Safety Specialist

Do you want to make a difference in a dynamic organization where you get the opportunity to build relationships with people from all over the world? Are you passionate about people and safety? If yes, then this might be an opportunity just for you!
An exciting and challenging opportunity awaits you who want to contribute with your expertise, energy and creativity as we are looking for a Safety Specialist to our factories in Falkenberg and Mölnlycke.
We are a modern organization with high technology machines and mindset. Technology development and upgrading project are constantly on our agenda. Our productions are within fast moving consumer goods. In our Falkenberg site we are producing diapers, incontinence products mostly for markets within Central- and East Europe. At the Mölnlycke Site we produce special airlaid material and the product range covers wash gloves, soft wipes, hygiene sheet, cell cloth (Cellduk) and Libero Dry Wipes. The brands are: TENA, Tork and Libero.
Our culture is focused on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment. 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.
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About the position
As a Safety Specialist, you will provide specific knowledge and expertise of safety and regulations regarding the work environment at the Falkenberg and Mölnlycke sites. Hence, this person will need to ensure that we have the right information, competence and leadership in this area, enabling us to constantly develop and create a better and safer workplace.
You will be heavily involved in both reactive and preventive ways of working focusing on e.g. risk assessments and standards as well as investigations and reporting. You will need to be flexible in your role and spend lot of time on the shop floor, both in the Falkenberg factory and when supporting the Mölnlycke plant. The job includes identifying important, emerging safety trends and ensuring that the sites are equipped to effectively deal with these. Thus, this position has an important role in making sure we fulfil all legal obligations and comply with the local and European standards and the safety strategy of the company.
As our Safety Specialist, you will contribute by adding increased knowledge and commitment within our business at Falkenberg and Mölnlycke sites. In the scope of driving our safety work forward, education and leading trainings is an essential part. The Safety specialist supports our managers in day-to-day business on safety issues and troubleshooting to make sure our employees can work safe at all times.
What You Will Do
Develop the safety work processes towards continuously improvement and follow up on targets and KPI: s.
Ensure and conduct regular reporting in accordance with legal requirements and company standards.
Create and execute work environment surveys, measurements and risk assessments.
Run and lead trainings within your area to internal and external stakeholders.
Support to managers in daily safety issues to ensure good problem solving with a sense of urgency.
Support the organization as administrator of our incident reporting system Gensuite and lead investigations on incidents and accidents
Being involved in the Essity's RESH network together with the other Consumer Goods factories in Europe.
Participating actively in our external audits.



Who You Are
You have a genuine interest in safety and work environment matters. Motivating and leading others comes natural for you, even if they do not report to you, and you easily collaborate and communicate a message to others. Additionally, this role requires that you are disciplined and work well with details. Also, you have great analytical capabilities and enjoy problem solving, which is a recurring task due to business need e.g., in terms of new tools or ways of working.
Apart from above, you also have:
Experience from safety work, e.g. as safety coordinator or as a manager working with safety in a production environment.
Leadership’s skills and an interest to run presentations/educations.
Capacity to independently identify requirements and drive actions.
A sense of urgency and excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent proficiency in Swedish and English



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. We can offer you a stimulating job in a local setting, yet global environment. It´s a possibility for you to evolve when it comes to training, educating and motivating others. We also give you an opportunity to take your next career step professionally within this area, taking a greater responsibility for driving continuously improvement within safety and sustainability.
Application
Interested? If you are up for the challenge and think this sounds like you, apply today! Kindly note that due to GDPR we will not accept applications via mail. Please use the link to apply via our career site.
As we will be making ongoing selections, interviews might start before the application deadline. We may conduct background checks in the final stages of the recruitment process to verify your qualifications and fit for the role
Union representatives:
Joakim Bengtsson, Unionen: 070 242 74 24 
Martin Ericsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer: 070 370 63 10
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