Regional Environmental Manager

Role Purpose

• Provide technical guidance and support to Syngenta operations on environmental management issues including risk assessment, pollution prevention & control measures, waste and wastewater management, air emissions and water resources & supply
• Manage environmental assessments, support remediation projects, and provide technical expertise on other environmental liability management activities
• Provide technical guidance to minimize environmental risks and liabilities in business transactions divestments/sites/sites exits, decommissioning, M&A projects, and construction projects
• Promote awareness, support, and advice on environmental sustainability programs, projects, and reporting.

Accountabilities

• Ensure environmental management activities are carried out in line with business objectives to comply with regulatory and Syngenta requirements, minimize liabilities and ensure the company’s reputation is maintained
• Provide technical expertise to ensure Syngenta APAC operations comply with the environmental elements of Syngenta’s HSE Management System
• Be an active member of the Syngenta Global Environmental Centre of Expertise to drive continuous improvement in environmental management standards, and ways of working
• Support environmental competence development, and deliver specialist training to HSE professionals and other Syngenta colleagues
• Participate in the Syngenta Global HSE Management Audit program and other subcontractors/suppliers) to assess environmental management and other HSE management subjects
• Support environmental remediation projects through collaboration with internal and external resources, and maintain technical oversight to deliver agreed objectives
• Support environmental reporting and participate in incident investigations to identify corrective action, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement
• Represent Syngenta’s environmental interests in industry groups and other third-party organizations

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• Master’s degree in environmental engineering, environmental science, hydrogeology, or related science
• 10 years of environmental management and/or environmental remediation experience in environmental consulting, chemical manufacturing, or similar
• Technical expertise in key environment management subjects
• Broad understanding of general environmental regulatory requirements regionally. Able to quickly assimilate and apply new technical and regulatory knowledge
• Proven knowledge in environmental auditing and assessment to enable the identification of strengths and weaknesses in HSE management and compliance systems
• Experience and competence in other areas of HSE management advantageous
• Extensive management of environmental projects and initiatives
• Independent work without close supervision and with limited guidance
• Provision of technical expertise within multi-disciplinary teams
• Influencing key stakeholders, regulatory authorities and other third parties to achieve appropriate and proportionate management of environmental risks and liabilities

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or any other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

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