HSE Specialist

Valmet•Columbus, MS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Our winning team is built by continuous investment in skills development, leadership and well-being. As a global company, we offer many career paths to suit individual needs and aspirations. Apply your expertise in our industry leading team of automation professionals. As part of the Valmet Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team, this is a new role waiting for you to bring your best and integrate HSE into the business. The purpose of the Local HSE Specialist is to: Manage and deliver the effective and efficient provision of standardized HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in Columbus MS. Support and develop effective local HSE management and strong safety culture to support business objectives, including fulfilment of legal, customer and Group requirements, for all operations in Columbus, MS. Drive manager and supervisor ownership and leadership of the system and culture. Drive employee participation in the North American and Local safety culture. You will work closely with Local managers and employees, assigned business line HSE Manager, other HSE professionals in North America, the local Quality Manager, local HR and local Occupational Health Services.

Requirements

Minimum High School graduate.
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.
Proficiency with local, state and federal safety/environmental regulations.
Result-driven, can structure own work.
Good communication, teamwork and relationship building skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams.
Ability to travel 0-20% to other Valmet facilities and customer sites.

Nice To Haves

Secondary degree in safety, environmental, or other relevant field preferred.
Work with other standards is merited.

Responsibilities

Act as the local HSE specialist for delivering HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in Columbus, MS.
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 for must-win initiative E4 Continue to HSE improvement in line with Global & Area 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 as per annual Valmet, Area and local planning in location & on project and service sites.