VP, EH&S (Global)

Nscale

52d • $260,000 - $450,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Nscale is seeking a VP, EH&S (Global) to lead the Health & Safety organization and oversee environment, health, and safety across its global data center portfolio. This is a build role requiring the establishment of a global EH&S function that can scale rapidly, with a focus on consistent standards, a unified management system, and proactive team placement. The role spans the entire delivery lifecycle, from site selection and design to active construction, commissioning, energization, and operational standards for live data halls. The position emphasizes integrating critical environment operations with safety, treating availability and safety as a single problem. The VP will report to the SVP, Global Data Center Programs and collaborate with various internal teams, general contractors, regulators, and hyperscale customers. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, involving global policy setting, executive performance reporting, and direct field engagement. The position is based in the United States with regular international travel.

Requirements

• 15+ years in EH&S, including 5+ years leading a global or multi-region function across both construction and operational environments.
• Deep owner-side or EPC experience on large, complex capital construction programs: data centers, semiconductor fabrication, power generation, energy, or heavy industrial.
• Demonstrated ownership of occupational health and safety at enterprise scale, with working command of operational environmental compliance and permitting support.
• Multi-jurisdictional regulatory command, including US OSHA and at least one European regime (UK CDM and HSE, or EU/EEA). Nordic experience is a strong advantage.
• Track record of building an EH&S management system from an early or fragmented state, not solely maintaining a mature one.
• Electrical safety depth in energized medium- and high-voltage environments, and comfort with the vocabulary and discipline of critical environment operations.
• Proven ability to hold general contractors and subcontractors to standard, and to resolve disputes on the basis of evidence rather than escalation.
• Credibility with senior delivery and operations leaders, and the judgment to hold a line on risk under commercial and schedule pressure.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity in a fast-scaling environment where systems must be built while the work is already running.
• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental science, engineering, or a related field.
• Willing and able to travel internationally on a regular basis (40–50%), including to Nordic and remote sites.

Nice To Haves

• CSP, CIH, CHMM, or NEBOSH Diploma is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own Nscale's global EH&S strategy, policy, standards, and performance targets across site development, construction, commissioning, and live data center operations.
• Establish and maintain a single global EH&S management system aligned to ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, with defined regional implementation paths.
• Define the global metrics framework: SIF potential exposure, critical control verification, TRIR and DART, environmental compliance events, and contractor performance.
• Select and implement the enterprise EH&S platform supporting incident reporting, inspections, permit-to-work, contractor management, and compliance tracking.
• Direct internal and third-party audit and assurance programs, and own corrective action end to end.
• Report EH&S performance, risk exposure, and program maturity to Data Center Programs and executive leadership, and support board and risk committee reporting.
• Own owner-side safety accountability across a multi-site global construction program, including greenfield campuses, retrofits, colocation deployments, and partner-delivered builds.
• Establish contractor prequalification, pre-mobilization, onboarding, and performance management requirements for general contractors and the full subcontractor chain.
• Define and enforce standards for critical hazards: electrical work and arc flash, work at height, cranes and rigging, excavation, confined space, hot work, mobile plant, and energized commissioning.
• Lead Serious Injury and Fatality prevention as the organizing principle of the program, built on high-energy hazard identification, critical control verification, and field presence.
• Integrate EH&S requirements into contract terms, bid evaluation, and consequence management.
• Own EH&S governance across the transition from construction through commissioning to operations.
• Establish electrical safety programs for energized MV and HV environments, including NFPA 70E and equivalent regional standards, arc flash assessment, and qualified worker programs.
• Own lockout/tagout, permit-to-work, and safe systems of work across live data halls, substations, and yard infrastructure.
• Embed EH&S requirements into critical environment work practices, including MOP and EOP discipline, management of change, and switching operations.
• Set standards specific to high-density AI infrastructure: direct liquid cooling systems, battery energy storage, backup generation, and chemical handling.
• Define occupational health programs covering industrial hygiene, noise, ergonomics, fatigue and shift management, and cold exposure and remote-site medical response.
• Represent EH&S in design reviews and design gates so hazards are engineered out on paper rather than managed in the field.
• Ensure compliance with US occupational safety requirements including OSHA and state plan programs.
• Ensure compliance with UK requirements including the Health and Safety at Work Act, CDM 2015 duties, and HSE enforcement processes.
• Ensure compliance with EEA requirements including Norway's Working Environment Act, the Internal Control Regulations, and statutory safety delegate frameworks, and Icelandic equivalents.
• Own site and operational environmental compliance: air permitting for backup generation, stormwater and SPCC, water use and discharge, waste and hazardous materials, refrigerants, and noise.
• Support Development and Legal on environmental due diligence, impact assessment, and permitting strategy for new sites, acquisitions, and brownfield land.
• Establish the compliance framework for new jurisdictions ahead of market entry, and serve as the primary EH&S liaison to regulators and inspectorates.
• Provide operational environmental data to Sustainability in support of greenhouse gas inventory, water and heat reuse reporting, and disclosure frameworks including CSRD and CDP.
• Direct global incident reporting, investigation, and escalation across all sites and contractors, with defined notification thresholds and timelines.
• Oversee root cause analysis and organizational learning, ensuring findings propagate across the portfolio.
• Lead emergency preparedness and response planning for injuries, fires, electrical events, spills and releases, severe weather, and remote-site medical evacuation.
• Serve as EH&S lead in crisis management, coordinating regulatory notification, customer communication, Legal, Security, and Communications.
• Build and sustain the reporting culture required for near misses and hazards to surface early and be acted on.
• Build and lead the global EH&S organization: regional leads, site-based construction and operations EH&S professionals, and environmental compliance specialists.
• Staff ahead of the construction curve so EH&S capability is in place before mobilization, and set hiring, performance, and succession standards across regions.
• Establish global training standards, competency requirements, and certification tracking for employees and contractors.
• Coach project directors, site leaders, and operations managers on their personal EH&S accountabilities and visible leadership expectations.
• Build relationships with regulators, industry associations, labor organizations and works councils, and local communities across all operating regions.
• Support hyperscale customer EH&S assurance, audit, and contractual requirements.

Benefits

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Generous PTO plus US federal holidays
• A career-defining opportunity to be an early leader in one of the fastest growing AI infrastructure companies in the world
• A human-first approach: we treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy needed to get the job done.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive