Health and Safety Specialist

Valmet • Waukesha, WI

15d • $80 - $100 • Onsite

About The Position

We are ready for you to join our team! Deciding on a new career at Valmet can be an exciting opportunity!. Every day there are teams of Valmet employees around the world who share the feeling of achieving something great – that feeling when everything works together. Apply your expertise in new ways to continue on the path of growth as a HSE Specialist in Waukesha, Wisconsin. As HSE Specialist you play a critical role in ensuring health, safety, and environmental standards are upheld in Valmet's Waukesha location. You will collaborate deeply with the local organizations, and take strong responsibility for achieving world-class HSE performance.

Requirements

• Education: Minimum High School graduate. Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or other relevant field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in HSE in a similar environment.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement activities.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system standards and certifications. Work with other standards is merited.
• Proficiency and strong background with local, state and federal safety/environmental regulations.
• Result-driven and can structure own work.
• Good communication, teamwork and relationship building skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams.
• Ability to travel 20% to other Valmet facilities and customer sites.
• Please note this position is NOT available for sponsorship.
• Please be authorized to work in the USA and preferably living in the surrounding Southern Wisconsin region or Metro Milwaukee area.
• This position will require on-site support at the Waukesha, Wisconsin location.

Responsibilities

• Act as the local HSE specialist for delivering HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in Waukesha, WI
• Coordinate and implement the Global/Area HSE processes and develop additional needed location specific HSE procedures
• Manage internal and external HSE issues in the location and communicate with relevant stakeholders
• Assure the quality of the internally and externally shared local HSE-related documentation
• Identify HSE risks and opportunities and propose and communicate solutions to the stakeholders in the location
• Plan and implement Location Annual HSE improvement plan in line with Valmet's HSE Strategy, targets and initiatives.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate local HSE related training programs for Valmet employees and external workers
• Assist managers in the conduct of HSE hazard and risk assessments for normal and abnormal operations as well as when operation changes are planned.
• Lead local incident investigation, root cause analyses and corrective action implementation in the Location
• Co-ordinate regular environmental aspect and impact identification for local operations
• Ensure local HSE compliance by local law register and by regular compliance evaluations as well as implementing an annual compliance calendar in the location
• Plan and deliver local HSE communication for the location
• Participate as HSE specialist in local HSE committee
• Represent location in the North American HSE team and participate in associated workgroups, tasks and programs.
• Manage customer information requests regarding HSE in the location.
• Regularly analyze and assess the needs, gaps and opportunities in Location HSE performance as input to reviews, target setting, plans and preventive initiatives and actions
• Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on Location HSE performance status
• Ensure regulatory, as well as Valmet HSE record-keeping and reporting requirements are met in the Location.
• Manage CSM environmental reporting database and lead location reporting of environment KPI’s
• Act as a Spotlight key user for HSE event, Risk and Audit management solution in Location
• Act as the point of contact for the GMS certification management in the location for ISO 14001 and 45001 including implementation of expansion roadmap, audit management and global learnings
• Co-ordinate and perform internal and other HSE audits & inspections in both locations & on customer project and service sites

Benefits

• We offer a dynamic work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and energetic setting with opportunities for continual growth.
• We're looking for team-oriented people with a willingness to learn and contribute to our customers’ success.
• This includes a generous wage starting between $80-$100k/annual (based on background) and benefits package that offers a 401k with company match as well as company funded pension.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees