Director, Health and Safety - Digital Realty Trust

The Director of Health and Safety drives a positive Health & Safety culture within the company and does everything to prevent the occurrence of incidents. By implementing Health & Safety Rules & Regulations for internal and external stakeholders and ensuring the highest level of safety within Digital Realty. 

You will have overall responsibility for Construction Health and Safety across AMER while working in close partnership with both internal and external customers. You will also be responsible for identifying opportunities to drive continuous improvements and monitors all related follow up activities.

What you’ll do 

• Responsible for the deployment and management of the Health and Safety management framework within the local sub regional organization following the corporate Health and Safety Strategic framework and guidelines.
• Develop a Health and Safety culture in the local organization, through training for health and safety matters and accident prevention, communications, and inspections. Through continuous learning and improvement
• Ensure Health and Safety support is provided for the identification, analysis, assessment and management of theHealth and Safety risks that are specifically applicable to operations and the interfaces with construction.
• Monitor and report theHealth and Safety aspects within the Construction team and department; actively drive measure to prevent incidents/accidents.
• Identify and prepare improvement programs related to Health and Safety.
• Ensure Health and Safety support for the development of key performance indicators to monitor activity progress.
• Investigate accidents or incidents to discover root causes.
• Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities or new prevention measures.
• Provide technical support/ guidance as necessary to accident/ incident investigation teams.
• Prepare audits and reports related to Health and Safety in conjunction with HQ requirements.
• Responsible for maintaining the relevant certifications.
• Bring to the attention of the Leadership Team any relevant new legislation.
• Immediately contact the Leadership Team if situations are found, that in the opinion of the H&S Manager, require immediate rectification or the stopping of any operation.
• Coaching / instructing / motivating staff to work according to the agreed guidelines.
• Responsible for Problem Management, gathering evidence, manage and monitor internal and external root cause investigations, assure that reported problems are handled according to company wide and local processes and procedures.
• Provide support to customers related to internal or external audits, as initiated and requested by (potential) customers.
• Assist in the implementation of the safe systems of work that will be rolled out to all countries.
• Ensure emergency response arrangements and procedures are maintained.
• Responsible for the direct reports own learning, development and continuous improvement, through audit and spot checks. 
• Working closely with external partners, but be the main point of contact

What you’ll need

• Proven experience as a health and safety director in a construction or similar industry
• Deep understanding of legal health and safety guidelines both locally and globally
• Ability in producing reports and problem solving
• Good knowledge of data analysis and risk assessment
• Excellent organizational and motivational skills
• Outstanding attention to detail and observation ability
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities
• Valid qualification in occupational health and safety
• Previous experience in a similar role/environment is essential.
• Previous multi-site experience is required with extensive construction knowledge
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a leading Health & Safety role in an industrial, critical environment (e.g. full continuous factory)
• Fluent in English, both in writing and orally

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Digital team 

Operations

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the companys overall goals and values.

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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