Consultant, Health and Safety

About the Role

Step into a leadership-level consulting role where your safety expertise directly shapes how leading organizations protect their people and operations. As a Consultant in Health and Safety based in Overland Park, Kansas, you’ll play a strategic, hands-on role helping clients across the technology, energy, and manufacturing sectors solve complex health and safety challenges. This position involves partnering with clients to strengthen systems, influence culture, and deliver practical, high-impact solutions alongside a team of respected safety professionals in a growing Midwest practice.

Impact

• Support clients in solving critical health and safety challenges across areas such as:
  • Chemical Safety/Inventory
  • Lab Safety and Inspections
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Risk Assessments
  • Biosafety
  • HazMat
  • Safety Process Improvement
  • Behavior-Based Safety
  • Process Hazard Assessment
  • Machine Guarding
  • Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)
  • NFPA 70E
  • Electrical Safety
• Help clients strengthen safety culture, reduce risk exposure, and improve operational performance.
• Act as a key contributor to client engagements, balancing technical expertise with relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Take assignments at client sites as part of the ERM team to help solve their most pressing health and safety challenges.
• Assist in developing solutions to complex technical and regulatory issues and concerns.
• Engage with local regulators on topics including building code, fire code, and building/environmental permits.
• Enable clients to achieve their business objectives through effective health and safety strategies.
• Navigate client relationships with sensitivity to confidentiality and proprietary information.
• Implement innovative health and safety programs and strategies in areas such as industrial hygiene, behavior-based safety, safety management systems, process safety, risk management, training, and compliance.
• Support clients in identifying programmatic needs amid competing operational priorities.
• Manage tasks to meet scope, budget, and schedule targets while exceeding client expectations.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships to support repeat business.
• Collaborate with and delegate to project team members to deliver on client commitments.
• Develop a strong internal and external network to solve complex, multidisciplinary challenges.

Requirements

• BS/MS in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related science degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years (4+ years preferred) of relevant experience working with clients, preferably within technology, manufacturing, or R&D environments.
• Knowledge of OSHA federal regulations, state and local safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Experience with practical implementation of one or more health and safety focus areas listed above.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask, remain flexible, and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort navigating ambiguity from clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
• High level of professionalism, ethics, responsiveness, and positivity.
• Ability to handle sensitive and proprietary information with discretion.
• Strong team collaboration skills, particularly in high-pressure or fast-paced situations.
• Valid driver's license and ability to operate a company vehicle due to frequent travel to client locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting clients in technology, manufacturing, or R&D environments.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to consulting engagements and client relationship growth.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

About the Company

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, ERM partners 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. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by deep technical expertise in addressing environmental, health, safety, risk, and social issues. We call this our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions advancing objectives on the ground or at the executive level.