Hybrid EHS Compliance & Assurance Manager bei AESC UK
AESC UK · Sunderland, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in Sunderland
We’re looking for an experienced and highly skilled EHS Compliance & Assurance Manager to lead audit programs, compliance tracking, KPI reporting, and action management for AESC UK. This high-impact leadership role will oversee environmental, health, and safety assurance activities, ensuring adherence to ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and upper-tier COMAH regulations.
As a trusted advisor within the SHEQ department, you’ll lead a team of EHS Audit & Compliance Support Engineers, driving operational excellence, continuous improvement, and regulatory engagement.
Key Responsibilities
As an EHS Compliance & Assurance Manager, you will:
- Lead EHS Compliance & Assurance Strategy, ensuring all audit, tracking, and reporting activities align with regulatory standards and business objectives.
- Develop and oversee audit programs, ensuring adherence to ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and COMAH regulations.
- Manage KPI tracking, monitoring environmental and safety performance metrics to drive continuous improvements.
- Oversee compliance tracking and action management, ensuring all corrective measures are completed efficiently.
- Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring thorough preparation and execution across departments.
- Lead regulatory reporting, engaging with environmental agencies, auditors, and key industry stakeholders.
- Support and guide EHS Audit & Compliance Support Engineers, mentoring and ensuring audit processes are effectively managed.
- Ensure alignment with sustainability frameworks, managing compliance with carbon trading, ESOS, and environmental policy updates.
- Implement training and awareness programs, ensuring the business maintains a strong compliance culture.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring environmental, health, and safety standards evolve with regulatory and industry best practices.
Qualifications & Experience
To excel in this role, you’ll need:
- Extensive experience in EHS compliance, audit management, and assurance within a COMAH-regulated environment.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, British & European environmental legislation, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Proven ability to engage with regulators, auditors, and key industry stakeholders, ensuring alignment with environmental policies.
- Leadership experience, managing and guiding audit teams while driving compliance excellence.
- Expertise in KPI monitoring, audit coordination, compliance reporting, and corrective action management.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, ensuring audit findings translate into actionable improvements.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence change and drive business-wide compliance culture.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, audit management systems, and environmental performance tracking tools.
AESC Benefits
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase / sell scheme
- Enhanced life assurance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity / paternity pay
- Dental plan
- Summer and Christmas savings club
- Flexible working *office roles
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pay based appraisal
- Employee referral scheme
- Discounted gym membership
