Regional Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety

Valmont Industries; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k retirement plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Valmont Industries seeks a Regional Manager, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) to lead the deployment of EHS strategies across a defined geographic region with multiple sites. You will drive risk reduction, incident response, and regulatory compliance while integrating EHS into business operations.

This role requires collaboration with senior leaders, cross-site initiatives, and a strong focus on continuous improvement and safety culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s with 7+ years in safety, industrial hygiene, fire protection, or related field.
• Alternate: Associate’s with 9+ years experience; or 11+ years with escalating responsibilities.
• Proven ability to lead EHS programs across sites and regions.
• Experience with enterprise safety information systems and data management.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional EHS strategy across multiple sites or businesses.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to drive risk reduction and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and implement EHS programs, standards, and training.
• Assess hazards, perform risk assessments, and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide coaching to site teams and ensure alignment with corporate standards.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 7+ years

Associate’s degree + 9+ years

11+ years with progressive responsibility

Professional certifications (CSP/ASP/CHMM/CIH)

Tools

Enterprise safety system

Job description

15000 Valmont Plaza Omaha Nebraska 68154 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 Valmont's Regional Manager, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), with expanded oversight across a defined geographic region with multiple sites or across multiple businesses. This role leads the deployment of EHS strategies and systems across multiple sites or businesses, ensuring consistency and alignment with corporate objectives. The Regional Manager collaborates with senior leaders and site teams to drive performance, manage risk, and support regulatory compliance. This position plays a more strategic role in shaping EHS culture, while continuing to support incident response, system improvements, and integration of EHS into business operations.

Essential Functions

• Oversees a defined geographic region with multiple sites or across multiple businesses.
• Reports to the EHS Director; more likely to have direct reports.
• Responsible for regional implementation of EHS strategy across multiple sites or multiple businesses.
• Leads cross-site/ cross-business initiatives and ensures alignment with corporate standards.
• Drives continuous improvement across the region.; multiple sites or multiple businesses.
• Leads multi-site / multi business risk assessments and hazard mitigation.
• Acts as a liaison between corporate and site-level teams.
• Provides strategic input into EHS program development.
• Support the development and maintenance of Global EHS Standards related to occupational safety, fire protection, environmental and sustainability compliance; examples include Accountability, Electrical Safety, Hazard Communication, Hot Work, Contractors, Fall Protection, Due Diligence, Site Closure, etc.
• Support the implementation, update, and maintenance of Valmont's EHS Information Management System (Intelex) and LMS training platforms; Integrates business strategy into automated and semi-automated processes.
• Develops and maintains risk assessment tools to identify and minimize exposure to safety hazards.
• Effective oral/written communication skills to clearly and concisely present information to key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize a large number of projects and track projects through completion.
• Ability to effectively interact with others, establishing open, candid and trusting relationships.
• Thorough knowledge of OSHA, EPA and Fire Prevention technologies (or similar region/country regulations).
• Recognize and be able to integrate Lean and Continuous Improvement (CI) concepts into EHS and vice-versa.
• This role requires up to 50% travel (internationally/domestically), including overnight stays.

Other Important Details about the Role

• Serves as a liaison between Global EHS and Risk Management and Human Resources on applicable topics.
• Develops and support implementation of emergency management and business continuity programs.
• Leads the serious post incident review, communication of incidents that result or have the potential to result in serious injury; partners with Regional EHS Directors/Managers to identify root causes and preventive actions are effectively deployed across the organization.
• Provides training/mentoring to regional/site representatives to strengthen EHS compliance and best practices.
• Ensures the preparation of material evidence for hearings, lawsuits, and insurance investigations.
• Formulates and implements actions on various EHS topics, as necessary, and shares updates with senior leadership.
• Provide training on in-house compliance assurance program (CAP) and ensures implementation across the organization.
• Ensure training programs are developed and implement to ensure regulatory compliance and incident best practices.
• Stay current with EHS/property conservation regulations and standards.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the Valmont Core Values.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate

• Preferred Bachelor’s with 7+ years relevant work experience in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability or related discipline or Associate’s Degree with 9+ years of relevant experience or 11+ years of relevant years of experience of increasing responsibility with an emphasis on implementation and maintenance of environmental, health and safety programs, fire prevention, sustainability and risk management.
• Track record of making effective decisions, even when dealing with limited or ambiguous information.
• Ability to lead and support corporate, division, business unit and site teams responsible for managing EHS risks.
• Prior proven experience utilizing an enterprise-wide safety information system/database.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• Previous experience with international locations and responsibilities or completed successful assignments.
• Experience with OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) or ISO 45001, 14001 desired.
• Prior experience implementing and/or maintaining an enterprise-wide database system.
• Professional certifications preferred such as CSP, ASP, CHMM, CIH (or similar certification).
• Experience in a similar heavy manufacturing industry.

Working Environment and Physical Efforts

Work is typically performed in an office setting with regular visits to manufacturing facilities and locations. While visiting the manufacturing areas of the plant, use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is required at all times. 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. Domestic and international travel represents up to 50% of the work schedule and includes transportation by vehicle and by air. This position requires movement around the office and manufacturing facilities as well as the ability to drive a vehicle to and from the various locations including the occasional transportation of other team members. This position may require lifting, carrying, bending, kneeling, pivoting, reaching, standing, climbing stairs, handling, gripping, grasping and visually inspecting equipment. Overall the physical effort level is considered light. Heavy equipment can be moved with a dolly or the aid of a hoist. Movement of heavy equipment is rare. 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 wrists 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.

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

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.