About this role
Make safety, health and environmental responsibility part of everyday operations. Are you ready to lead meaningful change and strengthen a proactive RESH culture? Bring your expertise, leadership and commitment to continuous improvement and make an impact with Essity.
About the Role
As RESH Manager, you will lead Risk, Environment, Safety and Health activities at our production site, championing Essity's I Care journey and helping create a safe, healthy and sustainable workplace. You will serve as a trusted advisor to the Site Leadership Team, combining visible shop-floor leadership with technical expertise, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.
The scope includes safety and occupational health, environmental management, emergency preparedness and security, with close collaboration across operational teams and the global RESH organization
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What You Will Do
- RESH Leadership: Lead the site's I Care journey and RESH agenda, establishing safety and environmental goals and implementation plans while providing visible leadership across operating areas.
- Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements and Essity standards, coordinating risk assessments, audits, permits, incident investigations and corrective actions.
- Safety & Occupational Health: Strengthen preventive practices and safety awareness, oversee occupational health activities, and ensure effective safety requirements for contractors and high-risk work.
- Environmental Management: Lead environmental compliance and improvement activities, including applicable requirements related to emissions, noise, boilers and pressure equipment.
- Emergency & Security Management: Coordinate emergency preparedness, first aid and response arrangements while overseeing site and external warehouse security, access controls and external security providers.
- Business Partnership: Partner with operational teams and relevant stakeholders to build a strong RESH culture, provide coaching and education, and drive continuous improvement by applying internal and external good practices.
- Resource & Performance Management: Identify CAPEX requirements to reduce risks, manage the department budget and lead the function through clear goals, coaching, capability building and performance management.
Who You Are
- You have a university degree in a relevant field.
- You bring 5+ years of experience in a production site, ideally including 3+ years in RESH management, with hands-on exposure to safety, occupational health, environmental and regulatory matters.
- You have the ability to develop and implement RESH programs, conduct assessments and incident investigations, and understand applicable local, national and industry-specific RESH requirements. Experience or knowledge in site security is also valuable.
- You are a confident leader who can set priorities, influence others and lead change. Your strengths include communication, stakeholder and conflict management, analytical and advanced problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, decision-making, project management and financial acumen.
- You can combine a strong safety mindset with coaching, delegation, goal setting, talent development and capability building to engage teams and strengthen a sustainable RESH culture.
What We Can Offer You
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.
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Application End Date
12 nov 2026
Job Requisition ID
Essity266440