Associate Director, Environment, Health and Safety Data Centre Operations

Location: Singapore HQ

Company

hirify.global operates hyperscale data centres across the Asia Pacific and Middle East region to support the digital infrastructure needs of major customers.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior EHS business partner for Data Centre Operations, advising, coaching, and constructively challenging senior leaders.
• Strengthen Line 1 ownership, leadership capability, critical risk management, operational assurance, and critical control verification across live facilities.
• Lead and continuously improve the EHS partnering model across the global operating portfolio.
• Build EHS capability and performance across Facilities Management partners, contractors, and service providers.
• Support the safe transition of new facilities and major upgrades into operations, including EHS Operational Readiness requirements and asset handover learning.
• Lead significant incident response, investigations, organisational learning, performance monitoring, continual improvement, and development of the EHS operating model and team.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant EHS experience, including leading teams in complex, high-risk operational environments.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders to strengthen business ownership, leadership capability, and EHS performance.
• Strong expertise in operational EHS, critical risk management, assurance, incident management, and organisational learning.
• Experience managing EHS across outsourced Facilities Management, service providers, and complex contractor delivery models.
• Sound understanding of business ownership, EHS partnering, governance, and independent assurance.
• Experience leading teams across multiple locations, regions, and cultures while developing high-performing teams and future leaders.
• Strong commercial judgement and strategic mindset, balancing EHS requirements with operational, customer, and business priorities.
• Clear and influential communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex issues, provide constructive challenge, and build trusted relationships.

Nice to have

• Experience in data centres, critical infrastructure, Facilities Management, utilities, or engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and safe working environment with an inclusive culture.
• Collaborative environment focused on problem solving, transparency, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Career development opportunities through the Grow@Hyperscale programme.
• Benefits designed to support employee wellbeing and professional growth.