openai - HSE and Portfolio Performance Lead
Requirements
• Substantial experience leading HSE programs for major construction or complex industrial projects, including oversight across multiple sites or workstreams and responsibility for contractor performance. • Working knowledge of applicable OSHA construction and general-industry standards, with experience translating requirements into site controls and verifying implementation across construction, commissioning and operating interfaces. • Practical understanding of data center or complex industrial hazards, including electrical safety, hazardous-energy control and high-risk construction activities. • Demonstrated ability to build assurance, performance reporting and corrective-action programs and use leading and lagging indicators to improve outcomes. • Experience coordinating contractors, site leaders and functional specialists through commissioning and operational handoff, with clear accountability across organizational boundaries. • Strong communication and judgment, with the ability to explain technical risk, influence leaders and field teams, and prioritize action in fast-changing environments. • Experience with owner-side HSE oversight across a data center or mission-critical infrastructure portfolio, including developer-led and self-build delivery models. • Experience integrating environmental compliance, emergency preparedness and HSE management systems into construction and operational readiness programs. • Relevant professional credentials, such as CSP, CIH or an equivalent safety or environmental qualification, or comparable practical expertise.
Responsibilities
• Develop a consistent portfolio HSE framework covering contractor expectations, risk assessments, field verification, training and escalation, aligned with OpenAI’s EHS standards and relevant specialists. • Partner with site and discipline leaders to assess high-risk work, verify critical controls and escalate unsafe conditions, including electrical energization, hazardous energy, lifting, excavation and concurrent construction and operating activities. • Establish portfolio performance measures and reporting for HSE outcomes, contractor performance, corrective-action closure and handoff readiness; align definitions with delivery and Operations teams and validate data quality. • Lead cross-site performance reviews to identify recurring risks, compare execution against agreed expectations and drive improvement plans with accountable owners, milestones and follow-through. • Plan risk-based site assurance and contractor reviews, support incident and near-miss investigations, verify corrective actions and embed lessons learned across the portfolio. • Coordinate environmental compliance with site teams and specialists, including waste management, spill prevention, stormwater controls and relevant permit obligations. • Define HSE readiness criteria for operational handoff with commissioning and Operations teams, including training, procedures, emergency preparedness, outstanding risks and transfer of required records. • Provide clear portfolio updates and recommendations to leadership, surface decisions and resource needs early, and build consistent safety leadership across employees, developers, contractors and service providers.
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