EHS Manager, Operations

Vantagedc; Newport; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Data Centres in Newport seeks an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager to lead the development and implementation of world-class EHS systems for operating data centres and new facilities. You will collaborate with regional EMEA and local operations to maintain the highest safety standards.

The role includes risk assessments, audits, health surveillance, emergency planning, and regulatory training, with daily interactions delivering health and safety guidance to stakeholders and

Responsibilities

• Implement health and safety standards, policies and practices across data centres and construction sites.
• Conduct health and safety audits to ensure compliance with life safety requirements.
• Develop and review health and safety plans for emergencies and business continuity.
• Maintain safety record keeping and data integrity, and monitor metrics for leadership review.

Job description

About Vantage

Vantage 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 Operations, Contractors, Vendors, Construction 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 Overview

Vantage is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager to join our Newport campus. At this campus, we currently have operational data centres and the construction of new facilities. The EHS Manager will work with the regional EMEA EHS team and local Data Centre Operational teams to support the development and implementation of world-class environmental, health and safety system to keep all operational activities to the highest EHS standards that meet Customer and Vantage requirements.

Position Description

The role requires autonomy and is responsible for implementing and monitoring processes that include:

• High Risk Activities: Working at Heights, Mobile Equipment, Hazardous Materials Management, Confined Space, Lifting Operations, Lockout & Isolations (LOTO), Ground Disturbance / Excavations, Driving / Light Motor Vehicles, Electrical Safety, Fire Safety & Hot Works, Temperature Extremes, Noise & Vibration, Pressure Testing.
• Occupational Health & Hygiene: Psychosocial hazards, ergonomics, thermal hazards and controls, biological hazards, electromagnetic fields, dust, including exposure assessments and health surveillance.
• Emergency Response Planning.
• Risk Identification, Assessment and Mitigation methodologies.
• 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 Centres 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 Centres 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