Senior/ Lead EHS Manager - Data Centres (Nordics)

Arcadis; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior/Lead EHS Manager to define and drive the environmental, health, safety and security strategy for a major Nordic data centre project. The role requires leadership across multinational contractor groups, ensuring governance alignment with client expectations and regulatory requirements.

Based in-country with significant international travel to Norway or Finland (11/3 rotations), you will embed a proactive safety culture, oversee RAMS and procedures, and report

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership experience on mega-scale construction or major infra projects.
• Background in top-tier consultancies, contractors, or client-side delivery.
• Direct data centre or hyperscale tech project delivery experience preferred.
• Commitment to CPD and strategic EHS learning.
• Strong teamwork and passion for transforming built environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead EHS strategy and governance for the project.
• Align multi-national contractor networks with client expectations.
• Oversee EHS incidents, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Manage stakeholder relations, analytics, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with Nordic EHS legislation.
• Monitor EHS performance indicators and drive improvements.

Skills

Senior Leadership

EHS Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Incident Investigation

Culture Change

Education

CPD Commitment

Tools

ISO 45001:2018

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Senior / Lead EHS Manager serves as a strategic leader and advisor within the Arcadis project team, playing a key role in the delivery of one of our biggest data centre construction projects in the Nordics. Moving beyond day-to-day oversight, the Senior / Lead Manager dictates the overarching environmental, health, safety, and security strategy, designs the governance framework, aligns multi-national contractor networks with client expectations, and fosters an advanced culture of care and proactive involvement that protects our workforce, our reputation, and the general public.

Based 100% in-country, or significant international travel to Norway or Finland (11/3 rotations)

Role accountabilities:

2. Contractor System Management & Site Oversight3. Incident Mitigation & Emergency Readiness4. Stakeholder Relations, Analytics & ReportingStrategic Competencies

Strategic Competencies

• Strategic Leadership & Governance
• Author, manage, and continuously evolve the project-wide EHS Management System, ensuring seamless integration with client contractual/technical EHS standards, Arcadis standards, and ISO 45001:2018 benchmarks.
• Provide strategic direction, implementation oversight, and continuous support for the campus EHS & Security Plan.
• Empower and hold senior line management and contractor leadership strictly accountable for EHS management system implementation and overall performance indicators.
• Encourage the proactive involvement and engagement of all personnel in executing the site EHS program and embedding a culture of safety.
• Direct the campus EHS strategy across all allocated contractor groups, establishing mandatory minimum EHS standard expectations.
• Strategically review high-impact Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) and site-specific procedures.
• Verify that project- and site-specific EHS procedures robustly protect both on-site personnel and the general public.
• Participate actively in compliance audits and weekly planned inspections across the site, ensuring rigorous tracking and timely closure of subsequent action items.
• Ensure all incidents, particularly those involving personal injuries, are thoroughly and appropriately investigated to identify root causes, verifying prompt closure of corrective and preventive actions.
• Oversee macro-level site performance trends and design systemic corrective actions resulting from incident investigations and inspections, driving corporate risk avoidance.
• Strategically evaluate and test emergency and fire response frameworks across the campus to guarantee structural resilience, proactive preparedness, and zero-incident operational continuity.
• Serve as the primary liaison between client executives, contractor leadership, and regulatory bodies, guaranteeing complete alignment with Finnish, Norwegian, and wider Nordic EHS legislation.
• Continuously monitor Arcadis and contractor EHS leading/lagging performance indicators and site inspection reports.
• Evaluate, analyse, and present executive-level performance reports, predictive metrics, and scorecards to drive continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance evaluations that include personal EHS involvement, compliance, and leadership behaviours.
• Executive Influence: Proven capacity to influence project directors, client representatives, and diverse multi-tiered contractor groups to prioritize EHS excellence.
• Analytical Foresight: Ability to leverage predictive metrics and performance trends to anticipate site risks and implement pre-emptive safety interventions.
• Culture Engineering: Expertise in driving behavioural change, fostering mutual trust, and motivating a large-scale international workforce toward a zero-harm mindset.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Senior Leadership Experience: Extensive experience acting in a Senior or Lead EHS Manager capacity on mega-scale construction or major infrastructure projects.
• Industry Background: Strong background operating within top-tier consultancies, general contractors, or client-side delivery environments.
• Data Centre / Tech Expertise: Direct experience delivering hyperscale data centres or complex technology infrastructure projects is strongly preferred.
• Continuous Professional Development: Dedication to continuous strategic learning and active CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
• Core Mindset: Strong technical capability, dedication to teamwork, and a shared passion for transforming built environments and improving quality of life.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.