EHS Manager

Requisition Number: EHSMA
009091

• Posted :
  August 4, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid
• Salary : $152,000 USD per year

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Seattle, WA 98118, USA

Broadband EHS Manager
- Operations

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 manufactures more than 2,000 products, employs over 5,000 associates, and consistently generates annual revenues exceeding $2 billion. With our commitment to professional growth and employee development, let AFL "Connect" you to your next career opportunity!

Job Summary

The EHS Manager
- Broadband Operations is responsible for leading environmental, health, safety, and security (EHSS) performance across AFL’s Broadband construction, installation, and operational field activities. This role protects employees, contractors, customers, and the public while enabling safe, efficient, and predictable project execution in fast-paced telecommunications environments.

The EHHS Manager serves as the primary EHSS liaison between AFL Broadband leadership, customers, municipalities, utilities, contractors, and field operations teams. Success is measured not only by injury prevention, but by proactive risk identification, effective hazard control implementation, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across broadband operations.

This role reports to the EHS Director and has the authority to elevate safety concerns and stop work when critical controls are absent or when conditions present imminent risk to personnel, property, customer infrastructure, or the public.

Scope of Responsibility

Construction & Deployment

• Full EHSS oversight of broadband construction and deployment activities, including:
• Aerial and underground construction
• Directional drilling and trenching
• Utility make-ready activities
• Pole attachment work
• Network expansion and upgrade projects

Operations

• EHSS support for broadband maintenance, repair, service activation, network restoration, warehousing, and other field operations as assigned.

Coverage

• Supports multiple concurrent projects, customers, and geographic markets.
• Position is highly field-oriented and requires significant travel to active project sites.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership, Authority & Safety Culture

• Lead and sustain a proactive, risk-based safety culture throughout Broadband Operations.
• Promote the philosophy that safety is achieved through effective risk identification and control verification, not merely the absence of incidents.
• Maintain a strong field presence to coach leaders, supervisors, field technicians, and contractors where work is being performed.
• Partner with operational leaders to integrate EHSS controls into project planning, execution, quality, and customer commitments.
• Exercise stop-work authority when critical controls are missing or ineffective.
• Support leadership accountability for EHSS performance across all levels of the organization.

Customer, Contractor & Stakeholder Interface

Serve as the primary EHSS liaison between:

• AFL Broadband leadership
• Customer EHSS and program representatives
• Municipalities and permitting authorities
• Utility owners and pole providers
• General contractors and construction partners
• Specialty subcontractors and service providers

Additional responsibilities include:

• Translating customer-specific EHSS requirements into practical field execution standards.
• Supporting customer audits, site visits, inspections, and compliance reviews.
• Promoting consistent EHSS expectations across multi-employer work environments.
• Building strong relationships that reinforce AFL's commitment to safe project delivery.

Lead hazard identification, risk mitigation, and control verification related to:

• Utility construction activities
• Pole climbing and elevated work
• Bucket truck operations
• Excavation and trenching
• Horizontal directional drilling (HDD)
• Traffic control and work-zone safety
• Electrical hazards and utility exposure
• Confined space entry, where applicable
• Fleet and mobile equipment operations
• Environmental and storm-response work

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting job hazard analyses (JHAs) and task-specific risk assessments.
• Participating in…