Senior Consultant, Health and Safety

Shape and Lead the Future of Health & Safety.

At ERM, you won’t just help organizations meet compliance—you’ll help them transform how they protect their people. As part of our global team, you’ll influence safety performance across diverse industries, strengthen risk reduction strategies, and play a hands-on role in building safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces. This role is ideal for experienced professionals ready to expand their impact, grow into senior consulting pathways, and work alongside industry-leading experts on high visibility projects worldwide.

Why This Role Matters

Safety is more than a program—it’s a critical driver of operational excellence and organizational resilience. As a Senior Consultant, Health and Safety, you’ll help clients proactively address their most significant EHS risks, enhance safety culture, and achieve regulatory compliance with confidence. You’ll support global clients through complex technical challenges while gaining exposure to mentorship, cross-functional projects, and long-term career growth within ERM’s rapidly expanding Safety Services team. This is a key stepping stone toward senior consultant and leadership roles across our global practice.

What Your Impact Is

• Contribute to Safety Management Systems that strengthen client safety performance and regulatory compliance.

• Support risk assessments, inspections, and incident investigations that uncover root causes and prevent future harm.

• Help clients protect worker health through effective safety and industrial hygiene programs.

• Partner with global ERM experts to deliver innovative, outcome-focused solutions for complex technical and regulatory challenges.

• Help grow ERM’s Safety Services portfolio by building lasting client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• BS/MS degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, environmental science, or a related field, or equivalent experience (6+ years in lieu of education).

• 3–6 years of relevant experience in safety, risk management, and EHS compliance. Additional experience with environmental compliance is a plus but not required.

• Hands-on experience implementing site or corporate safety programs, audits, and investigations.

• Working knowledge of OSHA general industry (29 CFR 1910) and construction (29 CFR 1926) standards.

• Strong written, verbal, and technical report-writing skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

• Willingness to travel (up to 75% during peak project periods) domestically and internationally.

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

• Certifications or credentials such as CHST, ASP/CSP, CIH, or OSHA 30-Hour (or progress toward certification) are a plus, and ERM supports professional development to help you achieve them.

• Consulting experience with proven ability to develop client relationships and deliver high-impact solutions.

• Exposure to corporate H&S strategies, including safety culture, leadership, and serious injury/fatality (SIF) risk reduction.

Key Responsibilities

• Help develop and implement innovative EHS programs across high-risk work (electrical safety and NFPA 70E, lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, robotics safety), health and chemical hazards (industrial hygiene, Hazard Communication, Chemical Management, chemical and lab safety, biohazards, laser safety), fire safety, and safety process improvement.

• Implement Safety Management Systems and conduct audits, onsite compliance inspections, observations, risk assessments, and industrial hygiene evaluations to verify regulatory compliance.

• Perform incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action planning.

• Deliver safety and industrial hygiene programs, including qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments.

• Collect and analyze field data; prepare technical reports and recommendations.

• Manage projects to meet scope, budget, schedule, and quality standards while exceeding client expectations.

• Develop and deliver training for client workforces, supervisors, and leadership.

• Build and nurture client relationships to drive repeat business and expand ERM’s market presence.

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.

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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!