Manager, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)

RESPONSIBILITIES

EHS Program Management and Leadership

• Lead site‑level EHS programs focused on injury prevention, environmental protection, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as primary EHS representative for safety execution, environmental compliance, emergency response, and incident management.
• Integrate safety into operations across maintenance, vendor coordination, and critical facility activities.
• Drive proactive safety culture emphasizing hazard recognition, engagement, accountability, and behavioral improvement.
• Collaborate with corporate and customer teams to identify risks, resolve gaps, and communicate performance and corrective actions.

Regulatory, Customer, and AHJ Compliance

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, company, customer, and AHJ requirements.
• Maintain required documentation including reports, logs, permits, and regulatory records.
• Support audits and inspections and coordinate responses and corrective actions.
• Monitor regulatory obligations related to safety, environmental protection, hazardous materials, and emergency planning.
• Recommend mitigation strategies to improve compliance and reduce risk.

Critical Facilities and Technical Operations Support

• Provide technical EHS support for electrical, mechanical, fire/life safety, UPS, generators, cooling, and other critical systems.
• Review and control high‑risk work including LOTO, hot work, confined space, elevated work, and chemical handling.
• Support Permit to Work processes for maintenance and project activities
• Participate in planning activities including JSAs, MOP reviews, risk assessments, and pre‑task briefings

Safety Policy, Procedure, and Program Implementation

• Ensure adherence to safety policies by employees, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop and update EHS procedures and safe work practices.
• Identify execution gaps and recommend corrective actions or training.
• Support core safety programs including LOTO, hazard communication, PPE, ergonomics, and emergency planning.
• Promote safety performance through coaching, education, and cultural engagement.

Training Compliance and License Tracking

• Manage EHS training compliance including assignment, tracking, and documentation.
• Coordinate with training teams to ensure requirements are current and completed on time.
• Conduct safety meetings and training including toolbox talks and stand‑downs.
• Track licenses and certifications including expirations and role‑based qualifications.
• Communicate training gaps and support corrective actions.

Incident Command, Investigation, and Reporting

• Lead incident command for safety, environmental, and operational emergencies.
• Manage incident reporting including injuries, near misses, and environmental events.
• Conduct investigations using root‑cause methods and develop corrective actions.
• Prepare incident documentation including summaries, lessons learned, and customer updates.
• Track corrective actions to closure and verify effectiveness.

Emergency Response and Action Planning

• Maintain emergency action plans and response procedures.
• Coordinate drills and preparedness including evacuations, shelter‑in‑place, and severe weather planning.
• Support emergency readiness for fire, medical, chemical, environmental, fuel, utility, and weather events.
• Maintain emergency supplies including spill kits, PPE, and response equipment.
• Evaluate drills and events to identify improvements and corrective actions.

Environmental Compliance, Spill Response, and Hazardous Controls

• Support environmental compliance including hazardous materials, waste handling, stormwater, air permitting, and fuel storage.
• Maintain environmental documentation including plans, inspections, logs, manifests, and permits.
• Oversee spill response readiness and ensure proper controls and reporting.
• Manage hazardous materials including SDS access, labeling, storage compatibility, and inventories.
• Coordinate environmental corrective actions with operations, vendors, and SMEs.

Contractor and Vendor Safety Management

• Support contractor safety expectations for maintenance, repair, and project activities.
• Review contractor documentation including JSAs, permits, and training.
• Participate in orientations and planning for high‑risk work.
• Monitor contractor performance and escalate unsafe conditions or non‑compliance.
• Support contractor incident reviews and corrective actions.

Audits, Inspections, Metrics, and Continuous Improvement

• Conduct inspections and audits to identify hazards, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Document findings and assign actions and track them to closure.
• Maintain EHS metrics and dashboards including leading and lagging indicators.
• Analyze trends and recommend improvements to reduce risk and enhance performance.
• Support management reviews and customer business reviews.

Medical Screening, Workers’ Compensation, and Return‑to‑Work

• Coordinate medical screening programs per regulatory and customer requirements.
• Support workers’ compensation processes including documentation, modified duty, and return‑to‑work.
• Maintain confidentiality for medical and personnel information.
• Support early intervention to reduce injury severity and improve outcomes.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support corporate and customer EHS initiatives and communicate lessons learned and best practices.
• Assist with operational readiness transitions, program rollouts, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned by EHS or account leadership.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 3 years of Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance experience, preferably in facilities operations, critical environments, data centers, industrial operations, manufacturing, utilities, construction, or another technical environment.

• Working knowledge of applicable safety rules, regulations, and EHS compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting incident reporting, safety inspections, corrective actions, safety training, and compliance documentation.
• Experience coordinating or supporting emergency response planning, spill response, hazardous material controls, and employee safety programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, incident summaries, corrective action plans, training updates, and leadership communications.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to work in an active critical facilities environment and support urgent site needs when required.

Preferred

• 2 or more years of managerial, supervisory, or program leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, critical facilities, mission-critical operations, utilities, electrical/mechanical infrastructure, or high-availability environments.
• OSHA 30-hour training.
• First Aid/CPR/AED certification.
• Professional certification such as ASP, CSP, CHST, OHST, SMS, or another recognized safety credential.
• Familiarity with NFPA 70E, NEC, OSHA, EPA, hazardous waste, stormwater, spill prevention, fire/life safety, and AHJ compliance requirements.
• Experience with Permit to Work programs, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, contractor safety, and high-risk work controls.
• Experience using EHS, CMMS, LMS, training, or compliance tracking systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required for working effectively with CFM, team members, vendors, and customers on daily data center management
• Good written technical proficiency to support the creation and revision of process documentation (MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs)
• Above average problem-solving and analysis skills for evaluating a situation, identifying solutions, and working with leadership and teammates to resolve
• Embraces a team-based mentality by building positive morale and team spirit, supporting teammates efforts to succeed, and recognizing teammates accomplishments
• Able to function effectively and maintain focus in high-pressure situations
• Has a “can-do” customer service attitude who is conscientious and takes personal pride in their work
• Has high degree of attention to detail and completes tasks on time
• Able to follow instructions, respond to management direction, and volunteer readily when asked
• Able to handle changing needs and priorities accurately and professionally
• Able to read and understand electrical and mechanical manuals, drawings, and sketches
• Able to work proficiently and safely with hand tools and power tools
• Strong attention to detail, follow-up, ownership, and time management.
• Strong customer service mindset and commitment to professionalism.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and train technicians.
• Ability to work independently while supporting a team-based operating model.
• Ability to use CMMS platforms, reporting tools, document control systems, and standard business applications