Director, Environmental Health & Safety

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About the role

As the Director of Environmental Health and Safety, you are responsible for building and leading the EHS program for the data center campus and associated support offices. This is a safety-first role: you set the overall safety strategy, ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and drive a strong safety culture across operations, maintenance, construction, logistics, and office environments. You will partner closely with Facilities, Operations, Construction, HR, and Legal to manage risk, reduce incidents, and keep the site audit-ready at all times.

We are hiring a dedicated Environmental Compliance lead alongside this role to own the deep permitting and environmental regulatory work (air, water, land, waste). That means your energy goes where it matters most: safety programs, field execution, and culture; with a close partner handling environmental compliance day to day.

What you’ll do

• Program leadership and strategy

• Develop and own the campus EHS strategy, policies, and annual objectives in line with company standards and regulatory requirements

• Build and maintain an EHS management system covering risk assessment, safe work practices, training, inspections, incident management, and continuous improvement

• Establish leading and lagging safety metrics; regularly report performance and risk to the leadership

Regulatory compliance and risk management

• Ensure compliance with OSHA (including 1910 General Industry and 1926 Construction), NFPA, EPA, TCEQ, local authorities, and other applicable codes and standards for data center and industrial environments

• Lead hazard identification and risk assessments (Job Safety Analysis, JHA, PPE assessments, confined space, lockout/tagout, hot work, working at heights, electrical safety, etc.)

• Maintain site emergency response plans and coordinate drills for fire, medical, severe weather, chemical events, and other scenarios

• Partner with the Environmental Compliance lead on environmental programs (permitting, reporting, spill control, chemical storage) so safety and environmental obligations stay connected

Operational safety and procedures

• Define and enforce safe work practices for electrical, mechanical, controls, lifting/rigging, confined space, hot work, and contractor activities

• Partner with Facilities, Operations, and Construction teams to review method statements, lift plans, switching procedures, and maintenance plans from a safety perspective

• Review general contractor safety programs (LOTO, stop work authority, JHA/JSA) and decide what we build internally versus what we outsource