EHS Specialist

4131 Hwy 17 South Bartow Florida

Valmont is a Fortune 1000 company that focuses on advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure. We’re here to move the world forward by delivering technology that supports reliable energy, renewables, food production, connectivity, and a sustainable future. We are looking for a dedicated EHS Specialist to enable Valmont’s overall strategy in driving continuous improvement with EHS best practices across the organization.

This role requires initiative on special projects and leadership of site level EHS teams and initiatives. The position will lead the implementation of Valmont’s EHS Playbook at the site and align site EHS activities with enterprise-wide strategies. The EHS Specialist will work to detect sub-standard EHS performance using leading and lagging indicators and collaborate with site and regional leadership to address gaps.

It is expected that the EHS Specialist helps others grow their Environmental, Health & Safety practices and interacts with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can cause harm.

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager, or functional leader with matrixed reporting to the Regional Safety Manager and has no direct or indirect reports.
• Support 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.
• Develops and owns the site-specific annual EHS goals to measurably reduce risks and impacts.
• Function as the site level expert in the company’s Environment, Health and Safety information management system to manage data related to EHS events such as injuries, workers compensation claims, near miss incidents 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) and facilitates their engagement in ownership of 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 analysis and corrective actions.
• Collects data for reporting and permit submittals for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements.

• 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.
• Supports serious post-incident reviews at their site, communicates incidents that result or have the potential to result in serious injury; partners with Regional EHS Director/Manager and site representatives to identify root causes and preventive actions 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 leadership.
• Ensures training programs are developed and implemented to ensure regulatory compliance and incident best practices.
• Stays current with EHS/property conservation regulations and standards.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the Valmont Core Values.

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree in relevant EHS program with 3+ years of EHS or related experience or Associate’s degree with 5+ years of EHS or related experience or 7+ years EHS experience.
• EHS experience with the implementation and maintenance of environmental, health and safety programs, fire prevention, sustainability and risk management.
• Successful completion of the Valmont EHS Specialist curriculum.
• Track record of making effective decisions, even when dealing with limited or ambiguous information.
• Ability to lead or support corporate, division, business unit and site teams responsible for managing EHS risks.