Environmental Health & Safety Advisors

HSE MANAGER - Environmental Health & Safety Manager

 

Frankfurt, Germany

 

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

  

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Department 

The EHS team is responsible for collaborating with Construction, Operations, Contractors, Vendors, and various regulatory agencies to ensure the health, safety, and environmental risks of the company are protected and that everyone enjoys a safe and healthful workplace.  At Vantage, health, safety, and environmental protection are a core value that guides everything we do.  By leveraging every individual that works at Vantage to lean into safety initiatives, and by executing the executive mandate that Vantage will place safety at the forefront of everything we do, our employees and those we work with enjoy a safety culture that is deeply ingrained and expects excellence in safety.  This excellence is achieved through constant vigilance, planning, training, measurement, and cooperation, all of which is aligned with operational and construction activities and goals. 

 

Position Description 

You will be responsible for improving the health and safety of our data centers, advancing safety culture, and protecting our employees. You will work closely with experts in construction, security, operations, logistics, compliance, corporate counsel, and human resources to further Vantage’s health safety program. You will partner with employees as well as contractors to achieve health and safety goals and improve our already strong safety culture. As Vantage increases data capacity you will partner with construction managers to ensure risks are identified and mitigated. You will work in a fast-paced environment where our operations are rapidly changing, advocating safe changes in the face of new infrastructure, new tools, and new products/processes. Vantage is a leader in operational excellence and this position is pivotal to ensuring that we continue to lead the industry in this area with particular emphasis on executing and reporting on all EHS areas within the business. The role requires autonomy and will be responsible for implementing and monitoring processes that include: 

• Electrical Safety (Energized Electrical Work, Arc Flash, NPFA 70E) 
• Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout), including familiarity of EU-OSHA 
• Occupational Noise Exposure & Control 
• Heat Stress & Illness Prevention 
• Exposure Assessment (Industrial Hygiene) 
• Emergency Response Planning 
• Working at Heights 
• Confined Space Entry 
• Heavy Material Handling 
• Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) 
• Construction-Related Risks (Cranes/Rigging, Trenching/Shoring, Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs), etc.) 
• Fire/Life Safety 
• Hazardous Substances Handling 
• Waste Management 
• Ergonomics 
• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) 
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation methodology 
• 3rd Party Safety Supplier Management 

 

 

Essential Job Functions 

• Implement health and safety standards and principles, policies, and practices including but not limited to; safety management systems, training, risk assessments, assist with industrial hygiene assessments, and applicable safety regulations. 
• Conduct health and safety audits of operational data centers and active construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements as well as life safety requirements 
• Ensure compliance and implementation of national and international health and safety programs that exceed regulatory requirements. 
• Develop and/or review health and safety plans for on-site emergencies, business continuity, and other unique events. 
• Maintain adequate safety record keeping and data integrity. 
• Perform data trend analysis to present to cluster leadership to support business and safety initiatives. 
• Consult and partner with the VDC compliance team for interpretations and guidance. 
• Identify risks and partner with Operations to remediate via the hierarchy of controls. 
• Daily interactions with our customers delivering health and safety guidance. 

 

Duties 

• Report to Vantage Data Centers Director, EHS - EMEA and serve as the primary contact for the implementation of the EHS programs across our locations. 
• Collaborate with EHS Director - EMEA to ensure standardization of policies and procedures, as applicable, across the European footprint of locations 
• Being accountable for EHS performance metrics and implementation of annual improvement plans. 
• Periodically inspecting, auditing, and reviewing safe work practices to ensure compliance with regulations and company policies. 
• Conduct workplace risk/exposure assessments for various classes of hazards. 
• Supporting incident investigations and root cause analysis, so that corrective and preventive actions can be identified, communicated globally, and implemented. 
• Conducting/delivering regulatory training programs to meet EHS requirements. 
• Monitor, interpret and communicate summaries of standards and regulatory requirements to assure compliance and proactive management of risk. 
• Analyses safety metrics and communicates results to leadership to drive action and accountability. 
• Work with leaders, staff, and contractors at all levels to implement effective solutions.  
• Drive a standardized and harmonized approach across the Vantage European portfolio to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.  
• Present topical information/metrics on a regular basis to site leadership teams as well as EHS Director - EMEA 

 

Job Requirements 

• Degree in Environmental, Health and Safety or a related degree in science/engineering discipline (preferred) with coursework in risk management or safety preferred, but not required subject to relevant and transferrable experience. 
• Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), NEBOSH Diploma, Occupational Health certification or equivalent national/internationally recognized EHS qualification or certification. 
• A minimum of 5+ years of progressive experience in EHS is required, with demonstrated knowledge and experience controlling the broad spectrum of risks across multiple sites. 
• Must have current working knowledge of EU-OSHA regulations and standards and other non-regulatory safety standards applicable to the location 

• Must have familiarity with consensus standards such as those published by ANSI / NFPA / DGUV / BG Bau (for Germany) 
• Effective ability to operate beyond a compliance-based health and safety management approach in order to collaborate with all stakeholders to find solutions that support the business while identifying and controlling risk 
• Role requires a self-starter, a skilled and confident communicator, adept at influencing at all levels