Environmental Health and Safety Consultant job at KPA, LLC in Houston, TX

Title: Environmental Health & Safety Consultant Location: Houston United States Houston, TX Client Success – EHS Consulting Services / Full-time - Hybrid / Hybrid Job Description: 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 seven 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 Environmental Health and Safety Risk Management Consultant plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients in order to support their EHS compliance. The objective of an EHS Risk Management Consultant is to minimize risk to increase profitability for the client. Location: While this is a remote position based out of the employee's home office, it will require frequent visits to clients within the territory, including overnight travel. This position will be based out of Houston, TX and will cover a regional territory of Houston and surrounding areas. Key Responsibilities: 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) Performs other duties and fulfills other responsibilities, as assigned In the first 30 days you will: Inherit a customer service base and immediately establish relationships with managers and management teams across many different businesses In the first 60 days you will: Complete new hire orientation training to be fully operational as a KPA Risk Management Consultant In the first 6 months you will: Establish and demonstrate exceptional industry and regulatory knowledge through onsite field audits, employee training, and regulatory interaction Organize a quarterly visit schedule to maximize travel efficiency based on local and distant client groupings and service frequency By the end of the first year you will have: Built strong relationships with assigned clients, providing exceptional customer service in support of their EHS compliance Support the ongoing growth of the company by working with your area Sales Account Executive to identify sales opportunities with new and existing clients Promoted productive relationships with dealer group management for KPA clients and State Dealer Association Management. Maintain effective internal and external public relations Relationships: As an EHS Risk Consultant, you are expected to develop and maintain internal and external relationships with: District Manager, staff colleagues, and other members of KPA management team District clients, potential clients, dealer group management and state dealer associations 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 Additiona Apply tot his job Apply To this Job