Sr. Manager Environmental Health & Safety

Position Summary

This role provides global leadership for electrical safety and commissioning safety across Vertiv’s products, services, and installation activities. The position is accountable for establishing and operationalizing best-in-class controls to prevent serious injuries and fatalities (LIFE exposures), with a primary focus on high-energy electrical systems and multi-contractor commissioning environments
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The Senior Manager partners closely with Services, Engineering, and EHS teams to:

• Drive consistent, safe execution of commissioning globally
• Define and standardize safe systems of work
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and statutory requirements
• Reduce exposure through practical field controls, auditing, and governance

• Global Commissioning Safety Execution
• Lead global alignment on safe execution of commissioning activities, particularly in high-energy environments
• Ensure consistent application of controls across regions, teams, and project types
• Support field teams in managing real-time risk and decision-making under schedule pressure
• Standards, Procedures, and Safe Systems of Work
• Develop and maintain global standards for:
  • Electrical safety (arc flash, lockout/tagout, energized work)
  • Commissioning practices and task execution
  • High-risk activities in construction and service environments
• Ensure standards are practical, scalable, and consistently applied
• Multi-Contractor Environment & Work Coordination
• Define expectations for safe work in complex, multi-contractor construction environments
• Clarify roles, responsibilities, and isolation ownership across Vertiv, customers, and third parties
• Establish requirements for contractor alignment and shared accountability
• Global Services Alignment & Field Integration
• Partner with global Services leadership to ensure procedures are executable in real-world conditions
• Drive adoption through collaboration, field engagement, and continuous feedback loops
• Align EHS and Services organizations on practical implementation and expectations
• Safe Design & NPDI Integration
• Partner with Engineering to embed engineering controls into products and systems
• Influence NPDI processes to ensure design for safe commissioning, serviceability, and reduced exposure
• Advocate for solutions that minimize the need for energized work and cabinet access
• Electrical Safety Strategy & LIFE Exposure Reduction
• Define and advance the global strategy for electrical safety and LIFE exposure prevention
• Establish expectations for energy isolation, verification of absence of voltage, and energized work controls
• Monitor emerging risks and technologies to continuously strengthen controls
• Auditing, Inspection & Field Verification
• Establish and lead a global approach for auditing and inspecting electrical and commissioning work
• Conduct and/or oversee field audits, site inspections, and targeted reviews of high-risk activities
• Verify that standards are not only defined but consistently executed in the field
• Identify systemic gaps and drive timely corrective actions and accountability
• Regulatory & Statutory Compliance
• Ensure global alignment with applicable regulatory, statutory, and legal requirements related to electrical safety and construction activities
• Partner with regional EHS teams to interpret and apply local requirements in a consistent, practical manner
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure standards and practices remain current and compliant
• Incident Learning & Continuous Improvement
• Lead analysis of electrical and commissioning-related incidents and near misses
• Apply Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles to identify systemic improvements
• Translate insights into standards, design changes, and field practices
• Capability Building & Communication
• Build organizational capability through clear guidance, coaching, and leadership engagement
• Reinforce expectations aligned with “We Lead with Safety”
• Enable a culture where risk is understood, communicated, and actively managed

• 10+ years of experience in electrical safety, commissioning, or high-risk industrial environments
• Demonstrated expertise in:
  • High-energy electrical systems (e.g., data centers, UPS,…