Operations Compliance Advisor

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Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. 
 

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Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You'll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you're empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary

The Compliance Advisor provides entry level compliance support to the team and coordinates schedules. Develops site, standards and compliance knowledge. Learns to use professional concepts to resolve routine entry issues within a limited scope. Receives detailed instructions on all work.

To become a go-to person in the organization for all things related to workplace safety and environmental care and excel in creating a safe, healthy, and eco-friendly work environment.

Responsibilities

2nd Line Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the organization adheres to all relevant health, safety, and environmental laws and regulations, and related risk identification at work place

• Incident Investigation and Reporting: Investigating workplace incidents or accidents and reporting findings to appropriate parties

• Environmental Management: Implementing strategies for waste management, pollution control, and sustainable practices

• Continuous Improvement: Regularly reviewing and updating EHS policies and procedures to improve safety standards

• Fields routine communications: requests for assistance, questions, reports of non-compliance, etc.

• Fields basic questions, works with manager or senior teammates to compile and communicate responses

• Assures team stays current on standards, fielding their requests for training and other newsfeed resources related to EHS topics

• Supports and advises 1st Line of Defense on Management Reviews on topics related to EHS

• Passes more complex issues to senior teammates

Audits & Certifications

• Support in ensuring compliance to EHS audits & certifications

• Reports any findings to senior staff and relevant stakeholders

• Supports rollout of new certifications and sustenance of existing certifications within the sites in scope

• Assist in preparing answers to customer questionnaires  

• Follow up on corrective actions related to audit findings, collect and review audit evidence

Management Systems

• Provides routine site level logistical support for management review meetings

• Supports the basic maintenance of compliance records in local/global repositories, including: records relevant to Operations compliance(Operations Assurance and EHS)

• Identify local procedures that need to be developed to comply with local legislative and Equinix requirements

• Remain updated with the global/regional policies and processes relevant to the compliance subject assigned and communicate any changes thereof to senior staff and key stakeholders

Program Management

• Prepares basic reports based on compliance audits and other program data

• Support compliance tools/systems under guidance of senior staff within the team

• Analyse corrective and preventative actions to identify systemic issues/root causes/delays in EHS related compliance issues

• Identifies process improvement initiatives and EHS related compliance projects for the site/country in collaboration with local, regional and/or global stakeholders

Training

• Maintains training records and the training schedule and logistics, within a limited scope

• Assists with follow-up of basic compliance training completion, BCP drills etc.

• Implements training plans for standards, regulatory and reporting requirements (i.e., environmental compliance)

Compliance Implementation

• Fields entry level questions, works with manager or senior teammates to compile and communicate responses

• Escalates more complex issues to senior teammates

• Tracks actions that are not in compliance with policies in the management system

• Evaluate site alignment with Equinix policies and propose corrective actions 

 

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in relevant field of compliance preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably in Environmental/Electrical/Mechanical) or related subject

• Certification in ISO14001/45001/50001 or other ISO standards would be an added advantage

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.  If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law. 

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