Environmental Health Safety Manager-Van Buren

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 will have a broad range of responsibilities within the environmental, health, and safety area for the Van Buren site. The position may require the candidate to spend time (20 - 25%) out in the plant. This position may be required to periodically work off scheduled hours, nights, or weekends to complete critical tasks. After hours interaction with plant site or vendors may be required utilizing email, phone, text, etc.

1. SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES - EHSQ CRITICAL ROLE - LEVEL 1

Protecting our people and the environment is foundational to our business.

Each team member is expected to support the Tate & Lyle culture where Environment, Health, Food Safety and Quality complies with all EHSQ policies, procedures, and regulations relevant to their work. Team members are expected to speak up and intervene to prevent unsafe conditions and to respect fellow workers and the communities in which we work. Included in this is abidance with our Life Saving Principles (LSP's) and our STOP WORK AUTHORITY which are developed to strengthen our workplace safety, prevent serious injury loss of life. Responsible for quality and food safety within their realm of control.

LEVEL 1 - ROLE

• Drive EHSQ excellence culture and improvements
• Develop/design EHSQ policies, procedures, and best practices
• Set EHSQ goals and objectives for the Van Buren plant
• EHSQMS element owner

All employees are responsible for:

• Compliance with procedures that implement the requirements of the EHSQ policies and procedures
• Being responsible for their own actions
• Carrying out their work in a manner which does not present a risk to themselves, others, and the environment
• Reporting all incidents, defects, hazards, and inadequacies of procedures so that appropriate review and corrective action can be taken.
• Suggesting improvements and being active in the general improvement of all systems and methods of work to ensure EHSQ supports activities and services are carried out in a safe, environmentally responsible, reliable, and cost-effective manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND 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 manager/leaders in the development and implementation of effective safety program
• Assis 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.
• Actively participate in the MOC (management of change) process to ensure safety and environmental aspects are covered during the MOC process.
• Participate in safety and industrial hygiene reviews, routine safety inspections and incident investigations, making appropriate recommendations
• Assist with the contract safety program by developing and ensuring the contractor training is up to date and being delivered appropriately
• 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.
• Management of the Benchmark website applications for the site, position is the super-user for this application with comprehensive knowledge of all applications to include training other site personnel in the use of Benchmark.
• 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.
• Develop site specific emergency drills and ensure they are performed on the agreed upon schedule.
• Prepare and submit all the environmental regulatory reports to the city of Van Buren and Arkansas DEQ
• Receive environment inspections and audits from the City of Van Buren and the EPA

Tate & Lyle complies with all local/state regulations requiring salary range transparency.

When determining final compensation, we take into consideration: skillset, job scope, knowledge, prior experience, cost of living, market data, budget availability, and other factors as permitted by law.

The salary range for this position is $69,000 - $101,200 Annually

In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes but is not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverages
• Paid time off package, including vacation, sick time, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• 401K with company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Additional benefits at not cost to employee such as: Lifestyle Spending Account, Identity Theft protection, Employee Assistance Program, telemedicine and more!

In addition to your Total Rewards, culture and ED&I are very important to Tate & Lyle. We offer multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that support various communities.

FOOD, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY DUTY OF CARE:

Food Safety:

• Carry out responsibilities/duties according to food safety, legal and quality requirements to ensure that our products are fit for human consumption

Environment:

• Comply with all environmental standards, procedures, and work instructions always
• Report any environmental violation or near misses to prevent any impact upon the local environment, its inhabitants and Tate & Lyle

Health & Safety

• Adhere to the safety policies, procedures, and site rules
• Fully participate in the safety program, including reporting any incidents or near misses and auditing

1. PERSONNEL:

• Provide effective leadership for all operation and maintenance team members, including operations for sound practices and work methods
• Initiate improvement action through appropriate resources when necessary
• Coordinates site skill block system

1. COMMUNICATIONS:

• Supports individual, team, and plant communications that result in teamwork and accomplishment of area goals
• Ensure proper documentation is completed for storeroom, productions reports, logbooks and HAACP
• Effectively interact with outside departments and staff groups to maximize communications and understanding

1. PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

The incumbent will be measured against site EHS, Quality, Production, Reliability, and leadership goals

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in industrial or business management
• Minimum of 5 years' experience
• Experience in conducting safety investigations
• Have 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

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Tate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.