Health & Safety Manager – Automation Solutions, Customer Sites

Role Overview

• Act as the HSE Manager for delivering HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in United States and Canada for Customer Sites and Automation locations.
• HSE Responsibility between Three Business Areas (Customer Sites, Automation Solutions, Global Supply).
• Coordinate and implement the Global/Area HSE processes and develop additional needed location specific HSE procedures.
• Manage internal and external HSE issues, in the direction of the HSE Director, Automation, in the locations and communicate with relevant stakeholders.
• Assure the quality of the internally and externally shared local HSE-related documentation.
• Identify HSE risks and opportunities and propose and communicate solutions to the stakeholders in the locations and for Customer Site Projects.
• Drive Locations Annual HSE improvement plan for must-wins to HSE improvement in line with Global & Business Areas HSE Strategy, targets and initiatives.
• Coordinate and facilitate local HSE related training programs for Valmet employees and external workers.
• Assist managers in the conduct of HSE hazard and risk assessments for normal and abnormal operations as well as when operation changes are planned.
• Lead incident investigation, root cause analyses and corrective action implementation for customer sites and automation BA in the region.
• Co-ordinate regular environmental aspect and impact identification for local operations.
• Ensure local HSE compliance by local law register and by regular compliance evaluations as well as implementing an annual compliance calendar at the locations.
• Plan and deliver local HSE communication to the locations.
• Help Facilitate HSE Committees at the Automation Locations.
• Represent locations in the region HSE team and participate in associated workgroups, tasks and programs.
• Manage customer information requests regarding HSE in United States.
• Regularly analyze and assess the needs, gaps and opportunities in Locations HSE performance as input to reviews, target setting, plans and preventive initiatives and actions.
• Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on Locations HSE performance status.
• Ensure regulatory, as well as Valmet HSE record-keeping and reporting requirements are met in the Locations.
• Manage CSM environmental reporting database and lead locations reporting of environment KPI’s.
• Act as a Spotlight key user for HSE event, Risk and Audit management solution.
• Act as the point of contact for the GMS certification management in the location for ISO 14001 and 45001 including implementation of expansion roadmap, audit management and global learnings.
• Coordinate and perform internal and other HSE audits & inspections as per annual Valmet, Area and local planning in location & on project and service sites.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in HSE in a similar environment.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in health & safety, environment, manufacturing or mechanical engineering.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement activities.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system standards and certifications.
• Proficiency with local, state and federal safety/environmental regulations.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams.
• Ability to travel 20% to other Valmet facilities and customer sites.
• Several years’ experience in multi-cultural customer project and site HSE work.
• Ability to travel 35% to other Valmet facilities and customer sites.

Benefits

• 401k with company match
• Company funded pension