Environmental Health & Safety Consultant

at  KPA

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 five 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 EHS Risk Management Consultant will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients in order to support their Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance. The objective of an EHS Risk Management Consultant is to minimize risk to increase profitability for the client. A professional, likable, persuasive, and customer service-oriented demeanor is essential for success.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Active driver’s license and insurance as required by law.
• Ability to drive between client visits, typically 4 days per week. Driving time per day varies according to geography and scheduling.
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.
• 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 multiple weeks per quarter.

• 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)