HSE Lead

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s Operations & Trialing Team is seeking an HSE Lead in Malta, IL. This role will lead the site’s health, safety, and environmental strategy; help build a proactive safety culture; and partner closely with operations, research, production, facilities, and site leadership. You will translate regulatory and company requirements into clear, workable processes that support safe and reliable operations.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the site HSE strategy, management system, compliance activities, and continuous improvement roadmap.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to site leaders, employees, contractors, and external regulatory stakeholders.
• Strengthen site safety culture through safety walks, communication, training, recognition, and employee engagement.
• Lead risk assessments, inspections, audits, incident and near-miss investigations, and corrective-action follow-through.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, drills, environmental compliance, and contractor safety activities.
• Use HSE data and KPIs to identify priorities, communicate trends, and drive measurable improvement.
• Manage the site HSE budget and contribute to improvement and capital plans.
• This position comprises regular work across office, operational, field, greenhouse, and production settings, with occasional travel and non-standard-hours support during critical periods.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must reside in and be permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. This comprises, but is not limited to, OPT, CPT, and H-1B visa holders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of HSE auditing, management, or operational safety experience, ideally in industrial, agricultural, seed, research, or field-based operations.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements and the ability to interpret regulatory obligations for site operations.
• Experience conducting audits, risk assessments, inspections, and root-cause investigations.
• Strong written and verbal communication, data analysis, and reporting skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP or comparable systems.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-influencing, project-management, and data-analysis skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• Agriculture or machinery/manufacturing industry experience.

Salary for this position ranges between $82,400 - $123,600 annually.