Associate Director of TPM
Location: Liverpool Speke
Type: Permanent (Mon-Fri 37.5 hpw onsite)
Competitive salary and benefits
Opening date: 20/08/2026
Closing date: midnight 02/09/2026
Introduction to role:Are you ready to tackle the complexities of the Operations landscape and leave a lasting impact? At AstraZeneca, we embrace challenges and seek individuals who are driven to innovate and create a shared legacy. As champions of Lean, we ensure our teams understand the transformative benefits it brings, enhancing safety, quality, and speed. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is integral to our AstraZeneca Supply System, fostering equipment reliability and people capability to deliver medicines swiftly and affordably.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a TPM Lead to join our team. Reporting to the Engineering Director, you will be accountable for driving the site-wide TPM programme, including its strategy, budget and execution. You will provide TPM expertise and influence colleagues across the site to improve asset performance.
This is a visible role in site transformation, working across Engineering, Operations, Lean and site leadership. Success will depend on building strong relationships, aligning priorities and influencing leaders, technicians and operators to adopt effective TPM practices.
You will lead structured TPM deployment across multiple assets, coaching teams to embed it into daily operations. Using problem solving, performance data and meaningful KPIs, you will help teams identify losses, prioritise opportunities and improve reliability and performance.
You will keep the programme aligned with business priorities, using digital tools and data-led insight to strengthen visibility, decision-making and deployment.
Are you passionate about digital solutions and Lean Leadership? Join us in accelerating digital efficiency in maintenance processes!
Accountabilities:- Ensure TPM is central to site strategy and the programme reflects identified improvement priorities
- Collaborate with the Leadership Teams to shape outcome-focused roll-out plans.
- Coordinate TPM activity across site teams and improve processes to support consistent implementation.
- Align site TPM implementation plans with regional and global Lean strategies, AZ Supply System Maturity Review, and site scorecard targets.
- Build relationships with frontline operational and engineering staff and coaching teams to sustain TPM standards
- Collaborate with Regional and Functional TPM Leaders, participating in cross-site networks as Local Process Champion for TPM.
- Develop and coordinate practical TPM learning through a ‘learning by doing’ approach
- Define TPM implementation processes from start to finish; establish process goals and targets; monitor process performance.
- Strong interpersonal and change leadership skills, with a proven ability to build engagement, establish credibility and influence stakeholders at all levels. Able to coach and challenge leaders, technicians and operators, adapt communication to different audiences and bring cross-functional teams together around shared priorities.
- Relevant qualification in an Engineering or related technical/business field
- Experience of leading / implementing Total Productive Maintenance within a Manufacturing Environment
- Project management and improvement expertise
- A track record of understanding and application of change management principles
- Broad understanding of production and maintenance engineering processes
- Six Sigma (or Lean Six Sigma) Black Belt certification and/or certification from an accredited external Quality program
- Understanding of Good Automated Manufacturing Practice, current Good Manufacturing Practice and regulations as defined by local regulatory bodies
At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.
Interested? Come and join our journey!
Date Posted
24-Aug-2026Closing Date
01-Sept-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.Skills Required
- Relevant qualification in engineering or a related technical or business field
- Experience leading or implementing Total Productive Maintenance in a manufacturing environment
- Project management and process improvement expertise
- Proven understanding and application of change management principles
- Broad understanding of production and maintenance engineering processes
- Strong interpersonal, change leadership, coaching, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills
- Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, or certification from an accredited external quality program
- Understanding of Good Automated Manufacturing Practice, current Good Manufacturing Practice, and local regulatory requirements
What We Do
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to excellence in the research, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines. With approximately 90,000 employees across 85 countries, the company aims to unlock the power of science to deliver innovative medicines that transform patient outcomes and improve healthcare for people, society, and the planet worldwide.
