EHS Specialist

Claxton GA

Full time

R28381

674 Industrial Park Drive Claxton Georgia 30417

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? Apply now.

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 theEHSManager orGeneral/Plant Manager, with matrixed reporting to the Regional Safety Managerand has no direct or indirect reports

• Supportsdevelopment, maintenance, and continuous improvement efforts to facilitateEHSstrategic initiatives

• Partners with regional and site management to ensure consistent deployment of standards,campaignsand initiatives across the organization

• Supports the development and implementation ofthe site-specific annualEHSgoalsto measurablyreducerisks and impacts.

• Will learn and gainexpertisein the company’s Environment,Healthand Safety(EHS)information management system to manage data related toEHSevents such as injuries, workers compensation claims,near-missincidents and internal and external inspections, and environmental permits

• Assistsin conductingthe risk assessment process to recognize, evaluate, and control hazards throughout the site

• Participatesin andfacilitatesthe deployment of environment,healthand safety teams (e.g., Safety Committee,etc.) andfacilitatestheir engagement in ownership of the activitiesrequiredtomaintaincompliance, reduce the site’s environmentfootprintand drive continuous improvement

• Assiststheteam-basedincident investigation process tohelp identifyappropriate rootcause andhelpsfacilitatecorrective actionmeasures

• Collects data for reporting andpermitsubmittals for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements

• Successful completion of the ValmontEHSSpecialist curriculum withinthreemonths of hire

Other Important Details about the Role

• Serves as a liaison between regional and site management, riskmanagementand human resources on applicable topics

• Assistsin the development andimplementation 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 inserious injury; partners with RegionalEHSDirectors/Managers and site representatives toidentifyroot causes and preventive actions are effectively deployed across the organization

• Assistswithtraining/mentoring to regional/site representatives to strengthenEHScompliance and best practices

• Formulates and implements actions on variousEHStopics, as necessary, and shares updates with leadership

• Facilitates the implementation of training programsto ensure regulatory compliance and incident best practices

• Stay current withEHS property conservation regulations and standards

• Demonstrates a commitment to the Valmont Core Values

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

• PreferredBachelor’s or Associate’sdegree with 3 years of EHS or related experience, OR 5 years ofexperience ofEHS or related experience.

• EHSresponsibility with an emphasis on implementation and maintenance of environmental, health and safety programs, fire prevention,sustainabilityand risk management.

• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and other applicable federal, state, and local EHS regulations.

• Experience conducting safety inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently or as part of a team.

• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and communicate clearly and effectively with diverse audiences across various professional settings.

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint for creating professional training, audit, and management presentations; Excel for data analysis, metric tracking, spreadsheet creation, formulas, and basic data visualization; and Word for drafting, formatting, and maintaining policies, procedures, reports, and regulatory documentation.

• Track recordof making effective decisions, even when dealing with limited or ambiguous information.

• Ability to lead or support corporate, division, businessunitand site teams responsible for managingEHSrisks.

Highly Qualif ied Candidates Will Also Posses s These Qualifications

• Previousexperience withmulti-nationalcompanies with progressiveEHSprograms.

• Experience with OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) or ISO 45001, 14001 desired.

• Prior experience implementing and/ormaintainingan enterprise-wide database system.

• Experience in a similar heavy manufacturing industry.

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 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. 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.

Computer Software : MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Workforce, Workday, Intelex

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 [email protected].

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.