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This position serves as the principal environmental, health and safety professional/purchasing assistant at Intermountain Galvanizing manufacturing site. This position requires individual initiative on special projects to complete a wide variety of tasks that are part of Valmont Coating’s comprehensive EHS initiatives. This includes leading the activities of the site’s environmental, health and safety related teams, *must be bilingual English/Spanish. The position will lead implementation of Valmont’s Health and Safety Playbook and Environmental and Sustainability Playbook for the site. The EHS Coordinator must be able to align the site’s EHS activities with Valmont’s overall environmental, health and safety strategies. The incumbent is responsible to detect sub-standard EHS performance using leading and lagging indicators and take action in conjunction with appropriate site and division leadership teams. It is critical that the EHS Coordinator assists others in their growth and knowledge in Environmental Health and Safety practices. The EHS Coordinator will interact with site production employees to identify and control hazards that can result in harm. As purchasing assistant this position will be responsible to monitor certain inventory levels, request quotes from suppliers and vendors, evaluate potential vendors, negotiate competitive prices and contracts, coordinate delivery schedules, enter purchase orders into system, verify price and quantities, track expenditures all while adhering to company policies and procedures.

Essential Functions:

EHS Coordinator

• Reports directly to the General Manager or Technical Operations Manager.

• Assist the creation of annual, site-specific environmental, health and safety targets and objectives for the site in order to measurably reduce exposure to the site’s most significant health and safety risks and environmental impacts.

• Identifies action-based EHS goals for site leadership team members and supervisors to support achievement of site-specific EHS targets and objectives.

• Function as the site level expert in 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 internal and external inspections.

• Manages implementation of the Valmont’ global safety and environmental standards which includes, but is not limited to, Hazardous Energy Control/Lockout, Confined Space Entry and Waste Storage.

• Assist the deployment of environmental, health and safety teams (e.g., Safety Committee, Green Team, etc.) and facilitates their engagement in ownership of the activities required to maintain compliance, reduce the site’s environmental footprint and drive continuous improvement.

• Assist with development and maintenance of training processes to ensure that required environmental, health and safety training is defined, addresses required content and is tracked to completion. Such training would include, but not limited to:

• New employee training/on-boarding

• Forklift training

• Crane and overhead equipment training

• New equipment or new jobsite training

• Annual employee training

• Other training as needed

• Reporting and permit submittals for multi-media environmental regulatory requirements (Tier II, Biennial, Storm Water, Division of Air Quality)

• Serves as the site’s initial point-of-contact with national and local environmental, health and safety regulatory agencies.

• Daily, weekly, and monthly safety inspections of the plant layout, equipment operation, and employee PPE, and other tasks as outlined below:

• Monitor floor and pit management program and correct any deficiencies

• Inspection and correction of ladders, slings, harness, fire prevention, and other safety related equipment.

• Oversee and direct hazardous material shipments, tank and pit cleaning, and employee involvement in working with hazardous materials and locations.

• Completing, monitoring, and correcting safety oriented work orders.

• Issues and monitors restrictive permits: Roof Access, Confined Space, and Hot Work.

• Participates as Entry Supervisor for confined space work. Including air monitoring and safety watch

• DOT Training /Certification – Hazardous Waste Classification and Packaging

• Participation in Utah County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee)

Purchasing Assistant

• Ensures proper inventory levels and provides site-purchasing support.

• Coordinates purchase orders and logistics.

• Assists sales team with forecasting and inventory planning, generating, releasing purchase orders, and managing shipment logistics.

• Locates and maintains the best sources of components, materials, and services required for business operation and sustainability.

• Works closely with manufacturing to ensure the correct components and quantities are available for production.

• Other functions and duties as requested by the GM or Technical Operations Manager.

Other Important Details about the Role:

• Daily engagement with employees on the floor to foster a cooperative safety program

• Observation of employees while performing their duties to ensure compliance to safety programs and regulations.

• Conduct all safety meetings and safety committee meetings.

• Assist with collection and data entry of all safety contacts and hazard identifications

• Conduct accident and near miss investigations, determine root cause and implement appropriate countermeasures

• Assist with collection and data entry of all environmental regulatory requirements.

• Manage waste storage area, including record keeping, tracking and disposal.

• Attend EHS and related meetings via internet and commercial travel.

• All other duties as directed by the General Manager or Technical Operations Manager.

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

• High School diploma or GED equivalent

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook

• The ability to work in a cooperative manner and communicate effectively in a positive manner with all levels of the organization as well as with vendors and suppliers.

• The ability to read, interpret and develop safety policies, procedures, training materials and standard operating instructions and procedural manuals

• Must be a person of passion and integrity who has the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree

• 1-2 years of experience in galvanizing or a related industry

• Experience using Lean methodology in a manufacturing environment

• Experience utilizing and maintaining Environmental Health and Safety database programs

Working Environment and Physical Efforts:

The primary working conditions for this position is a manufacturing shop environment with exposure to dirt, grease, fumes, cold, heat, noise, dust. There will also be times when the EHS Coordinator 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 Coordinator’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.

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 EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.

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.