EHS Manager

Overview Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage, and other industries. Through large-scale, efficient manufacturing plants, Tate & Lyle turns raw materials into distinctive, high-quality ingredients that add taste, texture, nutrition, and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day. Role Purpose EHS manager will primarily drive and support site EHS management initiatives at the Van Buren Plant in line with the global Journey to EHS Excellence. Together with the operations, engineering, and maintenance teams, the EHS manager will improve overall safety performance of the Van Buren plant. This position has a broad range of responsibilities within the environmental, health, and safety area for the Van Buren site and may require the candidate to spend 20 - 25% of time out in the plant. Responsibilities Champion and lead the overall site environmental and safety program. Develop and establish an effective EHS program that will yield year‑on‑year improvements. Work with site management and corporate EHS to create/develop a strong safety culture at all levels of the Van Buren site organization. Lead process safety management (PSM) and dust hazards analysis (DHA) compliance activities. Provide technical assistance in helping with hazard elimination, prevention, and mitigation and the resolution of other safety issues. Coach and assist managers/leaders in the development and implementation of effective safety programs. Assist and participate with department and site‑wide safety teams. Inspect, audit, and monitor equipment, work areas and work practices and procedures for compliance with established health and safety rules and regulations. Lead the efforts to ensure action items stemming from incidents, near misses, audits, inspections, and observations are prioritized and followed up to completion. Develop safety training, policy development, and safety promotion. Develop and help administer e‑learning courses. Assist with new and modified processes, equipment, product development to ensure safety is included at all levels of design through implementation. Participate in safety and industrial hygiene reviews, routine safety inspections and incident investigations, making appropriate recommendations. Assist with the contract safety program. Maintain accurate plant safety statistics, incident rates, progress against corporate and plant objectives and provide routine updates to global safety utilizing the safety data management system. Participate in the Tate & Lyle Solutions network committee meetings and be the conduit for communication and information between the committee. Lead the roll out of new committee initiatives at the plant. Develop the budget for the site safety cost center and manage spending to stay within budget. Work with local area safety professionals to share ideas within the Van Buren community and participate in drills and emergency response. Prepare and submit all the environmental regulatory reports to the city of Van Buren and Arkansas DEQ. Receive environmental inspections and audits from the City of Van Buren and the EPA. Skills and Experience Required Bachelor’s degree in industrial or business management. Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an industrial EHS program. Experience in conducting safety investigations. Strong communication, interpersonal, and observation skills. Extremely knowledgeable of OSHA, DOT, NFPA, EPA, DEQ and other governmental regulations. Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills. Strong leadership, training, and organizational skills. Proficient in the technology used for environmental aspects. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SAP and/or other software. EEO Statement Tate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce. #J-18808-Ljbffr