EHS Manager

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Jasper TNtime type:
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R Industrial Blvd Jasper Tennessee
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** A Brief Summary of This Position:
** The EHS Manager serves as the principal environmental, health and safety professional for Valmont Industries. The incumbent will provide guidance and support to local management on the design, implementation and maintenance of processes that support Valmont’s Health and Safety Management System (e.g., Health and Safety Playbook). The position reports to the Sr. Plant Manager and requires collaboration with company employees at all levels of the organization.

This position is accountable for establishing the overall strategic direction for safety and loss prevention/reduction initiatives in conformance with corporate initiatives and direction.  This is a “hands-on” position requiring a regular, shop floor site presence and requires occasional travel to other locations.
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* Essential Functions:

*** Effective oral and written communication skills to clearly and concisely present information to stakeholders at all levels of the organization
* Ability to effectively interact with others, establishing open, candid and trusting relationships
* Demonstrated effective use of influence, persuasion, team consensus building
* Demonstrable knowledge of current health and safety technologies and processes such as ergonomics risk assessments, industrial hygiene exposure assessments, electrical arc flash hazard analyses and machinery safety principles
* Demonstrated ability to prioritize a large number of different projects to completion
* Track record of making effective decisions, even when dealing with limited or ambiguous information
* Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA/NIOSH/NFPA regulations, standards and practices
** Other Important Details about the Role:
*** Serves as the site’s initial point of contact with governmental regulatory agencies on matters related to health and safety
* Leads the implementation and maintenance of health and safety risk assessment tools designed to identify, prioritize and control exposures to hazards that can result in harm
* Leads the creation of annual, site-specific health and safety targets and objectives (SBO Plan) for the site in order to measurably reduce exposure to the to the site’s most significant health and safety risks
* Create and maintain periodic reports to management detailing the site’s performance on key leading and lagging metrics
* Identifies action-based health and safety goals for site leadership team members and supervisors to support achievement of site-specific targets and objectives
* Utilizes the company’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) database to manage data related to health and safety events such as injuries, workers compensation claims, near miss incidents and regulatory agency inspections
* Manages implementation of the Valmont Global Health and Safety Standards such as Hazardous Energy Control/Lockout, Confined Space Entry and Hot Work, Powered Industrial Truck and Fall Protection
* Leads the deployment of site health and safety committees and facilitates their engagement in ownership of the activities required to maintain compliance and drive continuous improvement
* Manages development and maintenance of training processes to ensure that required health and safety training is defined, addresses required content and is tracked to completion
* Coordinates utilization of…