Environmental, Health And Safety (Ehs) Manager - Decatur, IL

Job Description

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager - Decatur, IL

This is a full-time, exempt position.

ADM, a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world's premier agricultural origination and processing company, has an opening for an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager based at our Decatur, IL North American Research Headquarters. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership, direction and guidance regarding H&S standards, systems and permits within a research setting. You will collaborate with a diverse group of research personnel as you oversee the H&S performance in the facility and promote continuous improvement to meet legal and ADM expectations.

Essential Job Functions

• Work closely with research managers to achieve action plan success. Provide constant and consistent leadership, guidance and mentoring, and public presentation as necessary.

• Effective implementation of standardized ADM Health and Safety programs and systems to ensure compliance with company and local requirements.

• Develop and present H&S training for new hires and location colleagues as required.

• Establish a sustainable H&S improvement culture

• Monitor, evaluate and report H&S performance and suggest corrective and preventive actions to further improve performance

• Build colleague commitment and enthusiasm for safety through effective leadership and influence.

• Lead or have an integral involvement in incident investigations.

• Recognizes hazards, conducts risk assessments and recommend controls and actions

• Manages all health & safety reporting requirements

• Act as a champion and mentor for colleague safety engagement that comes in many forms including behavior based safety.

• Manage and provide oversight of injured colleague cases.

• Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the site Sphera tracking system

• Manages the site emergency response and asbestos management programs

• Strong aptitude for the Management of Change (MOC) process

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree: Preferability in Occupational Health & Safety or related field

• 5 years' work experience in a health and safety position

Job Requirements

• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to lead, coach, build consensus and public presentation ability

• Ability to write standard operating procedures and programs

• Proven leadership skills demonstrated by experience

• Proven ability to work effectively and enthusiastically on a team

• Analytical problem solving and root cause analysis skills

• Effective use of Microsoft office applications and database systems

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ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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