Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)

valmont; Steele (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont Group in Steele, Alabama seeks an experienced EHS Specialist to drive continuous improvement in environmental, health, and safety practices. You will implement the EHS Playbook, monitor indicators, and partner with site leadership to reduce risks while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will lead EHS initiatives, mentor staff, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to maintain a strong safety culture across operations, with a focus on injury prevention and environmental stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree with 3 years of EHS or related experience, OR 5 years of EHS or related experience.
• Experience implementing and maintaining environmental, health and safety programs, fire prevention, sustainability and risk management.
• Track record of making effective decisions, even when faced with challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve EHS standards and initiatives across the site.
• Deploy EHS programs consistently through site and regional teams.
• Assist in risk assessment processes to identify and control hazards.
• Participate in and facilitate safety teams and trainings.
• Support incident investigations and root cause analysis; implement corrective actions.
• Collect data for reporting and regulatory permit submittals.

Skills

EHS program implementation

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Data collection & reporting

Training & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's degree

Tools

EHS information management system

Job description

475 Dietrich Road Steele Alabama 35987-2613

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 Specialist, Environmental, Health & Safety, enabling overall company strategy in driving continuous improvement with EHS best practices across the organization. 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 participating in and facilitating the site level EHS teams and initiatives. The position will support implementation of Valmont's EHS Playbook for the site. The Specialist, EHS facilitates the alignment of 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 take action in conjunction with appropriate site and regional leadership teams. It is critical that the EHS Specialist assists others in their growth and knowledge in Safety, Health & Environmental practices. It is expected that the Specialist, EHS interacts with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm.

Essential Functions:

• Reports directly to the EHS Manager or General/Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional Safety Manager and has no direct or indirect reports
• Supports development, maintenance, and continuous improvement efforts to facilitate EHS strategic initiatives
• Partners with regional and site management to ensure consistent deployment of standards, campaigns and initiatives across the organization
• Supports the development and implementation of the site-specific annual EHS goals to measurably reduce risks and impacts.
• Will learn and gain expertise 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
• Assists in conducting the risk assessment process to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards throughout the site
• Participates in and facilitates the deployment of environment, health and safety teams (e.g., Safety Committee, etc.) and facilitates their engagement in ownership of the activities required to maintain compliance, reduce the site's environment footprint and drive continuous improvement
• Assists the team based incident investigation process to help identify appropriate root cause and helps facilitate corrective action measures
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittals for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements
• Successful completion of the Valmont EHS Specialist curriculum within three months of hire

Other Important Details about the Role:

• Serves as a liaison between regional and site management, risk management and human resources on applicable topics
• Assists in the development and implementation of emergency management and business continuity programs
• Supports serious post incident reviews at their site, communication of incidents that result or have the potential to result in serious injury; partners with Regional EHS Directors/Managers and site representatives to identify root causes and preventive actions are effectively deployed across the organization
• Assists with training/mentoring to regional/site representatives to strengthen EHS compliance and best practices
• Formulates and implements actions on various EHS topics, as necessary, and shares updates with leadership
• Facilitates the implementation of training programs 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 (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Preferred Bachelor's or Associate's degree with 3 years of EHS or related experience, OR 5 years of experience of EHS or related experience
• EHS 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