Sustainability Project Coordinator

Why Join Clemens Food Group?

At Clemens Food Group, sustainability is tied directly to operational excellence, innovation, and business impact. This role is not about creating reports that sit on a shelf. It is about identifying opportunities, solving problems, reducing waste, and driving measurable value across the organization.

As a Sustainability Coordinator, you will work across farms, manufacturing operations, facilities, and sustainability initiatives to help improve how we operate. You will partner with teams throughout the business to turn data into action and action into results.

The Impact You’ll Make

You will help shape sustainability initiatives across Clemens Food Group by:

• Reducing waste and utility usage
• Supporting sustainability compliance and reporting
• Identifying operational improvement opportunities
• Leading projects that create measurable business value
  
  

Your work will directly support operations across the business, from farms through further processing.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze sustainability, utility, and operational data from multiple systems
• Identify trends, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
• Lead sustainability and waste-reduction projects
• Partner with facilities, manufacturing excellence, environmental teams, and operations leaders
• Support sustainability reporting, compliance tracking, and customer requests
• Participate in operational and sustainability initiatives across farms and production sites
  
  

What Makes This Role Exciting?

• High visibility across multiple business functions
• Significant autonomy to identify opportunities and drive improvements
• Opportunity to own projects from concept through implementation
• Diverse work environment with exposure to operations, sustainability, manufacturing, and agriculture in general
  
  

People who do well in this role often come from:

• Manufacturing or operational environments
• Process engineering, project coordination, or environmental compliance backgrounds
• Highly progressive commercial agriculture operations
  
  

This role may not be the best fit for someone looking for:

• A purely strategic or advocacy-focused sustainability position
• Highly structured work with narrowly defined responsibilities
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, agriculture, sustainability, or related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and lead projects forward
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Comfort working in operational and manufacturing environments
  
  

Helpful Experience Includes

• SAP or operational systems exposure
• Environmental compliance or sustainability reporting
• Agriculture, food manufacturing, or continuous improvement environments
• Skills & Mindset
• Successful candidates typically demonstrate:
• Resourcefulness
• Bias for action
• Curiosity and initiative
• Ownership mentality
• Resilience and persistence
  
  

This role is best suited for someone who enjoys solving operational problems, navigating ambiguity, and creating measurable improvements across the business.

Your Future at Clemens Food Group

This role provides broad exposure across the organization and can open future opportunities in:

• Sustainability leadership
• Manufacturing excellence
• Food safety and quality assurance
• Facilities and operations leadership
  
  

You will gain hands-on experience across the business while helping drive meaningful operational and sustainability improvements.

Agency Statement

Clemens Food Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Clemens Food Group to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. All employees are subject to a pre-employment screening process including a background check and drug screen. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to your recruiter.