Construction EHS Manager
About the role
The Construction EHS Manager oversees the EHS construction oversight program for a defined area, directly managing a team of contract construction EHS technicians.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership and Field Coverage: Directly manage a team of contract construction EHS technicians, setting daily assignments, coverage schedules, and site priorities to ensure boots on the ground across all active work fronts. Ensure techs are physically present and walking the work each day, not desk-bound, verifying coverage against the day's construction activity and adjusting deployment as sites ramp up or down. Coach, develop, and hold techs accountable for the quality and consistency of their field observations, hazard identification, and real-time corrections. Ride along and conduct joint site walks to spot-check tech performance, calibrate standards across the team, and reinforce expectations in the field.
Program Ownership and Strategy: Lead the development and ownership of the EHS construction oversight program for a defined area, including data collection, trend analysis, and program governance. Design, develop, and deploy EHS programs and initiatives across construction and commissioning activity. Engage in strategic planning, risk mitigation, and on-time delivery across multiple concurrent projects. Drive a culture of continuous learning aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
Contractor Management and Accountability: Conduct pre-qualification evaluations of potential vendors and communicate EHS expectations prior to award and site access. Ensure contractors deliver on program safety performance expectations and contractual agreement requirements, providing timely solutions to issues through your tech team. Hold contract crews and their supervisors accountable to site-specific safety plans, job hazard analyses, and SOPs. Verify contractor safety qualifications, certifications, training records, and onboarding. Monitor, advise, and assist construction project teams to protect people and the environment and ensure compliance.
Construction and Commissioning EHS Management: Conduct and oversee safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard analyses to identify and mitigate jobsite dangers. Ensure environmental controls (dust, erosion, spill prevention, stormwater) are properly implemented and maintained on active sites. Coordinate with Project Management, Operations, and contractor leadership to resolve EHS issues and ensure safe project delivery. Support EHS closeout verification and site demobilization activities, ensuring live operational capacity is never compromised.
EHS Reporting Tool: Lead the setup, configuration, and deployment of the HSI EHS platform across the area—onboarding techs and contractors, standardizing inspection and observation workflows, and driving adoption so field data is captured consistently and feeds program-level trend analysis and reporting.
Environmental Compliance and Regulatory Management: Monitor and ensure compliance with EPA, OSHA, state environmental agencies, and local ordinances across all construction activities. Support permit requirements for construction, air quality, water discharge, hazardous materials handling, and waste management. Oversee spill prevention, control, and countermeasure (SPCC) planning and implementation.
Incident Management, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement: Investigate accidents, near misses, and environmental incidents; prepare detailed reports with root cause analysis and preventive measures. Liaise with the wider Construction and Operations EHS teams to ensure best practices are fully implemented, progress reported, and trends and data captured, analyzed, and mitigated to an acceptable level. Monitor leading and lagging safety indicators across sites and across your tech team's coverage; present findings and program performance to leadership. Ensure timely, accurate reporting of incidents to internal leadership and regulatory agencies; serve as a point of contact for regulatory agencies and external stakeholders.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of experience in program or project management. 5+ years of experience in the construction, industrial, or process industry. Experience directly supervising or leading field EHS staff or safety technicians.
Preferred Qualifications: Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or other applicable EHS certifications (CIH, CHST, OHST, or similar). 10+ years of experience in EHS construction and subcontractor management. Experience working in operational data centers with a focus on safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Demonstrated experience managing a distributed team of field safety technicians across multiple sites. Knowledge of safety program design and implementation. Understanding of construction program management, including basic construction agreements. Proven experience managing contractor safety and environmental compliance on multi-million dollar capital projects. Familiarity with ISO 14001 or ISO 45001. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and facilitation skills; deadline-driven and detail-oriented.