Programmatic Manager - Low Voltage Deployment
Nscale · Toronto · $75,000–$95,000 (stated in the posting)
About the Role
We're looking for a Programmatic EHS Manager to create, train, implement, and manage Nscale's overall Environmental, Health & Safety program for Low Voltage. You'll set the safety standards, processes, and metrics that every low-voltage project follows, and make sure they are applied consistently across sites and regions as we scale AI data center deployments.
The program covers everyone doing low-voltage work for Nscale: our full-time employees, Nscale contract employees, and the installation contractors we hire. You'll own the program for Nscale's own workforce and manage how installation contractors' safety programs meet our standards.
Confined space entry is a major part of this role. Low-voltage work regularly takes crews into underground vaults, manholes, utility tunnels, duct banks, and other permit-required spaces, and you will make sure everyone who enters them is trained, permitted, monitored, and covered by a rescue plan.
Our sites run several safety programs at once, including the general contractor's, the site owner's, and Nscale's own. You'll be the low-voltage team's main EHS contact with all of them. This is a program role rather than a site role, but in rare cases you will cover site safety directly when there is a gap in coverage.
What You'll Do
EHS Program Ownership
- Create, implement, and manage Nscale's EHS program for Low Voltage, including policies, standards, procedures, and site-specific safety plans.
- Define program requirements for job hazard analyses (JHAs), pre-task planning, permits to work, and stop-work authority.
- Set standards for high-risk activities common to low-voltage work, including confined space entry, work at heights, ladders and mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs), work near energized equipment, lockout/tagout (LOTO), core drilling and dust control, firestopping, fiber optic handling, and material handling of cable reels and trays.
- Ensure the program complies with OSHA (29 CFR 1910 and 1926, including Subpart AA for confined spaces), NFPA 70E, state requirements, and site owner and customer rules.
Training & Safety Culture
- Build and deliver the low-voltage safety training program for Nscale full-time employees, contract employees, and installation contractors.
- Confined space entry: train and verify competency for entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors before any entry, covering permits, atmospheric testing and continuous monitoring, ventilation, isolation, and communication.
- Confined space entry: ensure every entry has a written rescue plan, with rescue services that are trained, available, and able to respond in time, and audit entries in the field.
- Develop and deliver training on program standards, hazard recognition, and other high-risk work.
- Maintain training and competency records for all low-voltage personnel.
- Build a strong reporting culture where near misses and hazards are raised early and stop-work authority is used without hesitation.
Workforce & Contractor Safety Management
- Manage safety for Nscale full-time and contract employees, including onboarding, PPE, required certifications, and fitness for high-risk tasks.
- Review and approve installation contractors' safety programs, safety plans, and training records before mobilization.
- Own contractor safety prequalification and onboarding requirements, working with Procurement and project managers.
- Track contractor safety performance and drive corrective actions or escalation when expectations are not met.
Site Safety Program Integration
- Serve as the low-voltage team's EHS point of contact with the general contractor, site owner, and other trade safety programs on each site.
- Align low-voltage safety plans with the general contractor's site-specific safety plan, permit systems (confined space, hot work, LOTO, energized work), and orientation requirements.
- Attend general contractor safety meetings and bring site-wide requirements back to low-voltage crews and contractors.
- Write bridging documents where Nscale, general contractor, and owner requirements differ, so crews know which rule applies.
- Provide on-site safety coverage in rare cases when there is a gap in site coverage.
Field Assurance & Incident Management
- Conduct and coordinate site safety inspections, audits, and leadership safety walks across active projects.
- Lead or support incident and near-miss investigations, including root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Make sure incidents, near misses, and observations are reported through every program that requires them.
- Manage OSHA recordkeeping and injury case management for the program in partnership with HR and site teams.
- Share lessons learned and safety alerts across projects so issues found at one site are prevented at the next.
Metrics, Reporting & Environmental
- Track and report leading and lagging indicators, including TRIR, DART, near-miss reporting, inspection findings, and corrective action closure.
- Provide clear monthly and quarterly EHS reporting to Low Voltage leadership.
- Partner with project teams on environmental requirements, including waste segregation, packaging and cable scrap recycling, and e-waste handling.
- Help select and standardize EHS tools for inspections, observations, incident reporting, and contractor management.
Who Thrives in This Role
- Program builders. You create standards and processes that work consistently across many sites, not just one.
- Field-credible leaders. You are credible on site and comfortable coaching crews, foremen, and contractor leaders.
- You make safety practical, so it supports schedule instead of fighting it.
- Firm and fair. You hold people to the standard, respectfully and consistently.
- Data-driven. You use metrics and trends to find risk before it becomes an incident.
Requirements
- 7+ years of EHS experience, including 3+ years in construction, data center, mission-critical, telecom, or electrical/low-voltage environments.
- Experience creating and managing a multi-site EHS program covering employees, contract employees, and subcontractors.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA 1910 and 1926, NFPA 70E, and construction safety best practices.
- Hands-on experience running or overseeing a permit-required confined space program, including atmospheric monitoring, entry permits, and rescue planning.
- Experience working within multi-employer construction sites and coordinating with general contractor and owner safety programs.
- Proven experience with contractor safety management, incident investigation, root cause analysis, and OSHA recordkeeping.
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification (OSHA 500/510 trainer authorization a plus).
- Ability to develop and deliver effective training to field crews and leadership.
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to influence contractors, project teams, and senior stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- CSP, ASP, CHST, or equivalent professional safety certification.
- Confined space entry trainer, competent person, or rescue certification.
- Experience on hyperscale, cloud, HPC, or AI infrastructure deployments.
- Familiarity with contractor prequalification platforms (e.g., ISNetworld, Avetta) and EHS management software.
- Experience with ISO 45001 or ISO 14001 management systems.
Reports to: Senior Director of Operations, Low Voltage
Location: Remote - United States
Travel: Approximately 40-50% - based on site audits, project kickoffs, incident response, and contractor oversight
The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.