Director Safety Health & Environment

The Director Safety Health & Safety leads the deployment and continual improvement of the sites SHE Management System providing strategic guidance and independent assurance across Site Operations functions including hard services workplace services and lab operations. The role sets direction for contractor safety construction safety and high-hazard operations ensuring robust risk identification assessment and control. The Director collaborates across the AstraZeneca SHE leadership team to drive compliance risk reduction culture strengthening and performance improvement aligned to AstraZeneca standards and provides primary SHE support for US R&D satellite offices.

Responsibilities

• Strategy and Objectives: Partner with Site Operations leadership to set annual SHE objectives and targets; track progress using leading and lagging indicators; report performance and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Risk Management: Establish systematic risk processes delivering effective controls for SHE risks; verify control effectiveness through monitoring inspections testing and assurance activities.
• Advisory to Operations: Serve as principal advisor to hard services workplace services lab operations and project teams on SHE risks regulatory obligations and design/operational decisions; translate complex risks into practical options and investment priorities. Lead site programs for contractor qualifications onboarding permit-to-work job safety analyses lockout/tagout confined space hot work energized work and excavation
• Contractor and Construction Safety: Assure contractor and construction safety management program across operations capital projects and fit-outs pre-task planning audits and incident/event learning.
• High-Hazard Operations: Embed process safety and high-hazard control frameworks (e.g. hazardous energy pressure systems hazardous materials reactive chemistries) and verify barriers via critical controls assurance.
• Assurance Program: Plan and execute risk-based assurance (inspections audits self-assessments leadership walks compliance reviews); issue clear findings and actions; confirm closure and sustained effectiveness; prepare for and support regulatory inspections.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable US federal state and local requirements (e.g. OSHA MOSH EPA where applicable) relevant consensus standards (e.g. NFPA ANSI) and AZ SHE standards; manage permits licenses notifications and reporting.
• Competency and Training: Define role-based SHE competency needs; deliver or arrange training; verify training effectiveness through observation and assessment.
• Event/Incident Management and Learning: Ensure effective incident reporting investigation root cause analysis and corrective actions; promote learning via near-miss capture and communication; trend analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Emergency Preparedness: Partner with Site Operations on emergency plans (fire medical spill severe weather laboratory incidents utility outages) drills and coordinate with local authorities and campus partners.
• Design and Change Management: Provide SHE input to facility and equipment design in capital projects; lead or assure SHE management of change (MoC) for process infrastructure and laboratory changes; verify pre-start-up safety reviews where relevant.
• US R&D Satellite Offices Support: Provide primary SHE support for US R&D satellite offices aligning local programs to AZ standards; advise facilities safety contractor controls incident management and emergency preparedness; coordinate audits training and regulatory interfaces; share learnings and standardize practices across sites.
• Collaboration and Culture: Work collaboratively across the AZ SHE leadership team and Site Operations to build a proactive learning-oriented approach; influence senior stakeholders; recognize and scale best practices across the site and network.

Required Education Skills Abilities

• Education: Bachelors degree in Occupational Health & Safety Engineering Environmental Science Industrial Hygiene or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years in SHE with at least 3 years in pharmaceutical manufacturing and/or R&D environments.
• Regulatory Expertise: Demonstrated knowledge of US SHE regulations (e.g. OSHA general industry and construction) and relevant consensus standards (e.g. NFPA ANSI/AIHA ASME) and management system standards.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams influence senior stakeholders and drive culture changes in high-science high-compliance settings.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal skills; able to translate complex technical risks into actionable priorities; effective training delivery and incident reporting.

Desired Education Skills Abilities

• Education: Masters degree in a related field (e.g. Occupational Safety Industrial Hygiene Environmental Engineering Public Health).
• Specialized Experience: Contractor and construction safety leadership process safety radiation/biosafety program oversight high-hazard operations and capital project SHE integration.
• Professional Certification: CSP(Certified Safety Professional) CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist) or PE (Professional Engineer)
• Data and Digital: Familiarity with SHE data systems leading indicators critical control verification and analytics to inform decision-making.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams influence senior stakeholders and drive culture change in high-science high-compliance settings.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $146583- $219875 USD Annual. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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