Blending Operator

Role Purpose

The Blending Operator plays a critical role in our blending operations at Sycamore, IL, ensuring safe and efficient production from raw materials to final packaged products.

• Execute production tasks in compliance with food safety, legal and quality requirements to guarantee product fitness for human consumption.
• Adhere to EHS policies and procedures, providing active participation in the safety program, including incident reporting, near‑miss reporting, audits and training.
• Operate machinery and equipment safely, maintaining accurate daily production records.
• Handle raw materials, moving, packing, sorting, and sifting, as well as packaging, shipping, and quality monitoring of finished products.
• Identify, discard, or re‑manufacture faulty products and report defects, hazards or failures in processes.
• Support lock‑tag‑out, confined‑space and hot‑work permits as necessary.
• Propose improvements to processes and systems to meet EHSQ, reliability, and cost‑effectiveness objectives.
• Provide assistance with facility inspections, environmental monitoring and spill containment.

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent experience).
• Physical requirements:
  
  lift up to 50lbs. repeatedly, climb stairs, stand, bend, squat, and operate a forklift within 180days.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GMP and food‑safety policies, and basic understanding of EHSQS principles.
• Strong safety mindset, dependable, punctual, and capable of working a varying schedule.
• Mechanical awareness, problem‑solving skills, and effective communication.
• Ability to comply with EHS, quality, production, reliability, and leadership goals.

• Positive safety mindset, commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, self‑starting, and goal‑oriented.
• Ability to work collaboratively with plant teams.

Tate & Lyle is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workforce.