Principal Consultant, Health and Safety

If you are a health and safety leader who thrives on solving complex challenges, guiding teams, and helping organizations raise the bar on safety performance, this is your opportunity to shape outcomes for some of the world’s most innovative companies—while continuing to grow your own career. 

ERM is the largest global provider of environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consulting services. Our EHS professionals' partner with forward‑thinking organizations across technology, biotech, manufacturing, energy, chemical, and industrial sectors to deliver solutions that protect people, strengthen operations, and drive sustainable business performance. 

Why This Role Matters 

As a Principal Consultant, Health & Safety, you will help organizations navigate evolving health and safety risks while strengthening the systems, culture, and leadership needed to achieve long‑term performance improvement. Your work will directly support safer workplaces, regulatory confidence, and operational resilience—locally, nationally, and globally. 

What Your Impact Is 

• Lead the design and delivery of innovative health and safety programs that align with client business objectives 
• Influence safety culture through coaching, training, and data‑driven insights 
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients facing complex technical, regulatory, and operational challenges 
• Mentor and support project teams while helping grow ERM’s Health & Safety practice in the Northeastern US 

What You’ll Bring 

Required 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Engineering, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline 
• 6+ years of relevant health and safety consulting or industry experience 
• Strong understanding of US federal, state, and local EHS regulations 
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clients and internal stakeholders 
• Willingness to travel regionally and nationally (up to 50–70%, as needed) 

Preferred 

• Experience managing direct reports and/or leading project teams 
• Background supporting clients in technology, pharmaceutical/biotech, manufacturing, power, chemical, or oil & gas sectors 
• CSP, CIH, or similar professional certification 
• Master’s degree or equivalent advanced education 
• Project management, proposal development, and budgeting experience 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement health and safety strategies across areas such as risk assessment, safety management systems, industrial hygiene, chemical management, and process safety 
• Lead and support audits, assessments, and program improvements across a wide range of safety disciplines, including electrical safety, machine guarding, confined space, emergency preparedness, and robotics safety 
• Partner with clients to identify compliance gaps and implement practical, sustainable corrective actions 
• Analyze field data to evaluate conditions, communicate findings, and recommend effective solutions 
• Deliver training, field coaching, and targeted assessments to support improved safety performance 
• Build trusted client relationships that drive repeat business and exceed expectations 
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high‑quality project delivery 
• Mentor colleagues and actively contribute to knowledge sharing within ERM 
• Continuously develop technical, leadership, and consulting skills through internal and external learning opportunities 

For the Principal Consultant, Health and Safety position, the anticipated annual base pay is $138,400–$170,600 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible). 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (vacation, sick, and floating holidays), parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k), and other applicable benefits to eligible employees. 

Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!

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