EHS Specialist

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A Brief Summary of This Position

This position serves as Valmont’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist, enabling overall company strategy in driving continuous improvement with EHS best practices across the organization. This position requires individual initiative on special projects to complete a wide variety of tasks that are part of Valmont’s comprehensive EHS initiatives. This includes participating in and facilitating the site level EHS teams and initiatives. The position will support implementation of Valmont’s EHS Playbook for the site.  The EHS Specialist facilitates the alignment of the site’s EHS activities with Valmont’s overall enterprise wide EHS strategies. The incumbent is responsible to swiftly detect sub-standard EHS performance using leading and lagging indicators and take action in conjunction with appropriate site and regional leadership teams. It is critical that the EHS Specialist assists others in their growth and knowledge in Safety, Health and Environmental practices. It is expected that the EHS Specialist will interact with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm. 

Essential Functions

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional Safety Manager and has no direct or indirect reports.
• Supports development, maintenance, and continuous improvement efforts to facilitate EHS strategic initiatives.
• Partners with regional and site management to ensure consistent deployment of standards, campaigns and initiatives across the organization.
• Supports the development and implementation of the site-specific annual EHS goals to measurably reduce risks and impacts.
• Will learn and gain expertise in the company’s Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) information management system to manage data related to EHS events such as injuries, workers compensation claims, near miss incidents and internal and external inspections, and environmental permits.
• Assists in conducting the risk assessment process to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards throughout the site.
• Participates in and facilitates the deployment of environmental, health and safety teams (e.g., Safety Committee, etc.) and facilitates their engagement in ownership of the activities required to maintain compliance, reduce the site’s environment footprint and drive continuous improvement.
• Assists the team-based incident investigation process to help identify appropriate root cause and helps facilitate corrective action measures.
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittals for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements.
• Successful completion of the Valmont EHS Specialist curriculum within three months of hire.

Other Important Details about the Role

• Serves as a liaison between regional and site management, risk management and human resources on applicable topics.
• Assists in the development and implementation of emergency management and business continuity programs.
• Supports serious post incident reviews at their site, communication of incidents that result or have the potential to result in serious injury; partners with Regional EHS Directors/Managers and site representatives to identify root causes and preventive actions are effectively deployed across the organization.
• Assists with training/mentoring to regional/site representatives to strengthen EHS compliance and best practices.
• Formulates and implements actions on various EHS topics, as necessary, and shares updates with leadership.
• Facilitates the implementation of training programs to ensure regulatory compliance and incident best practices.
• Stays current with EHS property conservation regulations and standards.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the Valmont Core Values.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

• Preferred Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree with 3 years of EHS or related experience, OR  5 years of experience of EHS or related experience.
• EHS responsibility with an emphasis on implementation and maintenance of environmental, health and safety programs, fire prevention, sustainability and risk management.
• Track record of making effective decisions, even when dealing with limited or ambiguous information.
• Ability to lead or support corporate, division, business unit and site teams responsible for managing EHS risks.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• Previous experience with multi-national companies with progressive EHS programs.
• Experience with OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) or ISO 45001, 14001 desired.
• Prior experience implementing and/or maintaining an enterprise-wide database system.
• Experience in a similar heavy manufacturing industry.

Working Environment and Physical Efforts

The primary working conditions for this position is a manufacturing shop environment with exposure to dirt, grease, fumes, cold, heat, noise, dust.  There will also be times when EHS Specialist works in an office environment.  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses and hard hats may be required in most manufacturing areas and it is the EHS Specialist’s responsibility to ensure that all people (employees, vendors, customers, visitors) are in conformance with all safety requirements and that all employees are enforcing the safety requirements consistently and without exception. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer.  The employee is occasionally required to move about the office.  Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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