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Data4

Operates scalable European health data centers

Health and Safety Manager

Environmental Health & SafetyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMarcoussis, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 8 to 10 years of progressive health and safety experience in complex technical or industrial environments in France, with significant exposure to construction projects and/or the operation of active sites.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating health and safety across multiple sites in France, managing contractor safety and simultaneous activities, and handling commissioning, operational handovers, and high-risk activities in occupied or critical facilities.
  • A master's-level diploma or equivalent qualification in engineering, occupational health and safety, risk management, or a related technical field.
  • Health and safety experience appropriate to the French regulatory context.
  • Strong command of the French Labour Code and health and safety requirements applicable to construction sites, industrial facilities, and operational workplaces.
  • Practical knowledge of French requirements for contractor management and construction coordination, prevention plans, SPS coordination, risk assessments, work permits, commissioning, energization, simultaneous activities, and project handover to operations.
  • Practical knowledge of risk controls in critical facilities, including electrical safety, lockout/tagout, maintenance, working at height, lifting, confined spaces, fire safety, and emergency response.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct health and safety inspections and audits, investigate events, apply root-cause analysis methods, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Good command of ISO 45001 and integrated management systems.
  • Ability to coordinate health and safety across multiple sites, manage external consultants, and influence general contractors, subcontractors, facility-management providers, and internal stakeholders.
  • Fluent French and very good professional English are required.
  • Confidentiality, integrity, and ethical conduct.
  • Proactive and rigorous approach, analytical ability, strong writing skills, adaptability, and ability to communicate with both instructional clarity and firmness.

Responsibilities

  • Deploy and maintain DATA4's French health and safety policy, standards, and annual program for construction, fit-out, and operations, including governance, procedures, objectives, meetings, reporting, indicators, communication, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage and coordinate the France health and safety team with the Group Health and Safety Director, including organization, priorities, objectives, workload, performance, and skills development, while maintaining effective interfaces with construction, fit-out, commissioning, operations, health and safety consultants, general contractors, subcontractors, and facility-management providers.
  • Define, with relevant project teams, the scope, deliverables, and expected performance of external health and safety resources for construction and fit-out activities, and monitor their service quality and effectiveness.
  • Serve as the primary health and safety contact in France for internal stakeholders, clients, employee representative bodies, and external authorities, addressing their expectations in accordance with DATA4 policy and legal and contractual obligations.
  • Report French health and safety performance, major risks, events, team priorities, and deployment progress directly to the Group Health and Safety Director; promptly escalate significant matters and coordinate corrective actions.
  • Integrate health and safety requirements into project planning, design reviews, procurement, contractor selection and onboarding, mobilization, execution, commissioning, and handover to operations.
  • Ensure risks related to construction, fit-out, commissioning, high-risk activities, and simultaneous operations are assessed and controlled through appropriate health and safety coordination, prevention plans, risk analyses, work permits, method statements, and required French regulatory coordination documents.
  • Conduct regular site visits and construction audits, challenge unsafe conditions or behaviors, verify contractor compliance, and ensure corrective actions are closed on time.
  • Apply DATA4's recognition and escalation process, including green, yellow, and red cards, and exercise stop-work authority when an immediate or uncontrolled risk is present.
  • Assess contractor health and safety performance, lead project health and safety coordination meetings, and report clearly to project and France leadership.
  • Ensure formal handover to operations of health and safety deliverables, residual risks, training needs, and operational constraints before energization, commissioning, and acceptance.
  • Lead or support investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses, and high-potential events related to construction and fit-out, ensuring thorough root-cause analysis and sharing lessons learned.
  • Contribute to emergency preparedness for projects, including rescue arrangements, emergency interfaces, and exercises appropriate to construction and fit-out phases.
  • Work with operations and facility-management teams to control risks from activities in operating data centers, including maintenance, testing, client works, and interventions by equipment manufacturers and service providers.
  • Ensure operational risks are assessed and controlled through suitable procedures, work permits, lockout/tagout, method statements, emergency measures, contractor-management processes, and the preparation, implementation, and periodic review of prevention plans.
  • Monitor health and safety performance in operational areas through safety visits, audits, observations, indicator reviews, and action tracking, with particular attention to electrical risks, working at height, lifting, confined spaces, and fire risks.
  • Lead or support investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses, and high-potential events in operations, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are completed and lessons are shared.
  • Maintain site emergency preparedness by coordinating emergency plans, evacuation and scenario-based exercises, first-aid arrangements, and interfaces with external emergency services.
  • Promote a proactive health and safety culture among employees, contractors, and partners through engagement, coaching, communication, training, and visible field presence.
  • Monitor applicable French health and safety regulations and standards, assess compliance across French sites, maintain statutory registers, and coordinate with the Labour Inspectorate, CARSAT/CRAMIF, occupational health and prevention services, employee representative bodies, and other competent authorities or prevention organizations.
  • Contribute to deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the integrated management system in France, including compliance with ISO 45001 and preparation for internal and external certification audits.
  • Consolidate and manage health and safety reporting and indicators for France, ensuring data quality, on-time reporting, and effective action-plan follow-up.
  • Administer the health and safety document repository to ensure required documents are organized, available, relevant, and complete.
  • Define employee health and safety training needs in France with Human Resources, track mandatory training and authorizations, and contribute to the annual training plan.
  • Manage personal protective equipment for DATA4 employees.
  • Participate in preparing and reviewing the annual health and safety budget and monitor its execution.
  • Participate in defining the OPEX and CAPEX expenditures required to implement health and safety action plans.

About the Company

Data4

Operates scalable European health data centers

DATA4 operates and maintains its own data centers across France, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Poland, and soon Germany, designing scalable, highly connected, resilient facilities. Its core offering is hosting and managing sensitive health data with HDS certification, ensuring security, confidentiality, and availability under French law. Clients lease data center space and related services through long-term contracts to support their digital operations. Compared with others, DATA4 differentiates itself with a Europe-wide footprint focused on health data hosting, strict compliance with HDS, and a strong emphasis on sustainable, green-by-design data centers and CSR initiatives. The company’s goal is to enable digital growth and transformation for healthcare providers, tech firms, and enterprises by delivering secure, scalable, and environmentally responsible data infrastructure.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$6.7B
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2006

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