Senior Health & Safety Lead – Data Centre & Build

Era4; Warrington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Era4 is seeking a Health & Safety lead to stand up H&S across our data centre operations and upcoming builds in the UK. You will act as the competent person under HSE guidance, translating strategy into practical policies and systems with external support as needed.

This is a hands-on, authority-rich role to define how H&S is done from first principles, with end-to-end ownership. You will design policies, manage inspections, incident investigations, and CDM 2015 compliance, and drive training

Qualifications

• NEBOSH National Diploma is required.
• Chartered or Graduate IOSH membership required.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate or CDM 2015 qualification.
• Fire Safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH Fire Safety Certificate).

Responsibilities

• Act as the organisation's competent person for Health & Safety across live data centre operations and new-build projects.
• Design, write, and implement H&S policies, risk assessments, and management systems from scratch.
• Own day-to-day H&S delivery across multiple sites; inspections, audits, incident investigation, near-miss reporting, and permit-to-work.
• Act as client-side H&S lead on new-build projects, ensuring CDM 2015 compliance from design through handover.
• Own H&S training and induction programmes suitable for data centre environments.
• Manage relationships with external H&S consultants while retaining ownership of decisions.
• Maintain audit-ready records, incident logs, and compliance evidence across all sites.
• Monitor and report on H&S performance, flag risk and recommend action.

Skills

HSE leadership

Policy writing

Risk assessment

Audit & investigation

Education

NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety

CMIOSH / GradIOSH membership

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Fire Safety qualification

Job description

Era4 is seeking a Health & Safety lead to stand up H&S across our data centre operations and upcoming builds in the UK. You will act as the competent person under HSE guidance, translating strategy into practical policies and systems with external support as needed.

This is a hands-on, authority-rich role to define how H&S is done from first principles, with end-to-end ownership. You will design policies, manage inspections, incident investigations, and CDM 2015 compliance, and drive training