EHS Analyst

Overview

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.

The incumbent will support the Plant EHS Manager and interface with all levels of the plant organization providing technical safety and health support including day-to-day hands-on support for safety and health initiatives. This position requires the candidate to spend extensive amount of time (50%-70%) out in the plant.

This work may require lifting 50 pounds to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Sitting:
  Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling:
  Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Pulling:
  Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing:
  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Visual ability:
  Sufficient to effectively operate office equipment including copier, computer, etc.; and to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, etc.
• Hearing ability:
  Sufficient to hold a conversation with other individuals both in person and over a telephone; and to hear recording on transcription device.
• Speaking ability:
  Sufficient to communicate effectively with other individuals in person and over a telephone.
• Mental acuity:
  Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Repetitive motion:
  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Work is performed in an environment where errors can lead to significant physical or mental consequences for self or others.

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. Every team member is accountable for working safely and complying with all EHSQS policies, procedures, and…