Environmental Health and Safety Technician

Iron Mountain is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Technician in Manassas, VA. The role involves developing and implementing EHS strategies, ensuring compliance, conducting audits, and managing incident responses for data center operations. Candidates should have 1-3 years of construction safety experience and strong communication skills. The position emphasizes collaboration with site leadership and regulatory authorities to enhance safety and mitigate risks.
At Iron Mountain, we understand that effective work has a positive impact on our customers, employees, and the planet. To achieve this, we need intelligent and committed individuals to join us.

We specialize in providing expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics.

Our team proudly partners with 225,000 customers worldwide to preserve their valuable assets, maximize their inventory, and protect their data privacy through innovative and socially responsible methods.

If you're interested in contributing to our growth story while developing your skills in a culture that values your unique contributions, let's begin the conversation.

The Environmental Health and Safety Technician will be responsible for creating and implementing an effective Environmental Health and Safety strategy for the data center business to mitigate risks and safeguard personnel, company, and customer information, physical assets, and the Iron Mountain brand.
Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with site leadership and contractors to implement site EHS regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee, inspect, and audit EHS compliance within construction activities, driving continuous improvements through risk control implementation.
• Lead and coordinate meetings with contractors and site leadership to drive accountability and risk identification within HRW activities.
• Conduct incident response and investigations for assigned IMDC sites in coordination with Iron Mountain Global Safety, Risk, and Security (GSRS) management.
• Provide thorough analysis of EHS risks and develop appropriate mitigating strategies.
• Collaborate in the creation of EHS policies and procedures within the IMDC global EHS strategy.
• Coordinate Emergency Response and related evacuation planning and drills.
• Provide timely reports on identified EHS trends and risks, concern reports, near misses, and other incidents within the IMDC assigned site.
• Effectively communicate and facilitate walkthroughs with regulatory authorities.
• Manage EHS management system for contractor validation and verification.
• Assign and manage EHS penalties/incentives to contractors within contractual scopes.
• Run projects and other assigned duties as needed.
Key Skills, Requirements, and Competencies:
• 1-3 years of experience in/exposure to Construction Safety.
• 3-5 years Commercial Construction preferred.
• Ability to facilitate and diffuse crucial conversations.
• Multitasking skills during busy times, exercising patience and professionalism during stressful situations.
• Computer experience (GSuite preferred), able to create and manipulate spreadsheet information.
• Candidates need to possess the skills to deliver professional, helpful, high-quality service meeting the needs and desires of our customers.
• Excellent interpersonal, administrative, and communication skills, as well as strong leadership traits to deal effectively with colleagues, visitors, and customers.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with governmental regulatory authorities.
• US Citizenship is required due to U.S. Government contractual agreements.

This position requires a commitment to building collaborative relationships with contractors and operations to facilitate overall implementation of the health and safety program.