Health & Safety Manager Data Centres (m/d/f)

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Our organization is a dynamic and innovative real estate company, serving as both a developer and investor with a primary focus on logistics real estate. We are expanding our portfolio to include cutting-edge data centre development projects and are therefore seeking experienced data centre professionals.

Goodman is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager (based in Frankfurt ) to join our expanding Data Centre project team. The ideal candidate will oversee that all health and safety protocols are adhered to during construction and operations. The H&S Manager will oversee risk management, implement safety measures, and ensure compliance with regulations to maintain a safe working environment.

More concretely, this means:

Key Responsibilities:

Health and Safety Leadership:

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for all health and safety aspects of a large-scale data centre project.
• Lead the H&S strategy to ensure a safe working environment for all project personnel.
• Promote and lead a safety-first culture across all project phases, ensuring adherence to company safety standards and raising H&S capacity for successful work.

Customer Management:

• Engage with customer to understand their H&S expectations and requirements, ensuring these are integrated into project plans and execution.
• Maintain positive and collaborative relationships with customers, regularly communicating H&S updates, metrics, milestones, key decisions and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure transparency and alignment of H&S expectations throughout the project life cycle, with a focus on solving issues and avoiding escalations. If escalations do occur, own them and drive towards a solution.

Project Planning and Execution:

• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to integrate H&S considerations into comprehensive project plans, including design development, procurement, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, handover, and customer occupation processes.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of safety plans, method statements, and risk assessments.

Compliance and Auditing:

• Ensure compliance with all relevant H&S regulations, standards, and company policies.
• Conduct regular site inspections, verify risk assessments, and audits to verify adherence to H&S protocols, ensuring all potential risks are anticipated and mitigated effectively.
• Identify and work with contractors, advisors and end-users to implement corrective actions for any identified non-compliances, safety issues and/or improvement initiative.

Team Collaboration and Communication:

• Promote and deliver a collaborative environment among all team members, including contractors, advisors and end-users.
• Establish and maintain effective communication channels and a transparent escalation procedure for H&S matters.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Maintain accurate and detailed H&S records, metric data, and documentation.
• Establish and implement thorough project controls to identify potential H&S issues early and develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Provide timely, accurate, and consistent H&S progress and status reports to the Project Lead and other relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to Goodman’s reporting needs by providing necessary H&S data and narrative.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a Health and Safety management role, of which the last 5 have been in the data centre sector.
• Proven track record of implementing and managing H&S strategies on large-scale, technically complex projects.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Fluent in English and the language of the country of operation.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or equivalent safety certification accredited in the country of operation.
• ISO 45001 Lead Auditor certification is a plus

But first, let us introduce ourselves a little more: 

Goodman Group is a provider of essential infrastructure. We own, develop and manage high quality, sustainable logistics properties and data centers in major global cities, that are critical to the digital economy. Goodman operates in key consumer markets in 15 countries across Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. We are the largest property group listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and invest significantly alongside our capital partners in our investment Partnerships. Our Continental European headquarter is based in Belgium and we are active in 7 European countries, including offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Luxembourg, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan and Paris. 

Our culture is based on collaboration, ownership and seizing the opportunity. We take full responsibility for our work, support each other’s success and make room for growth for everyone. 

How do we look at the world of tomorrow? 

At Goodman we believe we all have a role to play in safeguarding the future for next generations. Therefore, sustainability is the driving force behind everything we do. Not only do we foster a sustainable and inclusive working environment for all our employees but also, throughout all our projects, we are continuously engaged in a process to assess its sustainability. Each aspect of the properties’ lifecycle is scrutinized on its future proofness for decades to come, resulting in a low ecological footprint over time. At Goodman, we believe it’s not enough to talk the talk — we also need to walk the walk.