International Environmental, Health & Safety SR Manager

Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group • Merriam, KS

3h

About The Position

The International EH&S SR Manager will lead and align environmental, health, and safety initiatives across affiliated flour/feed milling and trading operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, while building a culture of safety excellence in diverse and often remote locations. Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group (SOTG), a division of the Fortune 500 Seaboard Corporation, is a globally integrated leader in agricultural commodity trading, processing, and logistics. With milling facilities in 14 locations across 10 countries and 10 trading offices in 9 countries, SOTG produces approximately two million metric tons of grain-based products annually. Their vertically integrated approach—spanning procurement, transportation, and processing—ensures quality, consistency, and supply chain efficiency. SOTG manages bulk freight and chartered vessels, overseeing logistics for both in-house and third-party customers, sourcing, transporting, and marketing around 14 million metric tons of diverse commodities annually. At SOTG, the company is driven by innovation, collaboration, and sustainability, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset that empowers teams to take ownership, find creative solutions, and drive impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering Discipline, Environmental Science, or Milling/Feed Sciences
• 8+ years of EH&S leadership in manufacturing environment
• Experience working in developing countries and remote locations
• Knowledge of U.S. and international EH&S regulations
• Fluency in English required
• Strong communication, organizational, facilitation, change management and mentoring skills
• Ability to travel internationally up to 30-50% (multiple trips/year of varying duration, often 10+ days)
• Physically fit to navigate challenging site conditions (e.g., climbing stairs, tight spaces)

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in French
• Fluency in Spanish

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a unified EH&S framework across a mix of consolidated and non-consolidated international operations, tailored to local regulations and cultural contexts.
• Oversee housekeeping standards to enable explosion prevention systems and ensure compliance with NFPA 61, ATEX, and local standards in flour and feed milling environments.
• Collaborate with Quality and Regulatory teams to align EH&S programs with food safety standards and audits. Ensure understanding and adherence to environmental regulations across all facilities.
• Lead investigations and corrective actions for relevant safety incidents, including equipment failures, contamination/adulteration risks, and occupational injuries. Work across operations domains (Capital Excellence, FS/QA, Strategic Sourcing, etc.) to ensure practices and standards are understood and adopted.
• Work with OD (Organizational Development Resources) to support the design and delivery of EH&S training programs for multilingual teams, emphasizing lockout/tagout, confined space entry, PPE use and other safety topics.
• Provide insights regarding air emissions, wastewater, and stormwater compliance, especially in grain handling and milling operations.
• Administer or facilitate operations safety audits, risk surveys, and provide feedback to site EH&S leadership to prioritize the most significant risks. Engage in providing feedback for performance reviews to drive EH&S excellence and standardization.
• Lead and champion an SOTG Safety Steering team and Mentor EH&S professionals across developing countries, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing across regions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees