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Health And Safety Manager

Job Description

Job Specification – Health & Safety Manager (Data Centre Project)

Location: Berlin, Germany (project-based)

Salary: €75,000 – €90,000 + flights + accommodation + performance bonuses

Employer: Leading Data Centre General Contractor

Sector: Hyperscale Data Centres / Mission-Critical Construction

Overview:

A leading data centre general contractor delivering large-scale hyperscale facilities across Europe is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager for a major new-build data centre project in Berlin, Germany. This role is essential to ensuring safe delivery of a fast-paced, highly technical construction programme involving significant M&E, complex logistics, and multiple trade contractors.

This is a site-based role with full rotation support including flights, accommodation, and additional bonuses.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead all site Health & Safety functions on a large-scale data centre construction project.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain project-specific H&S plans, procedures, and method statements.
  • Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with local German regulations and company standards.
  • Support construction and MEP teams in safe planning of high-risk activities, including lifting operations, electrical works, hot works, and commissioning.
  • Deliver toolbox talks, safety briefings, and training sessions for direct staff and subcontractors.
  • Investigate incidents, near misses, and non-conformance, producing reports and implementing corrective actions.
  • Manage subcontractor H&S performance, ensuring safe systems of work are in place and adhered to.
  • Liaise with local authorities, client representatives, and internal leadership on all safety-related matters.
  • Promote a proactive safety culture across the project.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

  • Proven Health & Safety Manager experience on major construction or mission-critical / M&E-heavy projects (data centres, pharma, industrial, large commercial, energy).
  • Strong working knowledge of European H&S regulations (German experience beneficial but not essential).
  • Recognised H&S qualification (NEBOSH, equivalent European certification, or degree-level HSE qualification).
  • Experience managing safety across large, multi-contractor sites.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to work internationally on a rotational or project-based basis.
  • Competency with incident management, reporting systems, and risk assessment tools.

What’s on Offer:

  • €70,000 – €90,000 salary depending on experience.
  • Flights and fully-funded accommodation in Berlin.
  • Project bonus scheme.
  • Opportunity to work on one of Europe’s leading hyperscale data centre builds.
  • Strong career progression within a fast-growing general contractor.
  • Long-term European project pipeline.