Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Manager, Decatur, IL

Archer Daniels Midland

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• Lead the identification, assessment, prioritization, and mitigation of EHS and process safety risks across the plant.
• Provide technical leadership for hazard assessments, including Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA), job/task risk assessments, and other risk evaluation processes.
• Ensure identified risks are appropriately documented, prioritized, assigned, and driven to effective closure.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Reliability to ensure risk reduction is incorporated into equipment design, operating practices, maintenance strategies, and capital projects.
• Establish a proactive approach to risk management that moves the organization from reactive response toward prevention and risk elimination.
• Provide EHS input and oversight for Management of Change (MOC), pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR), incident investigations, and other high-risk activities.

• Own and continuously improve site EHS, Process Safety Management (PSM), and Total Process Safety (TPS) programs.
• Ensure effective implementation of ADM standards, procedures, and expectations related to safety and process safety.
• Maintain program discipline through clear ownership, standard work, performance monitoring, and routine auditing.
• Partner with leaders to translate EHS and process safety requirements into practical operating practices.
• Identify gaps in program performance and establish action plans to close them.
• Serve as the primary site resource for PSM/TPS program requirements.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive safety and process safety capability-building strategy for the plant.
• Identify required EHS competencies by role and ensure appropriate training, qualification, and refresher programs are established.
• Develop and facilitate training for leaders, supervisors, operators, maintenance personnel, and other employees on critical EHS topics.
• Build capability around Life Critical Standards, PSM/TPS, hazard recognition, risk assessment, permit-to-work, emergency response, incident investigation, and other critical safety processes.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance leadership to ensure training is translated into demonstrated field capability.
• Establish methods to verify understanding and competency rather than relying solely on training completion.

• Serve as the primary site contact for applicable regulatory agencies and coordinate regulatory inspections, visits, inquiries, and follow-up activities.
• Manage occupational injury and illness cases in partnership with HR, medical providers, and plant leadership leadership.
• Ensure appropriate investigation, documentation, reporting, and corrective action following incidents and injuries.
• Coordinate regulatory responses and ensure commitments are completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain strong relationships with regulatory agencies while representing ADM professionally and effectively.

• Own site safety performance reporting and ensure accurate, timely, and meaningful EHS metrics.
• Establish leading and lagging indicators that measure both results and the effectiveness of safety processes.
• Provide routine EHS performance updates to the Plant Leadership Team and site employees.
• Use data, trends, audits, observations, and incident information to identify systemic risks and improvement opportunities.
• Hold leaders accountable for assigned EHS actions and performance commitments.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive EHS audit strategy, including internal, regulatory, and layered auditing.
• Lead or coordinate audits of safety, environmental, PSM, TPS, and other applicable programs.
• Ensure audit findings are appropriately risk-ranked, assigned, investigated, and closed.
• Establish effective verification processes to confirm that corrective actions address the underlying risk and are sustained.
• Monitor regulatory and ADM requirements and translate changes into site actions and program updates.

• Maintain management oversight for site Environmental Leader, who owns site environmental permitting (air, water, waste), chemical management, and compliance programs and ensure operations remain within permit and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain environmental permits and ensure required conditions, monitoring, inspections, and recordkeeping are completed.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to identify opportunities to reduce environmental risk and improve compliance performance.

• Ensure contractors meet ADM safety, environmental, qualification, and performance expectations. Lead monthly Contractor EHS reviews with contractor teams.
• Monitor contractor performance and address deficiencies as appropriate.

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of required environmental, safety, process safety, and regulatory reports.
• Maintain appropriate records and documentation to demonstrate compliance.
• Coordinate reporting requirements with corporate EHS resources and regulatory agencies as appropriate.
• Establish systems to ensure reporting obligations are clearly owned, tracked, and completed on time.

• Be a visible EHS leader who regularly engages with employees in the field and understands the realities of plant operations.
• Build a culture where employees and leaders identify and address hazards before they result in an incident.
• Develop leaders and frontline employees to own EHS performance rather than viewing EHS as solely the responsibility of the EHS function.
• Challenge unsafe conditions, behaviors, and decisions while maintaining strong partnerships with plant leadership and employees.
• Establish clear standards and expectations, verify performance through field presence and auditing, and drive sustainable improvement.
• Model ADM's commitment to protecting people, the environment, product, and the long-term sustainability of the business.

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related technical field preferred.
• Relevant experience in EHS leadership within a manufacturing, chemical, food, agricultural processing, or other high-hazard industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, PSM, and applicable state and local regulatory requirements.
• Experience with process safety, hazard analysis, incident investigation, risk assessment, and safety management systems.
• Experience leading audits, regulatory inspections, corrective action programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with frontline employees, technical personnel, contractors, and senior leadership.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory and technical requirements into practical standards and behaviors for plant personnel.
• The position requires the ability to work in a variety of environments: office environment and varying indoor and outdoor environments to include extreme heat and cold.
• The position requires the ability to traverse up to two (2) miles during the course of a work day.

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