EHS Specialist - Environmental Health Safety

Valmont Industries, Inc.; Brenham (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an EHS Specialist to enhance safety practices at their Brenham facility. The role involves leading EHS initiatives, conducting training, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. As a key member of the EHS team, you will engage with employees to foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on workplace safety and environmental sustainability. If you are passionate about safety and have the drive to excel, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career while contributing to a safer work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or associate degree with 3+ years of experience or 5+ years relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and EHS practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead EHS initiatives and manage site-specific health and safety targets.
• Conduct training and facilitate safety committee meetings.

Skills

Communication Skills

Safety Policy Development

Risk Assessment

Data Management

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Associate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

EHS Database Programs

Job description

EHS Specialist - Environmental Health Safety in Brenham, TX at Valmont Careers

Why Valmont

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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? Apply now.

A Brief Summary of This Position:

This position serves as a key member of the EHS team at the Brenham, TX facility. 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 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 EHS Specialist assists others in their growth and knowledge in Environment, Health and Safety practices. It is expected that the EHS Specialist interacts with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm.

Essential Functions:

• Reports directly to the EHS 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 environmental 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 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

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

• Preferred bachelor’s or associate degree with 3+ years of experience or 5+ years of relevant experience
• 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

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• One year of experience in manufacturing
• Experience using Lean methodology in a manufacturing environment
• Experience utilizing and maintaining Environmental Health and Safety database programs

Working Environment and Physical Efforts:

The primary working condition for this position is a manufacturing shop environment with exposure to dirt, grease, fumes, cold, heat, noise, dust. There will also be times when the EHS Specialist works in an office environment. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses and hard hats may be required in most manufacturing areas and it is the EHS Specialist’s responsibility to ensure that all people (employees, vendors, customers, visitors) are in conformance with all safety requirements and that all employees are enforcing the safety requirements consistently and without exception. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. The environment is fast-paced and demanding most of the time. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrist rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.