EHS Manager

About the role

This position serves as Valmont’s Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) enabling overall company strategy in driving continuous improvement with EHS best practices across the site.

Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional EHS Leader and may have direct reports
• Learns development, maintenance, and continuous improvement efforts to facilitate EHS strategic initiatives at a single site
• Partners with regional and site management to ensure consistent deployment of standards, campaigns and initiatives across the organization
• Develops and owns the site-specific annual EHS goals to measurably reduce risks and 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
• Leads 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
• Leads the team based incident investigation process to drive appropriate root cause and corrective actions
• Captures 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
• Serves as a liaison between regional and site management, risk management and human resources on applicable topics
• Develops and supports implementation of emergency management and business continuity programs
• Leads the 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 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
• Formulates and implements actions on various EHS topics, as necessary, and shares updates with senior leadership
• Provides training on in-house compliance assurance program (CAP) and ensures implementation across the organization
• Ensures training programs are developed and implemented to ensure regulatory compliance and incident best practices
• Stays current with EHS/property conservation regulations and standards

Qualifications

• Preferred Bachelor’s with 5+ years relevant work experience in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability or related discipline or equivalent experience is preferred or Associate’s with 7+ years’ experience or overall 10+ years’ experience
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively increasing health and safety 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
• Previous experience with multi-national companies with progressive EHS programs
• 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)

Skills

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of environmental, health and safety regulations and standards

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