Health & Safety Manager – Automation Solutions, Customer Sites

Valmet

Health & Safety Manager at Valmet ensuring health, safety, and environmental standards in Automation Solutions and Customer Sites. Collaborating with local and global teams for world-class HSE performance.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeBeloit • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

401k with company match
Company funded pension

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Hard Skills & Tools

HSE managementrisk assessmentincident investigationroot cause analysisenvironmental reportingcontinuous improvementHSE auditscompliance evaluationsISO 14001ISO 45001

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder managementtraining facilitationproblem-solvinganalytical skillsleadershiporganizational skillsmulticultural teamworkproject managementadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in health & safetyBachelor's degree in environmentBachelor's degree in manufacturingBachelor's degree in mechanical engineeringISO 14001 certificationISO 45001 certification