Health and Safety Specialist (Remote)

About the role

DataBank Holdings Ltd. is a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud, and interconnection services, offering customers 100% uptime availability of data, applications, and infrastructure. The Health & Safety Specialist supports the implementation of EHS programs across the company’s operations, reporting to the Health & Safety Manager and collaborating with the Environmental Manager, operations, infrastructure, and engineering teams to promote a safe workplace, assist with compliance activities, maintain documentation, and support employees and supervisors across EHS initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support company EHS policies, procedures, and programs including: electrical safety, confined spaces, JHAs, lone working, SPCC, HazCom, and refrigerants, among others.
• Identify basic hazards and communicate findings to the Health & Safety Manager and site leadership.
• Support and track EHS corrective actions to completion.
• Assist with incident documentation and investigations.
• Update and maintain data for logs, training records, incidents, inspections, and other EHS documentation as assigned.
• Support EHS monthly reporting.
• Assist with PPE inventories and compliance monitoring.
• Prepare employee communications such as toolbox talks and safety alerts.
• Participate in job hazard analyses (JHAs), risk assessments, and safe work planning initiatives.
• Reinforce a culture of safety throughout the company.
• Support audit preparation and follow-up activities.
• Perform other EHS-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in occupational health and safety, environmental science, related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 1-3 years of professional experience supporting EHS management systems and programs.
• Safety certification(s) such as ASP, GSP, OSHA 10-hour, NFPA 70E, etc.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills including the ability to track and advance a high volume of concurrent initiatives without losing sight of priorities.
• Knowledge of EHS management systems and programs.
• Proficiency with databases and data management tools such as MS Office suite including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders across operations, engineering, procurement, and vendor teams.
• Ability to work remotely and autonomously while maintaining clear communication and follow-through across a distributed team.
• Self-directed and organized, with the ability to prioritize independently across a broad and varied scope of work.