Job Description

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Description

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.


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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.


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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



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About AESC UK

AESC is a global battery technology company headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and committed to research, development, design, manufacturing and sales of power batteries for EVs and energy storage batteries. AESC has over 7,000 employees and 13 manufacturing sites in Japan, U.S., U.K., France, Spain, and China. In the past 12 years, AESC has produced power batteries for more than 950,000 electric vehicles in 59 countries, achieving a record of 'zero critical battery malfunction.'



Its teams work to continuously improve the company's global leadership in product development, quality, and sustainable processes. In June 2021, AESC was again named 'Global Tier 1 Battery Companies' by Benchmark, a leading UK-based lithium-ion battery supply chain research organization.