Health, Safety & Environment Manager
This role oversees health, safety, and environmental programs across AI infrastructure operations, including data centers, manufacturing facilities, and autonomous vehicle testing sites. Professionals in this position develop and enforce HSE policies, conduct risk assessments and incident investigations, and ensure regulatory compliance with local and federal standards. They distinguish themselves through hands-on implementation of safety protocols and proactive hazard mitigation rather than purely advisory functions, often serving as the primary point of contact between operations teams, external regulators, and senior leadership. These roles typically embed within matrixed organizations that span facilities management, HR, legal, and operational teams, requiring strong cross-functional communication to build safety culture across distributed or rapidly scaling AI infrastructure.
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Developing and implementing comprehensive environmental health and safety programs across multiple sites and jurisdictions
Conducting hazard assessments and risk evaluations to identify and mitigate occupational health and safety exposures
Ensuring organizational compliance with federal, state, and local environmental health and safety regulations
Leading incident investigations and root cause analysis using structured methodologies
Developing and maintaining safety policies, procedures, work instructions, and standard operating procedures
Managing contractor and vendor safety compliance and oversight
Conducting compliance audits and preparing for regulatory inspections
Developing and delivering safety training programs to build organizational safety culture
Managing hazardous materials, chemical inventory, and waste management programs
Creating and maintaining health and safety metrics, dashboards, and performance reporting for leadership
Developing and implementing corrective and preventive action processes
Designing and implementing permit-to-work and lockout-tagout energy control systems
Conducting electrical safety assessments and arc flash hazard analysis
Performing environmental audits and monitoring environmental compliance at facilities
Conducting industrial hygiene assessments for chemical, physical, and occupational hazards
Developing safety-specific protocols and operational playbooks for new market entries and site activations
Managing crisis response and emergency preparedness programs
Translating technical safety requirements into practical, scalable protocols for fast-paced environments
Managing environmental permitting and regulatory submissions with government agencies
Integrating safety-by-design principles into product development and equipment engineering processes
Building safety culture and fostering proactive employee engagement in health and safety programs
Communicating complex safety and environmental concepts clearly to diverse stakeholder groups
Collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and facilities teams to embed safety into workflows
Liaising effectively with external agencies, contractors, and regulatory bodies on safety matters
Managing and leading growing teams of safety practitioners and specialists
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