Environmental Manager

Christensen Farms is seeking an Environmental Manager in Sleepy Eye, MN, responsible for leading environmental compliance and nutrient management efforts. The role involves supervising a team, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating with operations to enhance environmental strategies. Candidates should have at least five years of relevant experience and strong leadership skills. This position is not remote, as it is based at the company's headquarters.
Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, our 50 year old company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 140,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. Our organization employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships. We are an industry leader with a proven commitment to ethical practices, food safety, and nutrition. Join our team!

Position Overview & Responsibilities: The Environmental Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for Christensen Farms' environmental compliance, nutrient management, and agronomy functions. This position oversees a dedicated team and is accountable for the planning, coordination, and performance of programs that ensure environmental stewardship and operational sustainability across the company. With a strong focus on people leadership, this role guides team members through clear expectations, coaching, and performance management to achieve business and regulatory goals. The Environmental Manager plays a key role in aligning environmental strategies with production operations, supporting long-term land application programs, and enhancing the value of CF's plant food resources through effective program oversight and development.

From Our Manager:

"You will have the opportunity to lead a team of professionals in providing environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance for the organization."

-Hiring Manager

What You Will Do:


Supervise, support, and lead environmental, nutrient management, and agronomy team members in their daily job functions including compliance with company policies and protocols. Coordinate with Agronomy Manager on the implementation of environmental and agronomy strategies.Engage with Operations managers on improving swine facility operations, environmental, and agronomy results. Ensure the environmental management program is executed, including maintaining regulatory compliance, data integrity, reporting requirements, manure storage capacity, on farm engagement, manure cooperator and custom applicator relationship management.Lead Christensen Farms permitting efforts including ensuring complete applications, presenting at public hearings, representing at regulatory inspections and supporting neighbor relations management.Provide interpretation and application of environmental regulatory standards across operationsContribute to business planning, environmental management strategies, and year-end reporting.

What You Offer Us:
Minimum of five years of agri-business employment with strong environmental, conservation, or agronomy background and customer service experience.Minimum formal education required: A.A., B.S. in Environmental Management, Agronomy, Soil Science, or other related.Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to manage and develop others. Previous supervisory experience is a plus.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Highly intelligent with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.The ability to work in a collaborative environment, be willing to push the difficult issues and have a strong desire to understand the business to work in partnership with operational leaders. Can adapt approach, time, and efforts in priority areas, and to produce results in a fast-paced environment.

What We Offer You:
We offer you a dynamic role with a blend of working environments from the office, farm fields, and swine production sites.Opportunity to grow in your career of leading people and helping ensure stewardship of our natural resources.We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid time off bank, and employee assistance program (EAP), and more.Be an active part of an organization that gives back to the community in many ways - including feed programs that support local farms, food shelf programs, food support for veterans, agriculture education and promotion, FFA/4H support, charitable contributions, etc.A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety, animal welfare, environmental stewardship, and for living its core values every day - respect, integrity, excellence, adaptability, and innovation.A culture that fosters employee growth, hybrid work options, promotion from within, and a highly team-oriented workplace environment.

Reports to:
Director of Environmental Stewardship

Christensen Farms promotes a culture of inclusion and strives to attract a diverse set of candidates for each of our open positions. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and proud to offer employment and growth opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

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