings (DOMs).


• Leads near misses and LTA’s Investigations.


• Coordinate risk assessments, safety audits, incident  investigations and analyses.


• Manage entry of safety data metrics in the company safety management system database (Gensuite).


• Coordinate and support machine safety risk assessments, Job Safety Analysis, and pre-job work permit planning to reduce risks.


• Lead the coordination of safety communications site-wide.


• Complete Tier 2 and TRI reporting.


• Additional responsibilities as required.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Leadership, or relevant program preferred.


• 5+ years of safety management experience in a manufacturing environment.


• Maintains strict confidentiality and protects privacy of confidential/sensitive information.


• Ability to develop and recommend safety and environmental programs.


• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.


• Ability to motivate employees to work safely.


• Strong computer and training skills.


• Strong knowledge base of OSHA regulations and workers compensation law.


• Travel requirement: 10-20%

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary range: $95,920 - 119,900 + annual incentive bonus + benefits

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance.


• Wellness program provided through Rally.


• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)


• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution.


• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance.


• Employee Assistance Program


• PTO offering with Paid Holidays


• Voluntary benefits to include critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance.


• Employee discounts program


• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

About Our DEI Culture

Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis. And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.

As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other. In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences. From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total Rewards.

Location: Manchester, CT

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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