Contractor Safety Manager; Sagamore

Position: Contractor Safety Manager (Sagamore)
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. These ingredients and solutions add taste, texture, nutrition and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day.

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** Role purpose
** The Safety Contractor Manager provides technical safety and health support including the development and implementation of programs and objectives and day-to-day hands-on support for safety and health initiatives.  Although the Safety Contractor Manager's primary responsibility is to provide support to our on-site contractors, this position is a critical part of the plant's EH&S team and must work in conjunction with and support the plant EH&S leadership team.

The position requires the candidate to spend extensive amount of time (70%) out in the plant.
** Safety accountabilities
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* ** Each team member is expected to support the Tate & Lyle culture where Environment, Health and Safety are the overriding values in all activities. Every team member is accountable for working safely and complying with all EHS policies, procedures and regulations relevant to their work and is 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 (LSPs) and our STOP WORK AUTHORITY which are developed to strengthen our workplace safety, prevent serious injury or loss of life.

As a member of the Management Team incumbent shares overall responsibility for:
* Preparing, implementing and positively promoting EHS Management Systems (J2EE)
* Reviewing EHS performance to ensure company objectives and expectations are met
* Involving all employees in the relevant EHS plans for activities and services
* Assessing the existence and effectiveness of EHS plans through appropriate audits and reviews
* Effectively reviewing and tracking corrective actions for all incidents, defects, hazards, inadequacies of procedures and suggested improvements that are escalated
* Implementing leadership requirements specified in the EHS Management Standards
** Main accountabilities
** Responsible for maintaining compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Tate & Lyle Best Practice EHS regulations and standards
* Lead continuous improvement of Safety performance including :  + Risk/Injury reductions  + Job safety analysis  + Ergonomics  + Emergency Preparedness
* Own Element(s) of the EHS Management System
* Ability to work effectively in a union environment
* Lead employee safety teams, coordinate training, perform audits and inspections
* Provide timely reports to EHS manager, site management and Tate & Lyle
* Responsibilities also include integration of EHS standards applicable to new and existing equipment and processes
* Lead Incident Investigations
* Provide Safety Support to supervisors and hourly workforce
* Maintain an in-depth knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements (Global EHS guidance)
* Develop, implement and maintain Safety programs and projects to aid in assuring compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations
* Active positive promotion of J2EE & EHS
* Champion / lead the overall site safety program.
* Develop and establish an effective safety program that will yield year-on-year reductions in incident rates.
* Work with site management and corporate safety to create/develop safety culture at all levels of the site organization.
* Provide technical assistance in helping with the resolution of safety issues
* Coach and assist Area Managers in the development 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.
* Assist in identifying, preventing, recommending control measures and eliminating safety hazards.
* Develop safety training, policy development and safety promotion.
* Assist with new and modified processes/equipment/product development to ensure safety is included at all levels of design through implementation.
* Participate in safety & industrial hygiene reviews, routine safety inspections and incident investigations, making appropriate recommendations.
* Assist with the Contractor Safety program.
* Maintain accurate plant safety statistics and report timely to corporate safety
* Be part of the T&L Network Safety Committee and be the conduit for communication and information between the plant and the committee.  Lead the roll out of new committee initiatives and the plant.
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