EHS Specialist (Field Based)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

paid time off

medical

dental

vision

401(k)

life & disability insurance

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is hiring a Senior Health and Safety (EHS) Consultant to support our key technology client onsite in Redmond, Washington. This full-time role has a minimum duration of 4 months and is extendable.

The ideal candidate brings broad safety experience, especially in Tech R&D or manufacturing environments, with knowledge of OSHA, hazard recognition, risk assessment, and incident investigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 7–15 years EHS experience, health and safety focused
• CIH/CSP/ASP certification a plus but not required
• Strong regulatory compliance knowledge and reporting skills
• Effective written and verbal communication and organizational skills
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct risk assessments for new equipment and labs.
• Provide weekly activity reports to EHS Managers and Senior Specialists.
• Support and attend Safety Committee Meetings and Safety Walks monthly or as needed.
• Support Emergency Action Plan and drills as scheduled.
• Perform compliance and system audits to assess project compliance with health, safety or environmental regulations and client standards.
• Assist with near-miss/incident investigations.
• Assist with direct-reading instrument calibrations and maintenance.
• Be responsible for EHS at assigned labs and advocate workers’ safety needs.
• Escalate issues and provide improvement ideas to Site Sr EHS Specialist weekly.
• Support clients’ safety improvement by training, field coaching, and EHS assessments.
• Develop EHS compliance procedures, plans, permits, and reports.
• Support ERM Partners and Project Managers to deliver projects.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with ERM employees.

Skills

Hazard recognition

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

OSHA compliance

Emergency plans

Machine guarding

Chemical safety

Electrical safety

R&D safety

Education

Bachelor's degree

CIH certification

CSP/ASP certification

Job description

ERM is hiring a Senior Health and Safety (EHS) Consultant to support our key technology client onsite in Redmond Washington. This is a full-time role with a minimum duration of 4 months, extendable. The ideal candidate will have general safety experience, preferably in manufacturing or high-tech R and D environments – knowledge of OSHA requirements, strong hazard recognition skills, Job Hazard Analysis, Emergency Response Plans, Risk Assessment processes, Incident response and investigation, Machine Guarding, Chemical Safety and Electrical Safety/LOTO.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct risk assessments for new equipment and labs.
• Provide weekly activity reports to EHS Managers and Senior Specialists.
• Support and attend Safety Committee Meetings and Safety Walks monthly or as needed.
• Support Emergency Action Plan and Drill as scheduled.
• Perform compliance and system audits to assess project compliance with applicable health and safety or environmental regulatory requirements, client standards, or management systems.
• Assist with near miss/incident investigation process.
• Assist with direct reading instrument calibrations and maintenance.
• Be responsible for EHS at assigned Labs and be the voice of workers’ safety needs.
• Escalate issues and provide improvement ideas and feedback to Site Sr EHS Specialist on a weekly basis.
• Support our clients’ desire to improve safety performance by providing training, field coaching, and targeted EHS assessments.
• Develop EHS compliance procedures, plans, permits, and reports.
• Support ERM Partners and Project Managers to effectively manage and deliver projects.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
• 7 to 15 years of experience providing EHS support with an emphasis on health and safety, particularly in Tech R and D settings.
• The quality of the experience, however is most important.
• Existing certification or working towards certification as Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) and/or Certified Safety Professional (CSP/ASP) certification a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated understanding of regulatory compliance and reporting processes.
• Effective written/verbal communication and organization/analytical skills; experience recording/writing detailed technical data and reports a plus.
• Valid driver’s license and good driving record.

Pay and Benefits

For the Senior Health and Safety (EHS) Consultant position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $103,800 - $130,900, 49.90/hr $62.93/hr USD/CAD, limited-term, non-exempt.

This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)
• life & disability insurance

benefits eligible* employees.

Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week.

Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package.

Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible.

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.

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.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.