Global EHS Design & Readiness Leader

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 157,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off - 20 days

Sick time - 40 hours/year

Maternity leave - 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave - 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google’s Global EHS Design and Readiness Manager within the EHS Center of Excellence will lead complex, multi-disciplinary office construction and workplace design initiatives, defining technical and operational EHS requirements and steering projects from concept through handover.

You will partner with Real Estate, Workplace Services, DEVCO and the broader EHS network to develop tools, processes and programs that mitigate risk, improve safety, and enable efficient, compliant occupancies across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) design, engineering, or risk-management programs within construction, corporate real estate, or industrial environments.
• Knowledge of Facilities Management, workplace operations, and nuances of designing and constructing buildings or complex corporate systems.
• Strong investigative, data quality troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and develop recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term strategy for the global office EHS design program with REWS stakeholders.
• Embed EHS requirements and design guidelines into project guides and workplace systems.
• Own the EHS readiness framework, aligning milestones with commissioning teams for seamless first day of business transitions.
• Track design misses, analyze incident trends, and translate root-cause findings into updated engineering standards and lessons learned.
• Drive cross-functional accountability by conducting design reviews, readiness inspections, and training workshops to scale standards across the real estate portfolio.

Skills

EHS design

Risk management

Data analysis

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google’s Global EHS Design and Readiness Manager within the EHS Center of Excellence will lead complex, multi-disciplinary office construction and workplace design initiatives, defining technical and operational EHS requirements and steering projects from concept through handover.

You will partner with Real Estate, Workplace Services, DEVCO and the broader EHS network to develop tools, processes and programs that mitigate risk, improve safety, and enable efficient, compliant occupancies across