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Health, Safety & Environment Manager

This role manages health, safety, and environmental programs across AI infrastructure operations—from data center construction and commissioning to autonomous vehicle testing and laboratory research. Professionals in this space conduct daily site inspections, oversee contractor compliance, investigate incidents, and lead safety audits while navigating hazards ranging from high-voltage electrical systems and heavy equipment to hazardous materials and autonomous systems. They distinguish themselves by embedding safety into product design and operational workflows rather than treating compliance as retroactive, and they typically report to operations or facilities leadership within matrixed teams spanning engineering, legal, and cross-functional safety committees.

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Open Jobs18
Companies Hiring7
$ expectations --role health,-safety-&-environment-manager

Measured across 18 of 18 open postings.

11%
expect AI in the role's own work
0% state it as a requirement
11%
work directly with customers
22%
manage people
Manager
most common level
39% of open postings
WHAT THEY ASK FOR, VERBATIM

“Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a forward-thinking approach to leveraging data and AI tools (such as Gemini and Google Workspace) to optimize processes”

Waymo · Manager, Resilience Risk
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

$ skills --core

Health, safety and environmental programs

72%

Compliance program management

56%

Incident response and reliability

39%

Process design and improvement

39%

Quality management systems

28%

Regulatory compliance and document control

22%

Incident response and forensics

17%

Operational metrics and analytics

17%

Program and project management

11%

Critical facility operations

11%

Construction delivery and commissioning

11%

Functional safety engineering

11%

Supplier and vendor management

11%
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Enterprise risk management

17%

AI autonomy safety assurance

17%
$ skills --soft

Cross-functional collaboration

44%

Change management

39%

Technical team leadership and mentoring

17%

Technical communication

17%

Detail and documentation rigor

11%
$03

Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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Google Workspacelow
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OSHAmoderate
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Open Jobs

18 open Health, Safety & Environment Manager jobs across 7 companies.

Periodic Labs2d
Head of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)
Menlo Park, CA·Business Operations
Crusoe2w
HSE Manager, Data Center Construction
Dallas, TX - US·Business Operations
Nscale2w
VP, EH&S (Global)
US·Business Operations
Helsing3w
UAS Flight Operations - Germany
Munich - Berlin·Business Operations
Waymo3w
Emergency Services Liaison, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, Germany·Business Operations
Nscale3w
HSE Site Coordinator, Glomfjord
Norway·Business Operations
Crusoe3w
HSE Program Manager
Denver, CO - US·Business Operations
Waymo4w
Field Safety – Operations Performance
Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA·Business Operations
OpenAI1mo
Senior Manager, EHS - Robotics
San Francisco·Business Operations
Waymo1mo
Operational Risk Manager
San Francisco, CA, USA; Tempe, AZ, USA; Washington, D.C., USA·Business Operations
Waymo1mo
Manager, Resilience Risk
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA·Business Operations
Waymo1mo
Staff Software Quality Safety Operations Specialist
Mountain View, CA, United States; Remote, United States·Business Operations
Periodic Labs2mo
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Technician
Menlo Park, CA·Business Operations
OpenAI3mo
Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk Operations
San Francisco·Business Operations
CHAOS Industries3mo
Head of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)
El Segundo, California, United States·Business Operations
Nscale4mo
Onsite Safety Manager
Point Pleasant, WV·Business Operations
Waymo6mo
EHS Manager, Americas Subregional
Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA·Business Operations
Crusoe6mo
Senior HSE Specialist
Arvada, CO - US·Business Operations