Senior Consultant - Safety and Industrial Hygienist Specialist

Are you looking for a role where your expertise shapes strategy, develops people, and drives meaningful change. At ERM, you’ll do exactly that—while partnering with global teams and industry‑leading clients who rely on your insight to keep workers healthy and safe.

Why This Role Matters

ERM’s Health & Safety practice is growing rapidly—and experienced professionals like you play a crucial role in our success. As a Senior Consultant, Safety and Industrial Hygienist Specialist in Manhattan, you’ll guide clients through complex H&S challenges, lead advanced industrial hygiene evaluations, and ensure organizations stay ahead of regulatory expectations. Your technical depth and consulting mindset will help clients not only remain compliant, but build safer, stronger, more sustainable workplaces.

What Your Impact Is

In this position, you will:

• Lead and support health & safety assessments—both qualitative and quantitative—with a focus on industrial hygiene across diverse client sites.

• Help organizations reduce exposures, prevent incidents, and improve long-term safety outcomes through data-driven recommendations.

• Advance ERM’s Safety & IH services by contributing to business development, shaping best practices, and mentoring junior professionals.

• Strengthen ERM’s global technical network by collaborating with experts across 40+ countries.

• Play a key role in building enduring client partnerships through high-quality delivery, trusted guidance, and innovative problem solving.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in related safety science fields.

• 3+ years of experience in safety and risk management, occupational health, industrial hygiene, culture/leadership programs, or sustainable H&S compliance initiatives.

• Strong passion for improving H&S performance and proven experience delivering impactful program solutions.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with adaptability and comfort navigating ambiguity.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Willingness to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally.

• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.

Preferred

• Master's degree preferred, such as Master's Public Health or related field.

• 5+ years of experience preferred in safety and risk management, occupational health, industrial hygiene, culture/leadership programs, or sustainable H&S compliance initiatives.

• Possess or pursuing professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, or similar credential.

• Experience supporting or leading client engagements within a consulting environment.

• Demonstrated capability in developing H&S strategies, management systems, and advanced risk reduction programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of Safety Management Systems, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance audits.

• Conduct incident investigations, develop corrective actions, validate controls, and support root cause analyses with client leadership.

• Develop job hazard analyses, job safety assessments, and occupational health–focused work instructions.

• Interpret qualitative and quantitative IH data compared to OSHA PELs and ACGIH TLVs; recommend exposure mitigation strategies.

• Strengthen and expand ERM’s H&S service offerings through opportunity identification, proposal preparation, and client relationship development.

• Lead and design outcome‑focused programs in areas such as industrial hygiene, safety culture, leadership, serious injury and fatality prevention, process safety, and high‑impact training.

• Manage teams, mentor talent, and contribute to the success and growth of ERM’s technical community.

• Oversee project scopes, budgets, schedules, and deliverables to ensure high-quality client outcomes.

• Build internal and external networks to support multidisciplinary problem solving and long-term client success.

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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