Principal Consultant, Safety Transformation

ERM; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 162,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability

AD&D insurance

401(k) or RRSP/DPSP

Other benefits

Job summary

ERM seeks a Consulting Director, Safety Transformation to lead enterprise-wide EHS transformations for global clients from its Rochester, NY operation (and other locations). You will design and deliver programs that improve safety outcomes, strengthen culture, and drive measurable business results.

The role requires 8+ years of EHS leadership or consulting, deep SIF prevention expertise, and strong client engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years (10–15+ years preferred) of progressive EHS experience in leadership roles or consulting.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale EHS or safety culture transformations.
• Deep expertise in SIF prevention and critical risk management.
• Strong consulting background, including project scoping, pricing, and client development.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide EHS transformation programs including SIF prevention and culture change.
• Consult with senior leaders to translate challenges into practical, high-impact solutions.
• Conduct assessments and develop actionable roadmaps.
• Oversee multi-industry projects ensuring scope, schedule, budget alignment.
• Support business development and proposals.

Skills

SIF prevention

Human performance

Safety culture transformation

Project leadership

Executive stakeholder engagement

Consulting experience

Strategy & roadmaps

Business development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Safety or related discipline

Job description

Lead enterprise-wide safety transformation with impact that goes beyond compliance. ERM is seeking a Consulting Director, Safety Transformation to join our team in Rochester, NY (and other locations). In this senior leadership role, you will design and deliver transformative EHS programs that improve safety outcomes, strengthen organizational culture, and drive measurable business performance for leading global clients.

Why This Role Matters

ERM partners with leading organizations to solve their most complex EHS and operational challenges. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-wide transformations that protect people, strengthen culture, and drive measurable business outcomes. You will manage transformational Health & Safety projects, interface with client stakeholders on strategy and oversight, ensure work is scoped and priced accurately, and deliver high-quality results aligned to scope, schedule, and budget—while generating meaningful impact. This role is ideal for someone who brings strong project leadership and deep expertise in Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention, human performance, safety culture transformation, and enterprise risk management, helping clients achieve step-change improvements in safety performance.

What Your Impact Is

• Lead transformation at scale – Design and deliver EHS transformation programs that drive sustained improvements in safety outcomes and organizational performance
• Shape client strategy – Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating complex challenges into practical, high-impact solutions
• Advance SIF prevention & human performance – Implement leading approaches to critical risk management and human performance integration
• Strengthen safety culture – Lead diagnostics and transformation initiatives that influence behavior and leadership effectiveness
• Drive business growth – Expand ERM’s Health & Safety services through client engagement, solution development, and thought leadership
• Build capability – Mentor client teams and ERM consultants to elevate leadership, technical expertise, and delivery excellence

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years (10–15+ years preferred) of progressive EHS experience, including significant time in industry leadership roles or consulting environments
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale EHS or safety culture transformations
• Deep expertise in: Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention and critical risk management
• Human performance principles and application
• Safety governance, culture, and leadership
• Preferred Experience working across multiple industries such as manufacturing, technology, biopharma, power, or mining
• Proven ability to influence and engage executive-level stakeholders
• Strong background in consulting, including project scoping, pricing, and business development
• Experience developing executive-level deliverables such as strategy documents and board presentations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of EHS transformation programs, including SIF prevention, human performance, and culture change initiatives
• Conduct and oversee enterprise assessments, audits, and maturity diagnostics, translating insights into actionable roadmaps
• Facilitate executive workshops, leadership engagements, and field-based coaching to embed sustainable change
• Manage complex projects across industries and EHS disciplines, ensuring delivery excellence across scope, schedule, and budget
• Support scoping and pricing of projects aligned with client challenges and ERM standards
• Develop executive-level deliverables, including strategy documents, transformation roadmaps, and board-ready presentations
• Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor at all organizational levels
• Support and lead business development activities, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client presentations
• Collaborate across ERM’s global network to deliver integrated solutions
• Drive innovation by advancing ERM methodologies in SIF, human performance, and safety culture transformation

For the Consulting Director, Safety Transformation position, the anticipated annual base pay is $161,600 - $204,200 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).

• paid time off
• parental leave
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• disability
• AD&D insurance
• 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP
• other applicable benefits to eligible employees

Note:Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

Who We Are

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.

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.

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.