Environmental Health & Safety Consultant
About the role
As a member of the Risk Management team, the EHS Risk Management Consultant will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients to establish and demonstrate exceptional industry and regulatory knowledge through onsite field audits, employee trainings, and regulatory interaction. The objective of an EHS Risk Management Consultant is to minimize risk to increase profitability for the client.
Responsibilities
- Inherit a customer service base and immediately establish relationships with Managers and Management teams across many different businesses
- Complete new hire orientation training to be fully operational as a KPA Risk Management Consultant
- Establish and demonstrate exceptional industry and regulatory knowledge through onsite field audits, employee training, and regulatory interaction
- Organize a quarterly visit schedule to maximize travel efficiency based on local and distant client groupings and service frequency
- Aid in the development, implementation, and monitoring of accident prevention programs, policies, and procedures to ensure continuous safe working conditions in accordance with State, Federal, and Local laws and regulations
- Support the ongoing growth of the company by performing exceptional customer service, documenting and submitting 20 referrals or sales leads per year to your area Account Executive
- Responsible for promoting productive relationships with dealer group management for KPA clients and State Dealer Association Management
- Maintain effective internal and external public relations
- Perform other duties and fulfill other responsibilities, as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Safety Studies, or related disciplines preferred
- Three years of Environmental Health & Safety experience preferred
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
- Ability to speak publicly, in forums of up to 300 audience members at times
- Ability to seek out and communicate effectively with senior management and stakeholders at our client organizations
- Proven background in building and working with collaborative teams
- Strong leadership and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, Microsoft Outlook, and phone/tablet applications
- Ability to travel overnight a total of around 1-2 weeks per quarter
Physical Requirements
- Active driver’s license and insurance as required by law
- Reliable transportation and ability to drive between client visits, typically 4 days per week
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds
- Ability to stand on feet a minimum of 6 hours per day
- Ability to sufficiently receive audio signals to proceed with caution around heavy machinery, vehicles and other warning noises to ensure safety
- Ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels, with or without correction, and the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound
- Ability to see, recognize, and respond to potentially dangerous situations
- Ability to physically move in manners such as bending, crouching, reaching, and pushing/pulling items up to 20 pounds
- Ability to stay overnight in a hotel a total multiple weeks per quarter and fly on an airplane domestically
Benefits
- Annual base salary range between $65-80k
- Eligible for quarterly bonus program once operational, estimated $4-5k annually
- Allowances for travel
Pay
Annual base salary range between $65-80k
Schedule
While this is a remote position based out of the employee’s home office, it will require frequent visits to clients within the territory, including an estimated 1-2 weeks of overnight travel per quarter. This position will ideally be based in Baltimore, MD and service clients regionally including the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area, Eastern Maryland and Southern Delaware.