Site Lead - Safety

As a Campus Safety Director overseeing multiple Hyperscale data centers in Belgium and Netherlands, you will play a critical leadership role on some of Europe’s most ambitious and technically complex construction environments. You’ll guide the safety strategy for a multi‑phase, high‑voltage, hyperscale data center development, ensuring that world‑class safety performance is embedded across all contractors, partners, and project teams.

This is a senior, high‑impact position where your decisions directly shape the integrity, efficiency, and operational readiness of the build. You will lead a high‑performing, diverse team within a collaborative environment that empowers you to take ownership, steer strategy, and leave a lasting mark on a marquee project.

In This Role, You Will:

• Provide strategic HSE leadership across the entire data center lifecycle — from design to commissioning.
• Oversee identification and control of high‑risk activities, ensuring effective planning and coordination across all contractors.
• Drive continuous improvement of project‑wide safety systems and ensure controls are consistently applied.
• Maintain clear, executive‑level reporting on safety performance, trends, and critical risks.
• Evaluate site‑level HSE plans through active engagement with contractors, supervisors, and field teams.
• Act as a visible onsite safety leader, conducting audits, mentoring teams, and strengthening safety culture.
• Lead the development and implementation of the project’s overall safety strategy.
• Conduct independent audits across all disciplines and ensure timely, effective corrective actions.
• Ensure contractors meet all project and regulatory safety requirements, with strong oversight of high‑risk operations.
• Maintain and improve the project’s HSE management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001).
• Provide senior leadership in incident investigations, ensuring root‑cause analysis and system‑level corrective actions.

We Would Love to Hear From You If You Have:

• 5+ years of construction safety leadership, including HSE team management — ideally in data centers, pharma, oil & gas, or mission‑critical/high‑voltage environments.
• Training in management and incident investigation methodologies.
• Strong contractor leadership experience, influencing design teams, GCs, trade partners, and client stakeholders.
• In‑depth knowledge of European HSE regulations and their application in high‑risk, fast‑paced projects.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage across all levels, from field teams to executives.
• Proficiency in digital tools, including Microsoft Office and safety reporting systems.
• A collaborative, relationship‑focused mindset aligned with openness and shared success.

Interviews are conducted either in person or virtually (video required).

Full site presence in Groningen.