Director of Corporate Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) - HPCC Operations

The Company

NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.

The Position

The Director of Corporate Environmental Health & Safety ("EH&S") will serve as the senior authority responsible for implementing, enforcing, and continuously NorthMark Strategies', Environmental, Health, and Safety program for a High-Performance Compute Center ("HPCC") environment. This role ensures that environmental, health and safety programs are fully deployed across all phases of a site's lifecycle from active brownfield redevelopment and phased construction through steady-state high-performance compute center operations. The EH&S Director will report to the VP of HPCC Operations and Infrastructure.

The Director will ensure strict compliance with corporate safety philosophies, federal, state, and local regulations (OSHA, NFPA, EPA, etc.), while driving a proactive safety culture among employees, visitors, service providers, and suppliers. This position requires expert leadership navigating complex environments, where high-performance compute, critical environments exist; while active, advancing construction progresses, requiring maintaining safety and compliance without compromising mission-critical performance.

Responsibilities :

• Own and enforce the corporate EH&S program across HPCC site(s).
• Translate corporate EH&S policies into site-specific practices, ensuring full alignment with corporate philosophies and third-party program frameworks.
• Establish clear lines of accountability for all employees, visitors, service providers, and suppliers on the site.
• Oversee safety in an environment with multiple simultaneous construction phases alongside live operational zones.
• Develop and enforce safety protocols for shared access, logistics, and overlapping work areas to mitigate risk of incidents.
• Lead joint safety planning and risk assessments with construction managers, commissioning teams, and operations staff.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable EH&S regulations, codes, and standards (OSHA, NFPA 70E, EPA, DOT, local jurisdiction requirements).
• Manage permitting, reporting, audits, and regulatory interactions.
• Establish site-wide incident management, investigation, and corrective-action processes.
• Drive a strong "safety-first" culture, ensuring all staff and contractors understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Oversee safety training, qualification cards, toolbox talks, and awareness campaigns.
• Foster continuous improvement through audits, observations, and lessons-learned feedback loops.
• Lead development and enforcement of Emergency Response Plans (ERPs), Crisis Management procedures, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) elements tied to EH&S.
• Coordinate with Security, Operations, and Facilities teams to ensure unified response capabilities.
• Provide regular reports to senior leadership on EH&S performance, compliance metrics, and areas for improvement.
• Develop and manage clear incident escalation protocols across the organization.
• Define and track KPIs such as incident frequency rates, near-miss reporting, audit results, and training completion.
• Serve as the primary liaison to external regulators, auditors, and stakeholders regarding EH&S performance
• Strong cultural driver - capable of embedding safety into every decision, shift, and process.
• Achieve zero serious incidents or regulatory violations.
• Drive documented improvement in safety culture through leading indicators (e.g., near-miss reporting, training engagement, audit closure rates).
• Ensure seamless integration of EH&S into construction and operational phases without disrupting mission-critical performance.
• Build recognition as the trusted authority on safety across the HPCC site.

Requirements :

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company's needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Benefits & Perks :

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

NORTHMARK STRATEGIES LLC IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE COMPANY'S POLICY IS NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, MARITAL STATUS, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, AND GENETIC INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE FIRM ALSO PROHIBITS HARASSMENT OF APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES BASED ON ANY OF THESE PROTECTED CATEGORIES.