EHS Manager

Valmont Group; Valley (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont is seeking an EHS Manager for the Valley site (Nebraska) to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives. This role requires initiative on projects and coordination with regional leadership to align EHS activities with enterprise-wide strategies.

The candidate will drive the EHS playbook implementation, manage data and regulatory reporting, and build a proactive safety culture among production staff. Strong communication and training skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years relevant experience or an Associate's with 8+ years experience or 10 years total experience.
• Manufacturing environment experience with program implementation and training.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to read, interpret and develop safety policies, procedures, training materials and SOPs.
• Person of passion and integrity with drive to excel and deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the Senior Plant Manager.
• Sets annual EHS targets for the site to measurably reduce exposure to health and safety risks and environmental impacts.
• Manages EHS data and permits in the site information system for injuries, workers compensation, near-miss incidents and inspections.
• Leads the risk assessment process to identify, evaluate, and control hazards across the site.
• Implements Valmont's global EHS standards including Hazardous Energy Control/Lockout, Confined Space, and Waste Storage.
• Leads the deployment of safety teams and drives ownership of safety activities to maintain compliance and drive improvement.
• Leads incident investigations to identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Develops and maintains training processes to ensure required EHS training is defined and tracked.
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittals for regulatory requirements.
• Serves as the site's initial point-of-contact with national and local environmental, health, and safety agencies.

Skills

Safety management

Training

Communication

Policy interpretation

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associates degree

10 years of relevant experience

Job description

600 W Reichmuth Rd Valley Nebraska 68064-0358

Why Valmont

We're Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today . We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

This position serves as the principal environmental, health, and safety (EHS) professional at our Valmont Valley and Columbus sites. 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 EHS Manager 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 EHS Manager assists others in their growth and knowledge in Environment, Health, and Safety practices. It is expected that the EHS Manager interacts with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm.

Essential Functions

• Reports directly to the Senior Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional EHS Manager
• Creates the annual, site-specific environmental, health and safety targets and objectives for the site to measurably reduce exposure to the to the site's most significant health and safety risks and environmental impacts
• Function 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 the 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 submittals 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

Other Important Details about the Role

• Ability to assist in an indirect multisite support role as needed by the company
• Develop subject matter expertise in assigned discipline
• Daily engagement with employees on the floor to foster a cooperative safety program
• Manage all safety meetings and safety committee meetings
• Manage collection and data entry of all safety contacts and hazard identifications
• Manage collection and data entry of all environmental regulatory requirements
• Manage waste storage area, including record keeping, tracking and disposal

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

• Bachelor's with 6 years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 8 years relevant experience or 10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated environmental, health and safety management success in a manufacturing environment with an emphasis on program implementation and training
• 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

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