What are the responsibilities and job description for the EHS / Safety Programme Lead position at HPTech Inc.?
Role: EHS / Safety Programme Lead
Location: New Albany, Ohio – Onsite
Type: W2 Contract Only – Long Term
Purpose: Owns safety for a mobile, 24x7 workforce in live Hyperscaler data centers. Makes sure every site and shift meets the client's Vendor EHS requirements before work starts and every day after.
What you will do
- Write and own the EHS management plan and the SOW-specific EHS action plan; get them accepted by client EHS.
- Build and lead the safety officer team: dedicated site safety officers, plus roving officers for smaller sites, across day, swing and night shifts. The client's rule is one dedicated EHS supervisor at 20 workers, plus one per additional 60.
- Choose and manage EHS staffing agencies for surge and new-site cover.
- Set training standards: OSHA 10 for all technicians, OSHA 30 for leads, site inductions, live environment and lockout/tagout awareness, NFPA 70E where relevant.
- Run incident management: reporting to the client within 72 hours (serious incidents within 8 hours), investigations, corrective actions, lessons learned.
- Track leading and lagging indicators (toolbox talks, inspections, near misses, recordables) and report them weekly to Delivery and the client.
- Check PPE specs and kit against client site rules; sign off each site and team move as safe to start.
What you bring
- 10 years in construction, data center or industrial safety; 5 years leading safety programmes across multiple sites.
- Hyperscaler data center build-out or mission-critical facility experience strongly preferred.
- CSP or ASP required; OSHA 500/510 (authorised trainer) preferred; CHST a plus.
- Experience managing safety teams and agencies for a fast-growing, mobile workforce.
- Firm and credible: willing to stop work, and able to work closely with client EHS teams.
- Willing to travel extensively between sites.
How we will measure success (first 12 months)
- Zero recordable incidents; every near miss reported and closed.
- 100% of staff certified before their first unsupervised shift.
- Every site and shift staffed with safety officers in line with the client's rule.
- No client stop-work orders caused by our teams.