Area Environmental Manager - St Louis, MO

Archer Daniels Midland

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• Primary environmental contact and support for assigned locations within a designated area
• Effective implementation of standardized ADM environmental programs and systems to ensure compliance with company and local requirements for their assigned locations
• Establish a sustainable environmental improvement culture across the locations in the area of responsibility based on continuous improvement through the environmental management system This role will provide technical and managerial direction to ensure ADM’s environmental objectives are met
• Monitor, evaluate and report area environmental performance and suggest corrective/preventive actions to further improve performance
• Provide environmental support to locations within the area for approvals, permits, root cause analyses, sharing best practices, implementing the ADM standards and negotiations with authorities
• Track and advise on new or upcoming legislation and regulations
• Participate in compliance audits and assessments including due diligence
• Facilitate training & development of the Environmental and EHS professionals
• The Area Environmental Manager may be contacted for after hour emergencies

• Strong problem solving, diagnostic and analytical skills, with a results focused approach
• Strong leadership and change management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, acts as a reliable pro-active communicator
• Sound project/program management skills
• Open mindedness; forward thinking
• Cooperative management style
• Theoretical insight with pragmatic approach
• Outgoing and energetic personality
• Able to perform under pressure
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Willingness to travel to multiple locations with flexible hours, occasionally other than normal business (day shift) hours to accommodate plant needs, i.e., training, inspections, etc.
• Environmental legislation experience in the US
• Negotiation with authorities
• Remediation project management
• Implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Air permitting and associated matters
• Environmental reporting (TIER II, TRI, AEI)
• Waste characterization and transportation (DOT)
• Waste disposal alternatives and beneficial reuse
• Performance Excellence/Lean/Continuous Improvement
• Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Cross-functional interaction

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Management or other related program preferred.

• 5-10 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in a process industrial environment
• Willing to frequently travel to the locations (approx. 25-30% of the time)
• This position requires the ability to work in a variety of conditions such as an office environment, indoors/outdoors, hot/cold weather as well as physical demands such as standing, kneeling, and sitting for prolonged periods of time, climbing stairs/ladders and the ability to work in confined spaces in a variety of environmental conditions

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