Director of Corporate Environmental Health & Safety

Position Overview

The Director of Corporate Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) serves as the senior authority responsible for designing implementing enforcing and continuously improving NorthMark Strategies Environmental Health and Safety program for High-Performance Compute Center (HPCC) environments.

This role ensures EH&S programs are fully embedded across all phases of the site lifecyclefrom active brownfield redevelopment and phased construction through steady-state mission-critical HPCC operations. The Director reports directly to the VP of HPCC Operations and Infrastructure.

The role requires expert leadership in complex high-risk environments where live high-performance compute operations coexist with ongoing construction activity. The Director will ensure uncompromising safety and regulatory compliance while enabling uninterrupted mission-critical performance.

Key Responsibilities

EH&S Program Ownership & Governance

• Own enforce and continuously improve the corporate EH&S program across all HPCC sites.

• Translate corporate EH&S policies into site-specific procedures aligned with corporate standards and third-party frameworks.

• Establish clear accountability for EH&S compliance across employees visitors contractors service providers and suppliers.

• Serve as the authoritative voice for EH&S across all site activities.

Construction & Operational Safety Integration

• Oversee safety in environments with concurrent construction phases and live operational zones.

• Develop and enforce protocols for shared access logistics and overlapping work areas to mitigate risk.

• Lead joint safety planning and risk assessments with construction managers commissioning teams and operations leadership.

• Ensure EH&S integration does not disrupt mission-critical compute operations.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal state and local regulations and standards including OSHA NFPA (including NFPA 70E) EPA DOT and local AHJ requirements.

• Manage permitting regulatory reporting audits inspections and agency interactions.

• Establish and oversee incident reporting investigation root-cause analysis and corrective-action programs.

• Define and manage incident escalation protocols across the organization.

Safety Culture & Continuous Improvement

• Drive a strong proactive safety-first culture across all site personnel and partners.

• Oversee safety training programs qualification requirements toolbox talks and awareness campaigns.

• Implement continuous improvement processes through audits observations and lessons-learned feedback loops.

• Track and report leading and lagging safety indicators including near-miss reporting audit closure rates training completion and incident frequency.

Emergency Preparedness & Leadership Reporting

• Lead development and enforcement of Emergency Response Plans (ERP) Crisis Management procedures and EH&S-related Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

• Coordinate with Security Operations and Facilities teams to ensure unified emergency response capabilities.

• Provide regular reporting to senior leadership on EH&S performance risks compliance status and improvement initiatives.

• Serve as the primary liaison to external regulators auditors and stakeholders on EH&S matters.

Success Metrics

• Zero serious safety incidents or regulatory violations.

• Demonstrated improvement in safety culture through leading indicators such as near-miss reporting training engagement and audit performance.

• Seamless EH&S integration across construction and operational phases without impacting mission-critical uptime.

• Recognition as the trusted EH&S authority across HPCC sites.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Science Occupational Safety Industrial Engineering or a related field.

• 10 years of progressive EH&S leadership experience including at least 5 years supporting mission-critical infrastructure data centers heavy industrial operations or large-scale construction programs.

• Professional certifications strongly preferred (CSP CIH CHMM PE or equivalent).

• Deep working knowledge of OSHA standards NFPA codes EPA regulations and EH&S best practices for mission-critical and industrial environments.

• Proven experience managing EH&S in complex multi-phase construction environments co-located with live operations.

• Strong leadership communication and organizational skills with the ability to influence all levels of the organization and external stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to balance strict regulatory compliance with pragmatic operational execution.

• Expertise in risk assessment hazard analysis and incident prevention.

• Decisive resilient and collaborative leader comfortable operating in high-pressure high-stakes environments.