Manager EHS

Exyte GmbH; Leixlip; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Exyte is seeking an experienced EHS Manager to lead Environment, Health & Safety on a major data centre project in Finland. You will embed EHS requirements into every construction stage and collaborate with project leadership and subcontractors to maintain the highest safety standards.

Responsibilities include leading the EHS strategy, conducting audits and inspections, investigating incidents, and driving continuous safety and environmental improvements across the site.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an EHS, HSE or Health & Safety management role within construction or engineering.
• Experience on data centre, industrial or large-scale projects is highly desirable.
• Strong ability to manage EHS across large sites with multiple contractors.
• Knowledge of construction safety, risk assessment and high-risk activities.
• Experience conducting audits and incident investigations.
• Ability to engage with senior project leadership on site.
• NEBOSH or equivalent qualifications advantageous.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, international project environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the project EHS strategy, processes and standards.
• Provide EHS leadership to project management, construction teams and subcontractors.
• Monitor site activities to ensure compliance with project requirements and legislation.
• Support safe management of high-risk construction activities (working at height, lifting, electrical works, energisation).
• Lead site inspections, audits and EHS reviews.
• Review contractor risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Support incident and near-miss investigations and ensure corrective actions.
• Monitor EHS performance and report trends to project leadership.
• Collaborate with subcontractors to drive safety improvements on site.
• Support site inductions, toolbox talks and safety campaigns.
• Ensure environmental requirements are effectively managed throughout construction.
• Build a positive safety culture where everyone takes responsibility for EHS.

Skills

EHS management

Construction safety

Audits & investigations

Stakeholder comms

Education

Occupational Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Discover your exciting role

Discover your exciting role Our people are our success. As one of us, you will contribute to engineering excellence for the high-tech markets of the future, including semiconductors, batteries, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and data centers. At Exyte, you will be part of a global community of challenge seekers who are ambitious and passionate about innovation. Together, we will build on our company’s long history and keep on leading the way to a better world.

We are looking for an experienced EHS Manager to join our Data Centre business and lead Environment, Health & Safety activities on a major data centre project in Finland.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced EHS professional to play a key role on a large-scale, technically complex construction project, working closely with project leadership, construction teams, subcontractors and our client to maintain the highest standards of safety across the site.

About our Data Centers (DTC) division Exyte delivers comprehensive data center services from design to construction, ensuring efficiency and reliability. With our integrated project delivery approach, we have successfully executed numerous projects worldwide, including advanced intelligence data centers, hyperscale data centers, colocation and cloud-computing data centers using traditional construction as well as modular construction techniques

Explore your tasks and responsibilities

As an EHS Manager, you will take a lead role in developing and maintaining a strong safety culture across the project, ensuring that EHS requirements are embedded into every stage of construction.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the implementation of the project EHS strategy, processes and standards.
• Providing EHS leadership and guidance to project management, construction teams and subcontractors.
• Monitoring site activities to ensure compliance with project requirements and applicable legislation.
• Supporting the safe management of high-risk construction activities including working at height, lifting operations, electrical works, energisation and other critical activities.
• Leading site inspections, audits and EHS reviews.
• Reviewing contractor risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Supporting incident and near-miss investigations and ensuring appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Monitoring EHS performance and communicating key trends and actions to project leadership.
• Working closely with subcontractors to drive continuous improvement in safety performance.
• Supporting site inductions, toolbox talks, safety campaigns and workforce engagement initiatives.
• Ensuring environmental requirements are effectively managed throughout construction.
• Building a positive safety culture where everyone on the project takes responsibility for EHS

Show your expertise

We are looking for someone with:

• Significant experience in an EHS, HSE or Health & Safety management role within a construction or engineering environment.
• Previous experience on data centre, mission-critical, industrial, semiconductor or other large-scale construction projects is highly desirable.
• Strong experience managing EHS across large sites with multiple contractors and subcontractors.
• Good knowledge of construction safety, risk assessment and high-risk activities.
• Experience conducting audits, inspections and incident investigations.
• The confidence to engage with senior project leadership while remaining highly visible and approachable on site.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge unsafe behaviours constructively.
• A relevant qualification in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Recognised professional safety qualifications such as NEBOSH or equivalent would be advantageous.
• The ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, international project environment.