Safety Specialist

Essity • Neenah, WI

76d • Onsite

About The Position

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Personal Care, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide. Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere. Are you a Health and Safety professional looking for your next career step? Have you worked in a production environment where you have honed your safety knowledge and are now ready for a new challenge? We have an opportunity for you to join us as a Safety Specialist at our large manufacturing site in Neenah, Wisconsin. Essity offers the opportunity for you to join a global business which embraces both innovation and diversity with the goal of making a difference to people’s lives. We manufacture many leading brands at Neenah, including TORK. Health & Safety is the responsibility of each and every employee on site, supported by Health & Safety professionals who take the lead in ensuring that the site is not only compliant with our legal obligations, but works to exceed the standards you would expect in a global organization. We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

Requirements

• Passion to actively improve and monitor safety practices.
• Natural ability to take responsibility and show initiative.
• Approachability.
• Experience and knowledge of Health and Safety topics, requirements, and compliance initiatives.
• Demonstrated impact on the business created by your involvement in Health and Safety-based projects and day-to-day activities.
• Ability to confidently and clearly communicate both verbally and written with people at all levels within the organization.
• Ability to prioritize and adapt to change.
• Ability to professionally and constructively challenge others.
• Ability to work under pressure while ensuring deadlines are met and outcomes are monitored.
• Problem solving abilities with a logical and methodical approach.
• Strong IT literacy with knowledge of MS Office products as well as web-based H&S applications.
• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety, similar degree, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Experience and knowledge of behavioral based systems.
• Working knowledge of project and change management.
• Comfort and experience in emergency response planning.
• Fundamental knowledge/experience level in IQP.
• Certification in NFPA.

Responsibilities

• Report to the site Health and Safety Manager and be a go-to person for all colleagues regarding Health & Safety topics.
• Plan, support the arrangement, and deliver Health & Safety training on site.
• Contribute to the generation of monthly reports to measure related metrics against key performance indicators.
• Promote an active leadership in Health & Safety across the site.
• Support managers with the knowledge, understanding, and compliance of all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to our job duties (OSHA, EPA, etc.).

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary
• Annual incentive bonus
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level