EHS Manager - Data Center Operations

Requisition Number: EHSMA
008690

• Posted :
  April 23, 2026
• Full-Time

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AFL provides industry-leading fiber optic products and services across the globe. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and now we manufacture over two thousand products, employ over 5,000 associates and consistently generate annual sales in excess of 2 billion-dollars in revenue. With our commitment to professional growth and employee development, let AFL “Connect” you to your next career opportunity!

The EHSS Manager – Data Center Construction & Commissioning leads environment, health, safety, and security performance across data center construction, commissioning, and limited operational transition activities. This role protects people while enabling schedule certainty, quality execution, and customer confidence in highly complex, fast‑paced environments.

The EHSS Manager serves as the primary EHSS interface between AFL leadership, customers, general contractors, commissioning agents, trade partners, and service providers. The role focuses on managing high‑risk activities typical of data center projects, including electrical work, working at heights, simultaneous operations (SIMOPS), equipment energization, and startup/turnover activities.

The EHSS Manager reports to Senior EHS Manager – AFL US Services and has authority to escalate risk concerns and stop work when critical controls are not in place or when conditions present an imminent risk to people, property, or operations.

• Construction: Full EHSS oversight of data center construction and fit‑out activities
• Commissioning / Startup: EHSS coordination during pre‑startup readiness, energization, testing, and turnover
• Operations (Limited): Support during transition to operations, including handoff reviews and early operational risk controls.

This role does not provide full operational EHSS ownership but supports safe turnover and early operational stabilization.

• Lead and sustain a proactive, high‑accountability safety culture across multiple project sites.
• Maintain a visible field presence, engaging where work and risk exist.
• Coach project leaders, supervisors, and contractors to recognize risk and intervene early.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Data Center business leaders, aligning EHSS controls with schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
• Exercise stop‑work authority and elevate unresolved critical risks through leadership channels.

• Serve as the central EHSS point of contact for:
• AFL Data Center business leadership
• General contractors and construction managers
• Commissioning agents and customer EHS representatives
• Trade partners, service providers, and vendors
• Translate customer safety and security expectations into executable site requirements.
• Support alignment of contractor safety programs, permit systems, and site rules.
• Participate in customer audits, readiness reviews, and leadership walkthroughs.

• Lead hazard identification and task‑based risk assessments, with focus on:
• Electrical safety and energized work
• Working at heights
• SIMOPS
• Equipment installation and lifts
• Confined space work, where applicable
• Support and verify high‑risk permit systems and critical control implementation.
• Conduct pre‑startup readiness and high‑risk activity reviews.
• Validate controls are effective prior to permitting work to proceed.
• Perform management of change reviews when scope, sequencing, or conditions change.

• Support contractor prequalification, onboarding, and site‑specific orientation.
• Monitor contractor compliance with site rules, regulatory…