Data Center EHS Officer

Job Purpose

The Data Center EHS Officer is responsible for implementing and enforcing the site Environment, Health and Safety program.

The role ensures that daily data center operations, maintenance activities, contractor works, and emergency-response arrangements are conducted safely and in compliance with approved procedures and applicable requirements.

The EHS Officer administers the Permit to Work and Lockout/Tagout systems, manages site risk assessments, monitors contractor safety, coordinates emergency preparedness, investigates incidents, and maintains the facility in a state of continuous audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and enforce the site Environment, Health and Safety program across data center operations, maintenance activities, and contractor works.
• Administer the Permit to Work, PTW, system and ensure that permits are properly prepared, reviewed, approved, issued, monitored, suspended, and closed.
• Verify Permit to Work conditions at the work location before activities begin and during work execution.
• Enforce the Lockout/Tagout, LOTO, program and verify that required isolations are correctly applied before work starts.
• Confirm that employees and contractors comply with approved isolation, safety, and work-control procedures.
• Conduct, review, and maintain risk assessments for operational, maintenance, and contractor activities.
• Prepare and review Job Safety Analyses, JSAs, for planned and non-routine activities.
• Ensure that identified hazards, control measures, responsibilities, and emergency requirements are clearly communicated before work begins.
• Coordinate emergency-response arrangements and maintain the readiness of emergency equipment.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of emergency-response plans and site emergency procedures.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct fire and life-safety mock drills.
• Record drill attendance, observations, outcomes, lessons learned, and corrective actions.
• Follow up on identified emergency-readiness gaps until closure.
• Manage contractor safety requirements throughout contractor activities at the data center.
• Deliver or coordinate contractor safety inductions before contractors begin work.
• Conduct contractor supervision spot checks and verify compliance with site safety requirements.
• Record, report, and follow up on contractor safety violations and unsafe practices.
• Stop or escalate unsafe work in accordance with approved site procedures.
• Lead or support investigations of incidents, injuries, near misses, unsafe conditions, and environmental events.
• Perform root cause analysis and identify appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain an action tracker and follow up with responsible parties until corrective actions are completed.
• Monitor environmental compliance relating to waste management, chemical handling, and fuel handling.
• Verify that waste, chemicals, and fuels are stored, handled, labelled, and managed according to approved requirements.
• Conduct scheduled workplace safety inspections and identify unsafe conditions, unsafe acts, and non-compliance.
• Conduct internal HSE audits according to the approved schedule.
• Coordinate external safety and environmental audits and support auditors with required records and evidence.
• Maintain the site in a state of continuous audit readiness.
• Prepare audit documentation, registers, reports, records, and corrective-action evidence.
• Conduct scheduled toolbox talks and safety-awareness sessions.
• Deliver safety training to employees and contractors based on operational needs and identified risks.
• Maintain accurate training attendance records, competency records, and related documentation.
• Maintain site EHS statistics, reports, registers, and performance records.
• Prepare periodic EHS reports for site management and customers.
• Maintain accurate records relating to:
  • Permits to Work
  • LOTO activities
  • Risk assessments
  • Job Safety Analyses
  • Inspections
  • Audits
  • Toolbox talks
  • Safety training
  • Mock drills
  • Incidents and near misses
  • Corrective actions
  • Contractor violations
  • Waste, chemical, and fuel handling
  • Emergency equipment readiness
• Escalate serious safety risks, environmental concerns, incidents, and repeated violations to site management according to the approved escalation process.
• Support site management in improving EHS awareness, compliance, and operational safety performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Safety, Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in an EHS or HSE role.
• Experience in critical facilities, construction, industrial facilities, or similarly high-risk operational environments is preferred.
• Practical experience administering Permit to Work systems.
• Practical knowledge of Lockout/Tagout requirements and isolation verification.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and Job Safety Analyses.
• Experience coordinating emergency response and fire and life-safety drills.
• Experience managing contractor safety, site inductions, inspections, and violation reporting.
• Experience investigating incidents, performing root cause analysis, and tracking corrective actions.
• Knowledge of environmental controls relating to waste, chemical, and fuel handling.
• Experience preparing for and supporting internal and external audits.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong report-writing, documentation, and record-keeping skills.

Required Certifications

The candidate must hold at least one of the following:

• NEBOSH International General Certificate, IGC
• IOSH certification

Added Advantage

Awareness or training in the following standards is considered an advantage:

• ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
• ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems