DE&C Senior Manager Health & Safety

Digital Realty; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty seeks a Sr Health & Safety Manager to lead safety programs across data center operations. You will partner with regional teams to ensure consistent processes, guide risk assessments, and drive continuous improvement in incident prevention and compliance.

Responsibilities include audits, KPI monitoring, contractor engagement, and developing safe systems of work. Travel to sites will be required to support safety initiatives and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health & Safety or a related field.
• Valid professional Health & Safety certification.
• Proven experience in Health & Safety management within a complex operational environment.
• Experience supporting audits, compliance programs, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in data centers, high-voltage environments, construction, or related industries is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment and ongoing management of Health & Safety framework aligned with corporate strategy.
• Partner with regional teams to promote consistency of processes and best practices.
• Provide Health & Safety guidance for risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.
• Assist in developing and implementing improvement initiatives and action plans.
• Support KPI creation and monitoring to measure safety performance.
• Participate in incident investigations including root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Assist audits, compliance reviews, and certification activities.
• Engage with contractors and suppliers to drive safety performance.
• Support safe systems of work and emergency response procedures.
• Travel to operational sites as needed for audits and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Audits & compliance

Stakeholder management

Reporting & documentation

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project coordination

Safety culture

Education

Degree in Occupational Health & Safety or related field

Professional Health & Safety certification

IOSH membership (or local equivalent) & progress toward Chartered status

Job description

Position Title: Sr Health & Safety Manager

Your Role

As a Senior Health & Safety Manager, you will help drive a positive safety culture across the organization by supporting the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of health and safety programs, policies, and compliance initiatives. Working closely with operational teams, contractors, and international stakeholders, you will help ensure the highest standards of health and safety across data center operations, support risk management activities, maintain key certifications, and contribute to incident prevention and continuous improvement efforts.

What You'll Do

• Support the deployment and ongoing management of the organization's Health & Safety management framework in alignment with corporate strategy and standards.
• Partner with regional Health & Safety teams to promote consistency of processes, programs, and best practices.
• Provide Health & Safety guidance for risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across operational and construction-related activities.
• Assist in developing and implementing Health & Safety improvement initiatives and action plans.
• Support the creation and monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure safety performance and program effectiveness.
• Participate in incident and accident investigations, including root cause analysis and corrective action development.
• Prepare and support internal and external audits, compliance reviews, reports, and certification activities.
• Engage with contractors, suppliers, and general contractors to drive safety performance and continuous improvement.
• Support the implementation of safe systems of work and ensure emergency response procedures remain current and effective.
• Travel to operational sites as needed to support Health & Safety initiatives, audits, inspections, and stakeholder engagement.

What You'll Need

Qualifications

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health & Safety or a related field.
• Valid professional Health & Safety certification.
• Proven experience in Health & Safety management within a complex operational environment.
• Experience supporting audits, compliance programs, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in data centers, high-voltage environments, construction, or other related industries is preferred.
• Multi-site operational experience is preferred.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• IOSH membership (or local equivalent) and progress toward Chartered status (or local equivalent) preferred.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety regulations, risk assessment methodologies, and incident investigation practices.
• Excellent planning, organization, and project coordination skills.
• Strong analytical abilities with experience using data to identify trends and drive improvements.
• Ability to prepare reports, manage documentation, and maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels of an organization.
• Ability to remain calm, professional, and solution-focused in fast-paced or high-pressure situations.
• Strong coaching and collaboration skills when working with contractors, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams and standard business applications.
• Highly motivated with a continuous improvement mindset and commitment to safety excellence.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

Our Operations team keeps our customers' infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee's total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range: $132,000 – 179,700 annually. This compensation range represents the Company's good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.

NOTES:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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