Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist

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Deciding on a new career at Valmet can be an exciting opportunity! Every day there are teams of Valmet employees around the world who share the feeling of achieving something great – that feeling when everything works together. Apply your expertise in new ways to continue on the path of growth as a HSE Specialist in Columbus, Mississippi.

As HSE Specialist you play a critical role in ensuring health, safety, and environmental standards are upheld in Valmet's Columbus, MS and Florence, AL locations. You will collaborate deeply with the local organizations and take strong responsibility for achieving world-class HSE performance. The position will require regular travel to the Florence, Alabama location. Travel requirements to other locations outside of Florence may vary based on business needs, audits, training initiatives, incident response, and project support.

As part of the Valmet Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team, this is a new role waiting for you to bring your best and integrate HSE into the business. The purpose of the Local HSE Specialist is to:

• Manage and deliver the effective and efficient provision of standardized HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in Columbus Mississippi and Florence Alabama.
• Support and develop effective local HSE management and strong safety culture to support business objectives, including fulfilment of legal, customer and Group requirements, for all operations in Columbus Mississippi and Florence Alabama.
• Drive manager and supervisor ownership and leadership of the system and culture
• Drive employee participation in the North American and Local safety culture

You will work closely with Local managers and employees, assigned business line HSE Manager, other HSE professionals in North America, the local Quality Manager, local HR and local Occupational Health Services.

Areas of responsibility

• Act as the local HSE specialist for delivering HSE services and functional support to all Valmet operations in Columbus Mississippi and Florence Alabama.
• Coordinate and implement the Global/Area HSE processes and develop additional needed location specific HSE procedures.
• Manage internal and external HSE issues in the location 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 location
• Plan and implement Location Annual HSE improvement plan for must-win initiative E4 Continue to HSE improvement in line with Global & Area HSE Strategy, targets and initiatives.
• Co-ordinate 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 local incident investigation, root cause analyses and corrective action implementation in the Location
• 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 in the location
• Plan and deliver local HSE communication for the location
• Participate as HSE specialist in local HSE committee
• Represent location in the North American HSE team and participate in associated workgroups, tasks and programs.
• Manage customer information requests regarding HSE in the location.
• Regularly analyze and assess the needs, gaps and opportunities in Location HSE performance as input to reviews, target setting, plans and preventive initiatives and actions
• Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on Location HSE performance status
• Ensure regulatory, as well as Valmet HSE record-keeping and reporting requirements are met in the Location.
• Manage CSM environmental reporting database and lead location reporting of environment KPI’s
• Act as a Spotlight key user for HSE event, Risk and Audit management solution in Location
• 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
• Co-ordinate and perform internal and other HSE audits & inspections as per annual Valmet, Area and local planning in location & on project and service sites

Basic requirements

• Education: Minimum High School graduate. Secondary degree in safety, environmental, or other relevant field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in HSE in a similar environment.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement activities.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system standards and certifications. Work with other standards is merited.
• Proficiency with local, state and federal safety/environmental regulations.
• Result-driven, can structure own work
• Good communication, teamwork and relationship building skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams
• Ability to travel up to 25% to other Valmet facilities and customer sites.

We Offer

We offer a challenging work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic setting. Includes a generous wage and benefits package that includes a 401k with company match as well as company-funded pension.

Please note that any offer of employment is contingent upon a background check and pre-employment physical and drug screen.

This position is not available for internation relocation. Applicant must be living and authorized to work in the US.

Where everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 20,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customer's performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork. Join the team! www.valmet.com/careersna

Valmet is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and applicants for employment will not be discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

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About Us

http://www.valmet.com

Valmet is a global technology leader in serving process industries. We work with our customers throughout the lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services, as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of 18,500 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.

In 2025, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.2 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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