Environmental Health & Safety Consultant

HarrisburgFull-time - Hybridmid

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Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night,

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Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business.

Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. 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.

Position Description:

As a member of the Risk Management team, the Environmental Health and Safety Risk Management Consultant plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients in order to support their EHS compliance. The objective of an EHS Risk Management Consultant is to minimize risk to increase profitability for the client.

Location:

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 overnight travel. This position will be based out of Harrisburg, PA and will cover Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland.

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

Assist with 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)

Performs other duties and fulfills other responsibilities, as assigned

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

Built strong relationships with assigned clients, providing exceptional customer service in support of their EHS compliance

Support the ongoing growth of the company by working with your area Sales Account Executive to identify sales opportunities with new and existing clients

Promoted productive relationships with dealer group management for KPA clients and State Dealer Association Management.

Maintain effective internal and external public relations

As an EHS Risk Consultant, you are expected to develop and maintain internal and external relationships with:

Regional Managers, Regional Director, Field Office Manager, Account Executives, Client Success Managers, and other members of KPA management team.

Region clients, potential clients, dealer group management and state dealer associations

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Safety Studies or related disciplines preferred

Minimum of three years of Environmental Health & Safety experience preferred

Must have the 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.

Ability 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

Must have the ability to travel to client sites day-to-day, including overnight travel.

Active driver’s license and ability to drive between client visits, typically 4 days per week. Driving time per day varies according to geography and scheduling

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 around 3 weeks per quarter

Ability to walk up to 7 miles in a day

While this is a hybrid position based out of the employee’s home office, it will require frequent visits to clients within the territory, including roughly 3-4 weeks of overnight travel per quarter.

This position will be based out of Harrisburg, PA and will cover a territory of the surrounding areas.

Annual base salary range between $70-80k

Allowances for travel