About VIRTUS
VIRTUS Data Centres is a leading European data centre developer and operator, delivering secure, energy-efficient and flexible infrastructure for the growing demands of cloud, AI and digital services. With an established UK presence and a growing footprint across Europe, including Germany and Italy, VIRTUS is investing in next-generation, AI-ready infrastructure at scale. Our values are Clarity & Quality, Accountability, Customer Commitment, Purposeful Innovation, and Capability & Growth.
Role Overview
The Health and Safety Management Systems Lead is responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting improvement of health and safety management systems, governance framework, assurance processes and incident management arrangements across all VIRTUS operations in the UK, Germany and Italy. The role ensures that health and safety requirements are clearly defined, consistently implemented, effectively reported and continuously improved across all operating locations.
This role acts as a central point of coordination for health and safety documentation, incident reporting, data analytics, governance forums, training and competence frameworks, and the management of incidents from initial notification through to investigation, learning and closure.
The role works across multiple jurisdictions and operational environments, supporting consistent global standards while recognising local legal, regulatory and operational requirements in the UK, Germany and Italy.
Key Responsibilities
Management Systems, Documentation and Processes
· Develop, maintain and continuously improve the health and safety management system, ensuring it remains aligned to legal obligations, internal standards and recognised good practice.
· Manage the end-to-end document control process for health and safety documentation, including document creation, consultation, approval, publication, periodic review, archiving and withdrawal of superseded materials.
· Develop and maintain a suite of practical guidance, forms, checklists and templates to support consistent implementation of health and safety requirements across the organisation.
· Map, simplify and improve health and safety processes so they are practical, consistent and embedded into day-to-day operations.
· Support assurance activities by maintaining evidence of compliance, process implementation and closure of corrective and preventive actions.
· Manage ISO certification and ensure compliance with all related standards.
Incident Reporting and Analytics
· Manage the organisation’s health and safety incident reporting framework, ensuring incidents, near misses, hazards and observations are recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
· Develop and track performance of the VIRTUS health and safety assurance framework across operations, construction and corporate estates.
· Analyse incident data to identify trends, root causes, emerging risks, recurring themes and opportunities for targeted intervention.
· Prepare dashboards, performance reports and insight packs for operational leaders, governance forums and senior stakeholders.
· Monitor key performance indicators, including leading and lagging indicators, action closure rates, investigation quality and learning implementation.
Governance and Meeting Management
· Coordinate the health and safety governance calendar, ensuring meetings are scheduled, structured and supported by accurate information and clear decision-making materials.
· Prepare agendas, papers, minutes, actions logs and follow-up reports for health and safety committees, working groups and leadership reviews.
· Track governance actions to completion, escalating overdue or high-risk items and ensuring accountability is maintained across responsible owners.
· Support the preparation of reports for executive, board or senior leadership review, providing concise analysis of performance, risks, issues and improvement priorities.
Training and Competence
· Develop and maintain the…