EHS Manager

Location : Danville IL 

City : Danville 

State : Illinois (US-IL) 

Country : United States (US) 

Requisition Number : 35970 

Role Purpose:

Provide environmental, health and safety (EHS) leadership and technical expertise for the Bunge 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.

 

Main Accountabilities:

• Implement, maintain and update Bunge EHS standards and programs to promote a Best-in-Class EHS program with a focus on eliminating serious injuries & fatalities (SIF), high potential exposures (HPE) (e.g. confined space, lock, tag & try, 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 develop all employees on how to lead with safety and promote a safety-first culture.
• Implement EHS training programs for all employees, contractors and visitors in worksite safety practices with a focus on HPE’s, and the facility’s environmental permits, licenses, and requirements (e.g., stormwater, wastewater, air, waste, etc.). 
• Assist with deployment of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) philosophy, training, and tool deployment.
• Monitor and maintain EHS policies, procedures, standards and permits to ensure compliance with Bunge global requirements, local, state/provincial, and federal rules and regulations.
• Perform observations and audits to monitor the effectiveness of our programs and standards to prevent serious injuries, fatalities, environmental incidents, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Track all injuries, illnesses, near miss events, environmental incidents, environmental noncompliance and investigate incidents, and aid in determining and implementing prevention methods to avoid recurrence.
• Promote environmental sustainability at the plant and partner with the corporate environmental team to collect data and drive improvements.
• Ensure fire protection and security systems are properly managed to protect property from loss.  Serve as liaison with insurance company inspectors; coordinate responses to recommendations.
• Ensure emergency response plans are in place.  Manage the execution of response plans in the event of an environmental emergency, natural disaster, injury, fire, or other adverse event.
• Support the Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (RMP) programs as applicable to locations with solvents, hydrogen, ammonia, and combustible dust.
• Serve as liaison between government agencies for all EHS matters.
• Lead and support local safety teams and work closely with corporate safety and environmental teams

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental/Health Science, Engineering, or closely related degree, or equivalent work experience required.
• 7+ years of safety and environmental experience required.
• Demonstrated experience with making improvements in SIF potential incidents (Serious Injury