Principal Consultant, Health and Safety Services (Principal Level)

ERM is seeking a Principal Consultant, Health and Safety Services to join our Safety Services team in Irvine, CA.

In this role, you will provide project management and technical assistance for clients locally, nationally, and internationally, as well as management of existing staff and mentoring of junior staff identified as candidates for training and development as a CSST.

Access to ERM's international Management Systems & Compliance experts provide knowledge sharing of best practices across the industry and ongoing learning opportunities for our team.

This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team committed to a strong health & safety culture. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Serve as Certified Asbestos Abatement Program Manager on assigned site investigation, remediation, and decommissioning/decontamination/demolition environmental construction projects and to implement site-specific Health & Safety Plans.

Specifically:


* Development of sampling plans, management of sample collection and documentation, field sampling, report development and review and client interfacing.

The position will require work in related consulting fields including construction, demolition and decommissioning, construction safety, air compliance and contaminated site investigation.


* Ensure appropriate level of PPE is available and being used as required, as well as proper maintenance and sanitation of PPE.


* Collect asbestos samples and oversee asbestos abatement contractors.


* Verify communication systems are in place.


* Monitor conformance with safety and emergency procedures.


* Conduct daily safety briefings with the project field team.


* Develop and review sampling plans.


* Monitor site conditions for asbestos clearance sampling. 


* Exercise the authority to stop work, which will be executed upon determination of an imminent safety hazard or potentially dangerous situation (e.g., weather conditions, where this action is necessary).


* Exercise the authority to proceed with work after a stop-work order after receiving verification from Partner-in-Charge or H&S team.


* Conduct behavior-based safety observations and coordinate internal Event Communication System activity.


* Collect and evaluate observations by others (through PSC cards if the site uses them).


* Maintain records and management of sample collection and documentation.

Serve as a Principal Occupational Health and Safety Consultant provide project management and technical assistance for clients, responsible for successfully selling and consulting on a range of health and safety management projects.

Specifically:


* Conduct inspections, investigations, safety observations, job safety analysis and risk assessments and resulting mitigation activities that will identify, evaluate and control unsafe health & safety hazards or risks.


* Perform Safety risk assessments and implement effective programs, procedures...