Senior EHS Specialist

Valmont Industries, Inc. • Valley, NE

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as the principal environment, health and safety (EHS) professional at a Valmont manufacturing site. 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 leading the activities of the site’s EHS related teams. The position will lead implementation of Valmont’s EHS Playbook for the site. The Senior EHS Specialist must be able to align 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 act in conjunction with appropriate site and regional leadership teams. It is critical that the Senior EHS Specialist assists others in their growth and knowledge in Environment, Health and Safety practices. It is expected that the Senior EHS Specialist interacts with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm.

Requirements

• Preferred Bachelors with 5+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 7+ years relevant experience or 9+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated environmental, health and safety management success in a manufacturing environment with an emphasis on program implementation and training
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook
• The ability to work in a cooperative manner and communicate effectively in a positive manner with all levels of the organization
• The ability to read, interpret and develop safety policies, procedures, training materials and standard operating instructions and procedural manuals
• Must be a person of passion and integrity who has the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, Engineering or related discipline or suitable work experience
• One year of experience in galvanizing or a related industry
• Experience using Lean methodology in a manufacturing environment
• Experience utilizing and maintaining Environmental Health and Safety database programs

Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the General/Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional Safety Manager and has no direct or indirect reports
• Creates the annual, site-specific environmental, health and safety targets and objectives for the site to measurably reduce exposure to the site’s most significant health and safety risks and environmental impacts
• Functions as the site level expert 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
• Leads the risk assessment process to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards throughout the site
• Manages implementation of Valmont’s global EHS standards which includes, but is not limited to, Hazardous Energy Control/Lockout, Confined Space Entry and Waste Storage
• Leads the deployment of environment, health and safety teams (e.g., Safety Committee, Green Team, etc.) and facilitates their engagement in ownership of the activities required to maintain compliance, reduce the site’s environment footprint and drive continuous improvement
• Leads the team-based incident investigation process to drive appropriate root cause and corrective actions
• Develops and maintains training processes to ensure that required environmental, health and safety training is defined, addresses required content and is tracked to completion
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittments for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements
• Serves as the site’s initial point-of-contact with national and local environmental, health and safety regulatory agencies
• Successful completion of the Valmont EHS Specialist curriculum within three months of hire
• Ability to assist in an indirect multisite support role as needed by the company
• Work toward development of subject matter expertise in assigned discipline
• Daily engagement with employees on the floor to foster a cooperative, engaged safety program
• Conduct all EHS training and EHS committee meetings
• Collects and enters data for of all safety contacts and hazard identifications
• Collects and enters data for all environmental regulatory requirements
• Manage waste storage area, including record keeping, tracking and disposal

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees