HSE Manager

Are you passionate for creating a safe and healthy work environment? Read below why you should join Valmet's HSE team!

At Valmet we are committed to protecting the health, safety, and environment (HSE) of our people, partners, suppliers, business contacts and customers, as well as the communities where we operate. We work to provide safe and healthy workplaces for all. We do this by investing in a positive safety culture, collaborating with customers and partners, and constantly improving our processes and practices towards our common goal of zero harm.

We are currently looking for an experienced HSE Manager to be responsible for the health, safety, and environmental development of our Pulp and Energy business line locations in Finland. We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as an HSE Manager at Valmet's manufacturing sites in Tampere (Automiehenkatu) and Lapua, as well as the Tampere pilot plant.

As a key player in our organization, you will work collaboratively with our existing HSE team to ensure the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental management.

You will report directly to the head of the Finnish HSE team, and in matrix, especially to the Global HSE Manager in Pulp and Energy Business Line (P&E BL) and the locations management . The main responsibility is to implement and maintain an effective HSE operating model and to develop a safety culture to support our business goals. In addition, you will be responsible for overseeing compliance with laws and regulations, as well as meeting customers' and Valmet's HSE requirements in the locations.

Your main responsibilities are

• Support and guide supervisors and the entire personnel in the development of safety culture and HSE management
• Manage and deliver the provision of effective HSE services and support for all P&E employees in Finland and coordinate the support for other locations
• Act as a point of contact for internal stakeholders regarding P&E BL HSE operations in Finland
• Act as a local HSE contact for external stakeholders, such as authorities, customers, suppliers, and service providers
• Secure HSE compliance management in location including permit management, operational control program, and regular evaluation of compliance
• Manage GMS (Global Management System) HSE certification in the location for ISO 14001 and 45001 including expansion, audits, global learning practices and GMS management review process
• Provide coordination on global, Area, Business Line, and own initiatives and activities
• Analyze and assess the needs, gaps and opportunities in location HSE performance as input to reviews, target setting, plans and preventive initiatives and actions
• Lead and manage incident investigation, root cause analyses and corrective action implementation in the locations
• Act as the Occupational Health and Safety Manager (Työsuojelupäällikkö), ensuring compliance and promoting a strong safety culture across the organization.
• Implement HSE processes and country instructions, and develop, implement and maintain needed local HSE procedures, and perform tasks as defined in these processes and procedures.

Our expectations to you

• Master's or Bachelor's degree from relevant field of studies
• Ability to learn and willingness to develop yourself professionally
• Knowledge of the safety requirements of the production industry, previous experience of safety requirements for lifting operations and working at heights is seen as an advantage
• Knowledge of the occupational health and safety manager's statutory duties, previous experience is seen as an advantage
• Experience in managing and developing safety in a workplace of several hundred employees
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in Finnish and English. Other languages are a merit.
• Knowledge of multi-site ISO 14001,ISO 45001and ISO 9001 management systems standards and certifications, as well asFinnishlegislation and standards within HSE
• Experience of leading incident investigations
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, Teams
• Willingness to travel within Finland (approximately 20%)
• Experience of working in an international matrix organization is an advantage in the position. In this task, we work with numerous local and external stakeholders.

Who are we looking for?

We expect you to be a role model for HSE. We are looking for a confident individual who feels at home working in a matrix organization with multiple important stakeholders. The position requires strong leadership and problem-solving skills. Result-oriented mindset helps you to focus on goals and in implementing changes. Operating methods of our organization require you to be both flexible and self-driven.  At Valmet we believe in the power of cooperation, so we hope that you have excellent interpersonal skills.

We offer

In this position, you have a unique opportunity to create, develop and implement HSE operating methods and culture surrounded by a great team. Best of all, in this position you will be able to influence the safety and health of thousands of people, as well as the environment where we all operate. You will become a solid part of the Finnish HSE team, indirectly you can also participate in EMEA and Valmet level HSE projects and working groups. You get to work in a dynamic environment where HSE is both part of the business agenda and the company culture.

You'll be part of a dedicated HSE team, working alongside experienced colleagues. Additionally in Tampere, you will have locally the support of one HSE specialist, ensuring a collaborative and proactive approach to health, safety, and environmental initiatives. Our dynamic team comprises of 12 skilled professionals based in Finland, contributing to our collective strength alongside 40 colleagues across the entire EMEA market area.

In addition to a meaningful job and great colleagues, we offer you a good package of compensation and benefits. Our local benefits include e.g., comprehensive occupational health care, lunch benefit, personnel fund, sport and culture benefits, bike benefit and a wide variety of different learning opportunities.

More information

If you want to know more about the role, please call Mikko Hinkkanen (+358 50 570 6957), available on Tue 18.2. at 14-16 and Fri 21.2. at 14-16. About the recruitment process: If this sounds like a right place for you and you meet the requirements, please submit your application with CV and salary request as soon as possible, but at latest on Sunday, 23rd February. We will review applications as they come in and send video interview questions for candidates meeting the key criteria.

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When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers' performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork.

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