Tate & Lyle
EHS Manager
610 S 28th St, Van Buren, AR 72956
Full-time
First seen by offpeak October 4, 2026
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Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage, and other industries, operating from more than 30 locations around the world. Through large scale, efficient manufacturing plants. Tate & Lyle turns raw materials into distinctive, high-quality ingredients. The ingredients and solutions add taste, texture, nutrition, and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day. We are the secret ingredient to make food extraordinary in some of the world’s best loved brands.
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 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.
SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES – EHSQS 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 comply with all EHSQS 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 EHSQS excellence culture and improvements
Develop/design EHSQS policies, procedures, and best practices
Set EHSQS goals and objectives for the Van Buren plant
EHSQSMS element owner
All employees are responsible for:
Compliance with procedures that implement the requirements of the EHSQS 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 EHSQS 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
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 environment inspections and audits from the City of Van Buren and the EPA
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education (Candidate must possess either)
Bachelor’s degree in industrial or business management
Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an industrial EHS program
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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