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Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As an Area Environmental Health and Safety Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundation technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, XBOX, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform.  Empower Billions!

The Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) business is critical to delivering on this mission and vision, building and operating Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, which is growing rapidly in response to unprecedented demand for Microsoft services. CO+I operates one of the largest cloud networks on the planet – comprised of more than 160 Datacenters, 130+ edge sites, 2+ million miles of fiber, and millions of servers and network and storage devices.

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) team is seeking an **Area Environmental Health and Safety Manager** with the passion to drive value across complex supplier relationships and demonstrated experience in supplier management. Effective analytical skills, using data to design processes that scale, effective collaboration across internal and external stakeholders, and the drive to continuously improve and achieve business objectives will be critical to success in this role.

Responsibilities

+ Develop, own and drive process improvement in the EHS framework within CO+I organizations to deliver key results that align with department strategies.

+ Work across teams and collaborate to develop new safety related programs and initiatives using and following project and industry trends, plus industry best practices

+ Evaluate, monitor and support project sites and project assigned safety advisors regarding contractor’s implementation of their safety program elements.

+ Support owner insurance programs implemented to help manage risk on construction sites.

+ Assess organizational capability and requirements, identifying tactics to improve performance, and developing strategic approaches to manage risk.

+ Maintain EHS performance scorecard information, reporting dashboard and deliver summary overviews and related communications to stakeholders.

+ Monitor project management team's implementation of Microsoft and appropriate regulatory policies and procedures, and ensure that programs support accuracy, quality, appropriate review, and thorough documentation.

+ **As an** **Area Environmental Health and Safety Manager, some** **of the skills that will contribute to your success in meeting performance objectives include:**

+ Experience with successfully building a project and/or company safety culture.

+ Understanding of project management and contractual responsibilities and relationships

+ The ability to track progress of key deliverables against established timelines.

+ Ability to create clarity from ambiguous and complex situations.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders and senior.

+ Strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, attention to detail, and ability to balance multiple priorities across a geographically distributed set of projects.

+ Strong sense of ownership, urgency, drive, independence, and flexibility.

+ Superior analytical and quantitative skills; experience using data and metrics to test theories, confirm or disprove assumptions, and measure success.

+ Establishment of safety and health mitigation goals and developing metrics, dashboards and/or scorecards to track/communicate/drive progress across an organization.

+ Interpreting safety metrics and effectively communicating insights to leadership to drive action and accountability.

+ **The successful candidate will have proven leadership and comprehensive process understanding within the following areas:**

+ SIF's

+ HECA

+ Behavior Based Safety Programs and Processes

+ Electrical Safety

+ Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)

+ Occupational Noise Control

+ Exposure Assessment (Industrial Hygiene)

+ Emergency Response Planning

+ Working at Heights

+ Confined Space Entry

+ Heavy Material Handling

+ Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)

+ Cranes/Rigging

+ Trenching & Excavation

+ Fire/Life Safety

+ Mobile Elevated Work Platforms

+ Hazardous Substances Handling

+ Waste Management

+ Emergency response plans

+ Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation

+ Permit to Work Processes

+ Root Cause Analysis

+ High Risk Activity Management

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's Degree in Safety and Health Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, related field AND 4+ years experience in Environmental Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 4+ years of progressive professional experience in Safety related positions is required, with demonstrated knowledge and experience controlling the broad spectrum of risks across multiple sites.

+ 4+ years of experience with OSHA Regulations, and other Regulatory or non-Regulatory safety standards applicable to the location of Construction.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

+ **Microsoft Cloud Background Check:** This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

+ **Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:** This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

+ Master's Degree in Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or related field AND 6+ years Environmental Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or related field AND 8+ years Environmental Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations experience OR equivalent experience.

+ Certification as an EHS Professional

+ Experience with developing and implementing organisational frameworks, standards, and processes.

+ Experience designing and deploying global health and safety programs.

+ Demonstrated experience and success with delivering cross functional programs, including ownership, and driving results.

+ Mission Critical project delivery

**Environmental Health & Safety IC4** - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $123,500 - $206,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 17, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .