Job Title: EHS Manager
Location: Danville, IL
Reports to: Plant Manager
About Grain Craft Corn Milling (Previously Bunge):* Grain Craftis a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose* (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment). These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft’s high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed.
Grain Craft Corn Milling’ offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Bonuses, 401K with up to 6% matching (vested on Day 1!), Employee and Family Assistance Programs, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings.
Job Description:
Provide environmental, health and safety (EHS) leadership and technical expertise for the Grain Craft plant. Accountable for the execution of all EHS programs and plans that reinforce our safety-first culture by continuously improving our ability to prevent serious injuries, fatalities, environmental incidents, and ensuring compliance with applicable EHS regulations. Position reports to the plant manager.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Implement, maintain and update Grain Craft EHS standards and programs to promote a Best-in-Class EHS program with a focus on eliminating serious injuries & fatalities (SIF), high potential exposures (HiPo) (e.g. confined spaces, hot tap, X-ray, electrical safety, mobile equipment, etc.), and environmental incidents and non-compliance events.
- Provide technical EHS support and professional expertise to the plant leadership team and workforce.
- Coach, counsel, and engage all employees on how to lead with safety and promote a safety-first culture.
- Implement Grain Craft’s Global EHS Management Systems to assess job hazards and risks and help protect employees, contractors, and visitors from workplace injuries/illnesses, and minimize EHS risks and impacts.
- Maintain site EHS documentation.
- Manage environmental and EHS policies, procedures and programs to ensure compliance with Grain Craft’s requirements, and applicable local, federal rules and regulations.
- Work with plant team and stakeholders to address and improve root causes and performance gaps that could result in serious injury or environmental incidents.
- Maintain the site EHS training matrix and ensure that all personnel are properly trained in EHS-related topics.
- Partner with site leadership to ensure contractor safety and orientation procedures are enforced.
- Participate in incident investigations and support root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence.
- Provide emergency response leadership, training, and oversight.
- Participate in plant capital project reviews to ensure EHS engineering controls are implemented.
- Lead or support required site audits and assessments and ensure corrective actions are completed.
- Support Grain Craft’s sustainability initiatives including waste minimization and reduction efforts. Serve as a liaison with environmental and safety regulatory agencies, where appropriate.
- Support and monitor the site’s environmental compliance efforts (air, water, and waste). Ensure that all required permits are maintained, and reports are submitted in a timely manner.
- Maintain site compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (RMP) programs as applicable.
- Serve as the EHS point of contact and subject matter expert.
- Lead and support local EHS team as assigned.
- Lead and support health and safety committee(s) and work closely with corporate safety and environmental teams.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable environmental regulations and permitting
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required:
· Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental/Health Science, Engineering, or closely related required, or equivalent work experience required.
· Minimum 5 years of EHS experience required.
· Demonstrated knowledge and EHS improvement in SIF potential incidents (Serious Injury, Fatality) and environmental performance is required.
· Experience with environmental compliance, OSHA standards, and other EHS regulations from a manufacturing or industrial work environment.
· Experience with training program design and implementation.
· Strong leadership, problem solving, and communication skills.
· Demonstrated proficiency in the use of personal computers and related business software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Preferred:
- Previous experience working in a food manufacturing facility is a plus
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
- Physically able to work outside, climb ladders and lift 100 lbs., tolerate dust and high or low temperature.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly
- Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, and kneeling
- Comfortable working at heights and on ladders or scaffolding
- Manual dexterity and fine motor skills for operating tools and machinery
- Tolerance for noisy, dusty, or hot/cold environments
- Ability to wear required PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, ear protection, and respirators
- Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to identify mechanical or safety issues
This position is contingent upon successfully passing Grain Craft’s background screening, physical (if applicable) and drug-screening. Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug-free company on all levels.
EEO STATEMENT:
Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $94,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 6% Match
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Danville, IL 61832 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Danville, IL 61832: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
