Environmental Health & Safety Consultant

About the role

KPA helps automotive businesses keep their people safe, protect their operations, and stay ahead of regulatory change with our 3 Pillars for Complete Compliance: Software, Consulting, and Training. Since 1986, KPA has helped automotive businesses navigate the complexities of compliance. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for seven years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.

Responsibilities

• Conduct onsite field audits aimed at identifying unsafe and non-compliant situations related to OSHA, DOT, Fire Code, and EPA regulations.
• Provide mitigation and corrective action recommendations.
• Conduct employee trainings with client employees and management teams, and moderate safety committee meetings.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, auto dealer group management, and state dealer associations.
• Develop, implement, and monitor accident prevention programs, policies, and procedures to ensure continuous safe working conditions in accordance with State, Federal, and Local laws and regulations to assist the client in striving to achieve Zero Accident / lost time injuries.
• Help communicate and implement environmental management compliance systems.
• Aid in and/or prepare various compliance documentation as needed (i.e., Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Tier II reporting, OSHA 300 logs, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ID numbers, tank permitting, and Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Safety Studies or related disciplines preferred.
• Minimum of 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.
• Strong communication skills that build trust with internal and external stakeholders.
• Effective report writing skills and ability to clearly document and communicate via email, CRM, etc.
• Able to meet deadlines, multi-task and effectively and professionally deal with customers and external contacts to the Company.
• Strong computer skills, including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, Microsoft Outlook, and phone/tablet applications.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish a plus.
• Able to drive between client visits, typically 4 days per week.
• Able to lift up to 20 pounds.
• Able to stand on feet a minimum of 6 hours per day.
• Able to sufficiently receive audio signals to proceed with caution around heavy machinery, vehicles and other warning noises to ensure safety.
• Able 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.
• Able to stay overnight in a hotel up to multiple weeks per quarter based on territory.

Qualifications

• Active driver’s license and insurance as required by law.
• Able to drive between client visits, typically 4 days per week.
• Able to lift up to 20 pounds.
• Able to stand on feet a minimum of 6 hours per day.
• Able to sufficiently receive audio signals to proceed with caution around heavy machinery, vehicles and other warning noises to ensure safety.
• Able 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.
• Able to stay overnight in a hotel up to multiple weeks per quarter based on territory.

Skills

• Customer service-oriented demeanor.
• Professional, likable, persuasive.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range between $70-90k.
• Yearly bonus potential averaging around $4k.
• Allowances for travel.

Pay

Annual base salary range between $70-90k.

Schedule

This position will be based out of the employee’s home office and will require frequent visits to clients within the territory, including roughly 2-3 weeks of overnight travel per quarter. This position will be based out the Salt Lake City and service clients around the region. This is a bilingual position, so please only apply if you are bilingual in Spanish/English.