Health & Safety Manager

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®.  ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane. 

Health & Safety Manager – Tate & Lyle Sugars

Site: Tate & Lyle Sugars, Factory Rd, London E16 2EW

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, we’re searching for a Health & Safety Manager who can inspire, influence, and elevate safety performance across our flagship Thames Refinery.

This is your chance to step into a role where your voice matters, your expertise drives real change, and your leadership shapes the culture of a major UK industrial site.

Why this role matters

Our operations are expanding. Systems are evolving. We need someone who can bring clarity, structure, and energy.

This is a role for someone who can influence at every level—from the shop floor to senior leadership—while building strong relationships across a growing and evolving organisation.

This is a high‑impact role in a complex industrial environment, ideal for someone who can influence, engage, and drive continuous improvement.

What you’ll lead

• A site‑wide safety vision that aligns with our global H&S ambitions.
• Maintain a robust auditing system to ensure risks are controlled and improvement areas identified.
• Behavioural safety programmes that genuinely shift mindsets.
• High‑quality investigations, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Fire protection, contractor management, and compliance across a complex industrial and port‑based environment.
• Engagement across departments, functions, and global EHS networks.

Cross‑Functional Leadership

• Support Plaistow site during absences or incidents.
• Build strong partnerships across operations, commercial teams, and global EHS networks.
• Provide regular safety performance reports to regional and corporate EHS leaders.
• Ensure group standards are embedded locally.
• Collaborate with the Environment Manager—covering each other when needed.

What makes you a great fit

• You’re experienced in either heavy industry or Manufacturing and understand high‑risk environments.
• You influence without forcing: people follow you because you connect, not because you command.
• You communicate clearly, confidently, and with emotional intelligence.
• You’re resilient, proactive, and thrive in environments where no two days look the same.
• You’re ready to help build stronger systems, better processes, and a more data‑driven approach to safety.

What you’ll experience

• A role with visibility, influence, and genuine purpose.
• A collaborative partnership with our Environment Manager and wider teams.
• A chance to shape the next chapter of safety at a site with deep heritage and big ambitions.
• If you want a role where your leadership truly matters, this is it.

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.