Mission Critical Safety Program Manager

SHARED SERVICES CLIENT INTEGRATION PROGRAM CONSISTENCY

The STOBG East Regional Mission Critical Safety Program Manager is a shared-services resource who supports Business Unit Safety Directors and project teams across the Eastern United States. The position provides specialized mission critical safety knowledge client-requirement support common tools and regional coordination to help each business unit safely deliver data center projects while retaining control of its projects personnel and safety performance.

Working collaboratively with Business Unit Safety Directors operations leaders project executives preconstruction teams commissioning professionals clients and site safety personnel the position helps interpret owner requirements and translate them into practical project safety plans procedures training and implementation resources. The role promotes consistency where it adds value while recognizing differences in client expectations project conditions local requirements and business unit operations.

This position does not replace or assume the authority of the Business Unit Safety Directors. Business Unit Safety Directors remain responsible for project safety staffing approval and implementation of site-specific safety plans project-level safety decisions incident response and safety performance within their respective business units. The Regional Mission Critical Safety Program Manager works through and in partnership with the Business Unit Safety Directors providing technical guidance program support and regional alignment.

• Support the Regional Safety Executive and Business Unit Safety Directors with specialized mission critical safety knowledge and resources.

• Promote reasonable consistency across the regional mission critical portfolio without removing business unit ownership or flexibility.

• Help project teams interpret and incorporate client requirements into site-specific safety plans and field processes.

• Develop practical templates playbooks training and planning tools that business units can adapt to their projects.

• Facilitate lessons learned knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across mission critical projects.

• Provide support during pursuits preconstruction mobilization major milestones commissioning and closeout.

• Safety leadership and performance within their respective business units and mission critical projects.

• Project safety staffing supervision assignments and performance management.

• Approval implementation and maintenance of site-specific safety plans and project safety procedures.

• Project-level safety decisions incident response corrective actions and escalation within the business unit.

• Primary working relationships with business unit operations and project leadership.

• Determining how regional requirements tools and recommendations are applied to individual projects.

• Client-requirement review interpretation gap identification and implementation guidance.

• Development of model programs templates playbooks checklists and planning resources.

• Technical support for complex mission critical risks and project milestones.

• Regional coordination lessons learned trend review and knowledge sharing.

• Targeted project support coordinated with the responsible Business Unit Safety Director.

• Recommendations that improve consistency while preserving business unit authority and accountability.

• Collaborate with Business Unit Safety Directors to identify common mission critical safety needs and improvement opportunities.

• Develop and maintain recommended regional guidelines model programs templates playbooks and implementation tools for business unit use.

• Maintain a regional library of client requirements effective practices lessons learned and mission critical safety resources.

• Help align recurring processes and terminology where consistency improves quality efficiency or client responsiveness.

• Encourage practical standardization while recognizing when client project regulatory or business unit differences require a tailored approach.

• Provide recommendations to the Regional Safety Executive and Business Unit Safety Directors regarding regional program needs and emerging risks.

• Assist Business Unit Safety Directors and project teams in reviewing and interpreting client safety requirements contract documents standards audit protocols and project expectations.

• Develop client-requirement matrices and other tools that identify obligations gaps conflicts and project-specific needs.

• Help translate owner requirements into practical site safety plan language procedures work-planning expectations training and verification tools.

• Participate in client meetings interviews reviews audits and workshops when requested by the responsible Business Unit Safety Director or project leadership.

• Support project teams in resolving differences between company programs client standards local requirements and field conditions.

• Capture reusable knowledge from client interactions to support future pursuits and projects.

• Develop model structures templates and review guidance for mission critical site-specific safety plans.

• Assist project teams in addressing client requirements project hazards construction sequencing logistics commissioning operational interfaces and high-risk work.

• Participate in project safety plan reviews at the request of the responsible Business Unit Safety Director.

• Provide recommendations intended to improve completeness clarity practicality and consistency while preserving business unit approval authority.

• Help teams establish processes for updating plans as scope schedule systems client requirements and site conditions change.

• Support the development of project-specific solutions when standard resources do not fully address the risk or client expectation.

Provide technical guidance and develop regional resources for mission critical and operationally sensitive activities including:

• Energized electrical work electrical safe work practices and arc-flash exposure.

• Lockout/Tagout energy isolation energization and controlled system turnover.

• Commissioning startup functional testing and integrated systems testing.

• Simultaneous operations and work affecting live or operational data center environments.

• Temporary power critical utilities impairment management and emergency planning.

• Cranes rigging critical lifts material handling excavation confined space fall protection and hot work.

• Logistics planning access control delivery coordination laydown housekeeping and changing site conditions.

• Assist business development and preconstruction teams with client safety requirements project risk reviews staffing considerations and program commitments.

