Principal Consultant, Safety

Lead Safety Excellence Across Complex Capital Projects

As a Principal Consultant, Capital Project Safety based in Houston, TX, you will play a pivotal leadership role in helping clients proactively manage EHS risks across some of the most complex and high-profile capital projects in the industry.

From early planning and design through construction, commissioning, start-up, and project closeout, you will serve as a trusted advisor, influencing critical decisions that protect people, strengthen safety culture, and drive successful project outcomes.

This is an opportunity to lead at the intersection of technical excellence, operational performance, and strategic risk management while partnering with multidisciplinary teams and industry-leading clients.

If you are passionate about shaping safer project environments and delivering lasting impact, you'll find significant growth opportunities within ERM's rapidly expanding Safety Services team.

Why This Role Matters

Safety is not just a project requirement.

It is a critical driver of successful project delivery, operational readiness, and long-term business performance.

In this role, you will help clients integrate safety into every decision and project phase, ensuring potential risks are identified and mitigated before work begins.

Your expertise will influence project strategy, strengthen safety culture, support regulatory compliance, and help teams deliver complex capital projects safely, efficiently, and successfully.

What Your Impact Is

As a Principal Consultant, you'll help clients embed Safety throughout the full capital project lifecycle, from planning and design through construction, commissioning, start-up, and closeout.

You'll support proactive identification and control of EHS risks, strengthen safety culture, and help ensure regulatory compliance at each project stage.

This role offers exposure to complex technical challenges, mentorship opportunities, cross-functional collaboration, and long-term career growth within ERM's rapidly expanding Safety Services team.

What You'll Bring

Required



* Bachelor's degree in safety, occupational health and safety, engineering, construction management, or related field or equivalent experience.


* 6+ years (10+ years preferred) of capital project EHS experience, including owner-side safety support, contractor oversight, construction execution, and commissioning/start-up.


* Experience with Safety in Design, constructability reviews, PHA/PSM-informed risk reviews, and project EHS governance processes.


* Strong knowledge of OSHA construction/general industry standards, LOTO, permitting, emergency response, fire protection, and high-risk construction controls.


* Experience reviewing contractor safe work documentation, including JHAs, pre-task plans, permits, lift plans, energy isolation plans, training records, and toolbox talks.


* Strong field presence, communication skills, and ability to influence contractors, p...