Environmental Manager

How do you ensure that a large production site can continue to produce responsibly not just today, but also tomorrow? As an Environmental Manager at Lamb Weston in Kruiningen, you play a key role in this. You combine your knowledge of environmental legislation and risk management with a practical approach to reduce our environmental impact and realize our sustainability ambitions.

You are responsible for environmental policy, compliance with laws and regulations, and the management of our environmental permits. At the same time, you look ahead: where are the opportunities to improve processes, reduce risks, and further make our plant more sustainable? You translate legislation and ambitions into concrete actions and results, and you know how to involve colleagues at different levels in this.

Based on your expertise, you are an important advisor within the Plant Management Team and the connecting link between the plant, corporate departments, and external stakeholders. In this way, you contribute directly to a future-proof production environment and to safeguarding our license to operate.

As an Environmental Manager, you have a broad responsibility and are given the space to provide direction to the environmental policy and stimulate continuous improvement.

• Strategy and compliance: You develop and implement the environmental and energy policy for our location in line with Dutch laws and regulations, permits, and Lamb Weston's sustainability strategy. You monitor compliance and ensure that our license to operate remains safeguarded.
• Risk management and improvement: You identify and assess environmental risks and translate these into concrete improvement plans. You also assess investment proposals and projects regarding environmental aspects and actively contribute ideas for sustainable solutions.
• Management systems and audits: You manage and improve our environmental and energy management system, guide audits and inspections, and ensure that findings lead to structural improvements. You contribute to achieving and maintaining relevant certifications, including ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.
• Incidents and prevention: In the event of environmental incidents and emergencies, you ensure a thorough analysis of the causes and appropriate corrective and preventive measures. You work on up-to-date emergency plans and prevent repetition wherever possible.
• Water treatment and environmental performance: You monitor the environmental performance of our location, with specific attention to water treatment, emissions, and discharges. You analyze data, report on results, and advise management on improvements and priorities.
• Stakeholder management: You are the first point of contact for, among others, the Omgevingsdienst (Environmental Service), the Waterschap (Water Board), the Province, and other supervisory authorities. Additionally, you work closely with colleagues from, among others, Operations, Technical Services, Quality, SHE, and the corporate environmental and sustainability teams.
• Awareness and support: You increase environmental awareness within the plant by coaching employees and managers, developing training, and stimulating desired behavior. You know how to get people on board and make environmental responsibility part of daily practice.

You are analytically strong, look ahead, and know how to translate complex environmental issues into practical solutions. You combine substantive expertise with persuasiveness and easily build relationships with diverse stakeholders. You dare to provide direction, set priorities, and know how to bring others along in change.

Ready to make a difference?

Do you want to use your expertise to further make our plant in Kruiningen more sustainable and ensure that we can continue to produce responsibly in the future? Then we would love to meet you.

Apply and discover how you can contribute to a more sustainable future at Lamb Weston.