Data Center Safety & Risk Lead

Mistral Ai; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Retirement plans

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal allowance

Transportation allowance

Job summary

Mistral AI is seeking a Senior Safety professional to build and lead a practical, high-trust health and safety program for its rapidly expanding data center operations. You will protect employees, contractors and visitors while enabling safe deployment and operation of dense AI compute infrastructure across sites.

You will partner with Data Center Operations, IT Operations, Security and Legal teams, coordinating with colocation operators and service partners to ensure compliance and continuous

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of health and safety experience in operational, industrial or mission-critical environments.
• Experience implementing safety programs, contractor controls, inspections, risk assessments, investigations and training.
• Working knowledge of occupational safety regulations and high-risk work controls; ability to coordinate country-specific requirements.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across technical teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders; fluent professional English.
• Ability to work regularly on site and travel between data center locations; valid driving licence where required for site access.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational health and safety management framework for the data center portfolio: policy, critical-risk standards, annual objectives, assurance calendar, risk registers, incident classifications, documentation and management reporting.
• Interpret applicable safety requirements with local specialists; translate them into site-level expectations, control plans and auditable evidence across different countries.
• Lead regular risk assessments, inspections and assurance reviews; prioritize findings by severity and exposure, assign owners and verify corrective actions have actually reduced risk.
• Create consistent arrangements for site access, inductions, competency checks, contractor onboarding, safety briefings and refresher training, including evidence of completion.
• Develop leading and lagging indicators; present clear recommendations to leadership.
• Support supplier selection and contract reviews by defining appropriate safety requirements, escalation expectations and minimum standards for colocation and technical service partners.

Skills

Safety leadership

Risk assessment

Incident investigations

Stakeholder management

On-site presence

Job description

Mistral AI is seeking a Senior Safety professional to build and lead a practical, high-trust health and safety program for its rapidly expanding data center operations. You will protect employees, contractors and visitors while enabling safe deployment and operation of dense AI compute infrastructure across sites.

You will partner with Data Center Operations, IT Operations, Security and Legal teams, coordinating with colocation operators and service partners to ensure compliance and continuous