Global Vice President, Environmental, Health and Safety

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Global Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

The Global Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety is Fleet's most senior EHS leader, accountable for the entire EHS management system across every phase of the business, from design and construction through commissioning and live mission-critical operations. This role owns Fleet's EHS policy, standards, procedures, and assurance framework globally, while directing a field organization of Directors, Managers, and Specialists who execute at each campus.

The Global VP EHS is accountable for three outcomes: zero preventable incidents, an audit-ready compliance posture across all jurisdictions, and an EHS management system mature enough to scale without dilution as Fleet adds campuses. Positioned within the DC EHS & Security organization, this leader partners daily with Physical Security, Design & Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations leadership, and is the executive voice of EHS to Fleet's president, customers, insurers, and General Contractor executives.

• Construction EHS Leadership & Field Oversight
• Own EHS performance standards for General Contractors and all subcontractors across every active construction site, setting the tone through visible and felt leadership consistent with Fleet's Visible and Felt Leadership Procedure.
• Direct the Director of EHS Construction and site-level Construction Managers and Specialists across South Valley, Peru Ridge, and Caldwell Valley, ensuring the Global Construction EHS Policy is applied consistently regardless of site, region, or General Contractor.
• Oversee High-Risk Activity (HRA) programs across all campuses, including working at heights, energized electrical work, control of hazardous energy, lifting operations, mobile equipment, material handling, confined space entry, ground disturbance, driving, temperature extremes, and noise.
• Own Safety in Design, ensuring hazards are engineered out during design review rather than controlled administratively in the field, and that the Safety in Design committee holds real influence over construction packages.
• Own the Management of Key Performance Indicators program, defining the leading and lagging indicator set, the dashboards leadership reviews, and the escalation thresholds that trigger intervention when HRA controls prove ineffective.
• Set and enforce EHS readiness gates for periods of known elevated risk, including energization, commissioning, and construction-to-operations handover. Contractor and Supplier EHS Risk & Assurance
• Own the end-to-end EHS lifecycle for Fleet's third-party workforce, spanning General Contractors, subcontractors, Owner Direct vendors, OFCI and CFCI partners, and facility service providers, from pre-qualification through onboarding, operational oversight, and performance assurance.
• Direct the contractor pre-qualification and selection process, including use of platforms such as ISNetworld or Avetta, and the review of safety statistics, programs, and regulatory citation history before any vendor is approved to mobilize.
• Own the EHS Bridging Document framework that defines the interface between Fleet's EHS policy and each contractor's own safety program, eliminating gaps in responsibility across complex GC, subcontractor, and owner-direct work streams.
• Lead the Contractor and Supplier EHS Balanced Scorecard and chair Monthly Business Reviews with…