EHS Specialist

Valmont Industries, Inc.; Newberry (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Valmont Industries, Inc. in Estill, South Carolina is seeking an EHS Specialist to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives at the site.

The role focuses on managing the EHS data system, setting annual targets, and ensuring regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to reduce risks. The ideal candidate will drive continuous improvement through incident investigations, training program development, and daily engagement with employees to promote a proactive

Responsibilities

• Creates annual, site-specific environmental, health and safety targets and objectives for the site to measurably reduce exposure and environmental impacts
• Manages data in the EHS information management system for injuries, workers' comp claims, near-miss incidents and inspections
• Leads the risk assessment process to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards at the site
• Implements and enforces Valmont's global EHS standards (Hazardous Energy, Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space, Waste Storage)
• Leads EHS teams (Safety Committee, Green Team) to maintain compliance and drive improvement
• Leads incident investigations to determine root causes and corrective actions
• Develops and maintains training processes to ensure required EHS content is delivered and tracked
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittals for environmental regulatory requirements
• Serves as the site's liaison with national/local environmental, health and safety regulatory agencies
• Completes Valmont EHS Specialist curriculum within three months of hire
• Daily engagement with floor employees to foster a cooperative safety program
• Conducts all EHS training and committee meetings
• Collects and enters data for safety contacts, hazard identifications, and regulatory requirements
• Manages waste storage area, including record keeping, tracking and disposal

Job description

41 Wood St Estill South Carolina 29918

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?

Essential Functions:

• Reports directly to the EHS 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 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:

• 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

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.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

• That’s the value we add.