• Participate in proposal development client interviews risk reviews and project transition meetings as requested.

• Develop model startup tools identifying recommended plans training systems reviews client deliverables and major safety milestones.

• Support Business Unit Safety Directors and project teams in establishing implementation priorities before mobilization and high-risk work.

• Help identify safety-related resource schedule logistics commissioning and client-interface risks early in project planning.

• Develop practical resources that site safety professionals can understand communicate implement and verify.

• Provide training materials checklists decision guides and planning resources for mission critical project teams.

• Support the professional development of safety personnel assigned to mission critical work in coordination with their Business Unit Safety Director.

• Conduct targeted site visits coordinated with the responsible Business Unit Safety Director to support startup major milestones complex activities or identified needs.

• Gather feedback from project teams and use it to improve regional resources and guidance.

• Provide coaching and technical support without assuming direct supervision of business unit or project safety personnel.

• Facilitate coordination among Business Unit Safety Directors and mission critical project safety teams.

• Share effective practices client feedback incident lessons emerging risks and useful tools across the region.

• Maintain visibility of mission critical trends client expectations emerging risks and regional improvement opportunities through regular communication with the Regional Safety Executive and Business Unit Safety Directors.

• Analyze common themes in audits observations incidents corrective actions and client feedback and present recommendations to the Business Unit Safety Directors and Regional Safety Executive.

• Support common training reporting and performance measures when agreed upon by regional and business unit safety leadership.

• Assist with periodic reviews of program effectiveness and implementation quality.

• Maintain organized auditable regional resources and support consistent use of approved digital safety management platforms.

• Build productive working relationships with Business Unit Safety Directors clients operations leaders project teams technical specialists subcontractors and field personnel.

• Influence through expertise collaboration responsiveness and practical solutions rather than line authority.

• Communicate complex client and technical requirements clearly to both leadership and field audiences.

• Respect established business unit reporting relationships project ownership and decision-making responsibilities.

• Escalate significant concerns through the responsible Business Unit Safety Director and Regional Safety Executive.

• Represent STOBG East with credibility consistency and a service-oriented approach.

• Bachelors degree in occupational safety construction management engineering risk management or a related discipline preferred.

• Minimum 8 years of progressive construction safety experience including experience supporting complex projects or multiple locations.

• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting mission critical data center advanced technology industrial pharmaceutical semiconductor or comparably complex work.

• Demonstrated ability to develop practical safety programs procedures templates training and implementation tools.

• Experience reviewing and incorporating client requirements into site-specific safety plans and project processes.

• Strong understanding of OSHA requirements construction risk management high-risk work controls and contractor safety management.

• Strong organization process-development communication facilitation and program-coordination skills.

• Ability to build alignment across multiple business units clients projects and geographic locations without relying on direct authority.

• Ability to travel frequently throughout the Eastern United States and support project needs outside normal business hours when required.

• Valid drivers license.

• Masters degree in occupational safety construction management engineering risk management or related field.

• CSP ASP CHST SMS STSC or comparable professional safety certification.

• Direct experience supporting large-scale data center construction and commissioning.

• Working knowledge of NFPA 70E ANSI/ASSP standards electrical safe work practices commissioning safety and operational interface management.

• Experience supporting client pursuits preconstruction reviews presentations and project mobilization.

• Experience with digital safety management inspections observations corrective actions and performance reporting.

• Mission critical safety knowledge

• Client-requirement integration

• Collaborative program development

• Shared-services mindset

• Process design and standardization

• Organizational and logistical discipline

• Facilitation and communication

• Cross-functional influence

• Technical problem-solving

• Coaching and field enablement

• Risk-based decision-making

• Continuous improvement

• Frequent travel throughout the Eastern United States based on project portfolio client needs major milestones and requests from Business Unit Safety Directors.

• Ability to access active construction sites navigate uneven terrain climb stairs and ladders and wear required personal protective equipment.

• Ability to participate in early-morning after-hours or weekend activities when necessary to support critical work commissioning incident response or client commitments.

• Business Unit Safety Directors view the role as a responsive and valuable mission critical resource.

• Client requirements are understood and translated into practical project tools and site safety plan content.

• Site safety professionals have useful resources and guidance that support effective implementation.

• Regional consistency improves without reducing business unit control flexibility or accountability.

• Lessons learned and effective practices are shared across business units and incorporated into regional resources.

• Pursuits project startups major milestones and commissioning activities receive timely mission critical safety support.

• The regional mission critical safety capability becomes more organized repeatable and scalable.

ROLE DEFINITION

This position is a regional shared-services partner. It brings mission critical expertise common resources and coordination to the region while Business Unit Safety Directors retain authority accountability and control over their projects and safety teams.