Associate Director - SHE Compliance

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Associate Director - SHE Compliance Macclesfield   At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth and to make people's lives better. We thrive in our often intense and ambiguous environment, seeking out new challenges and working towards new solutions. We are part of an inclusive and giving community, supporting each other on our journeys. We are leading the way in delivering Lean processes that drive greater efficiency and speed. Sustainable practices are at the heart of what we do, ensuring we manage our environmental impact across all our activities and products.   We are now looking for an Associate Director - SHE Compliance to join the team!   Introduction to Role   The role will lead the corporate and programmatic Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) governance framework for the Campus. This includes overseeing SHE learning, global action plans and initiatives, regional actions, the audit programme, Key Performance Indicator framework, internal and external reporting, and the effective use of SHE systems, including the AI toolset.   You will coordinate cross-pillar compliance actions and provide matrix oversight of the SHE Outsourced Providers (OSPs). Acting as the critical human judgement layer for the AI SHE toolset, the position will help maintain the Campus’s corporate SHE compliance posture and ensure that governance activities are effectively managed, monitored, and reported.   Accountabilities   • SHE Learning: Site-level SHE learning workflow (incident learning, near-miss learning, cross-pillar dissemination). Coordinate Campus response to AstraZeneca Group learning bulletins and cross-site learning; learning integration into the management system. • Global Action Plans: Manage AstraZeneca Group compliance action plans at Campus level including assignment, tracking, close-out evidence, escalation, and Group SHE Standards attestation. • Global Initiatives: Coordinate Campus adoption of AstraZeneca Group SHE initiatives including roll-out, local adaptation and adoption reporting back to Group. • Regional Actions: Manage regional / UK action items from AstraZeneca UK SHE Council, UK peer forums, and regional regulatory intelligence. • Audit Programme: ISO 45001 / 14001 / 50001 audit programme end-to-end (internal schedule, external recertification, AstraZeneca Global audits); external audit facilitation with the pillar Directors and SMEs. • KPI Framework: Leading and lagging Key Performance Indicators; monthly dashboards; SHE pack assembly for periodic senior leader meetings; support Senior Director SHE on the site SHE risk register and top-risk profile. • Responsible for external reporting inputs such as the SHE-portion of Sustainability Report, internal Group reporting, and regulator-audit evidence packs. • SHE Systems: AI SHE toolset as named operating-user (apply judgement on ambiguous compliance cases); management system architecture support to the Director, SHE Management Systems; document control including COSHH Regulations exposure records retention. • Cross-pillar compliance action management including assignment, escalation, close-out evidence and audit defence. • SHE event management workflow including incident, near-miss, event learning coordination and escalation via AI/digital systems. • OSP governance: matrix authority over SHE OSPs (Management Systems consultancy,  Insurance & Risk advisory) with SLA governance. • SHE training records, competency assurance, and statutory training compliance via AI/digital systems. Audit-defensibility of all SHE training records; competency-lapse, escalation and regulator inspection evidence. This is the back-end of the training process. • Site legal register and compliance calendar (with Associate Director - SHE Regulated Opera

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