Senior Safety and Risk Management Consultant _ Remote: CA

Senior Safety and Risk Management Consultant _ Remote: CA

This is a remote position in CA. Job location is flexible but prefer it to be near a major airport in Los Angeles, Bay Area, Central Valley, Sacramento. This role is eligible for variable compensation in addition to salary

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Safety and Risk Management Consultant (Consultant) of TRISTAR's Risk Control Division, Aspen Risk Management Group (Aspen), provides safety, risk, and loss control consultation services to clients of varying sizes and complexities. The Senior Consultant integrates staff mentoring, onboarding and training, advanced expertise, strategic client management, safety program development, regulatory expertise, and other skill sets into their role.

The Consultant is responsible for independently delivering expert guidance and innovative risk management and safety practices solutions. This role focuses on assessing client needs, developing tailored safety and risk prevention programs, and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies across various industries.

The Consultant will collaborate closely with clients to enhance their safety culture, ensure compliance with regulations, and reduce workplace hazards. By leveraging industry knowledge and analytical skills, the Consultant aims to provide actionable insights that drive improvements in safety performance and operational efficiency.

This position requires strong communication and leadership skills, building relationships with stakeholders, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service to clients and team members that aligns with the organization's mission.

Their primary purpose is to help clients save lives, prevent injuries and illnesses, and protect them from harm.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This is a remote position, generally working from home or a virtual office. Occasionally, there may be the need to visit a traditional office for meetings, training, or other events.
• Provides clients with onsite and virtual safety and risk management services.
• Due to client locations, overnight travel will be required. The ability to bundle client work is an expectation of maximizing Consultant time and client servicing utilization.
• Scheduling is self-managed, focusing on priorities such as client demands and service schedules, travel and bundling efficiencies, risk and underwriting needs, client expectations, incident and injury trends, client hazards and exposures, injury potential, and other factors.
• Creates action plans for safety and risk management services, visiting (onsite or virtual) some clients several times per year.
• Conducts loss control surveys onsite or virtual.
• Working with clients, exercises independent consideration for workplace safety recommendations and support, independent of direct supervision. Evaluates the effectiveness of the client's hazard controls associated with their operations.
• Based on the skillsets required to provide safety services and recommendations, Consultants perform work that may affect the business substantially, including liability.
• Requires superb communication skills working directly with client business owners, executives, operations, risk and safety, insurance, human resources, finance, benefits, and others.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in assigned safety areas or industries
• Provides onboarding, training and mentoring to consultants and team members
• Requires a solid understanding of workplace safety and risk principles and practices.

Qualifications

Qualifications Required:

• Have the ability to conduct risk evaluations to determine loss potential, advise management to gain support and commit to improvements, and create realistic timeframes for operational improvements to make a positive impact.
• Have a clear understanding and ability to review existing safety programs to assess their compliance and functional effectiveness.
• Be able to conduct high-level senior management professional business communications (presentations, emails, letters, in-person meetings, report writing, and telephone). Client interactions may be one-on-one or in group settings where the goal is to foster collaboration and provide guidance.

Senior-Level Skillsets:

• Leadership and Mentoring:
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other Consultants and Staff, fostering their professional development
• Lead and manage complex, high-profile projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives to improve team performance and service delivery
• Advanced Expertise:
• Demonstrate thought leadership in risk management and safety practices through published articles, blogs, or similar
• Present at industry conferences and seminars as a subject matter expert
• Develop innovative, cutting-edge solutions for complex risk scenarios across various industries
• Strategic Client Relationship Management:
• Coordinate services for complex clients using other Consultants and staff.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key accounts and high-profile clients
• Lead high-level client meetings and strategic planning sessions
• Client Safety Program Development and Management:
• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive safety programs tailored to their client's specific needs and industry requirements
• Conduct in-depth assessments of clients' existing safety programs, identifying gaps and areas for improvement
• Design and write customized safety manuals, policies, and procedures that align with regulatory requirements and industry best practices
• Review and update existing client safety programs to ensure ongoing compliance and effectiveness
• Provide expert consultation on program integration, helping clients incorporate safety initiatives into their overall business strategies
• Develop and deliver training programs to support the implementation of new or revised safety protocols
• Conduct periodic audits of client safety programs to assess effectiveness and recommend enhancements
• Advanced Analytical and Technical Skills:
• Conduct complex risk assessments using advanced statistical methods and data analysis techniques
• Develop prevention models for safety and risk management, incorporating machine learning and AI technologies
• Design and implement comprehensive risk management programs for large, complex organizations
• Regulatory Expertise and Compliance Strategy:
• Serve as a subject matter expert on complex regulatory issues across multiple jurisdictions
• Advise clients on compliance strategies for challenging regulatory scenarios
• Develop and deliver training programs on regulatory topics for clients and internal teams
• Innovation and Technology Integration:
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies in risk management and safety, including the use of artificial intelligence, wearables, and other tech tools
• Develop strategies to integrate new technologies into client programs

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Essential Functions:

The work environment characteristics described here represent those a Consultant may encounter to be successful while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• This is a full-time position. Hours and workdays are typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; however, client needs may require earlier or later hours and, occasionally, holidays or weekends.
• Requires travel, including overnight, approximately 3-4 times per month.
• While performing the duties of this job, Consultants are exposed to a wide array of work environments, including clerical office environments, manufacturing facilities, or construction sites. The ability to endure extreme environmental conditions, such as heat and heights, is required. Personal Protective Equipment may be necessary for certain circumstances.
• Consultants are frequently required to stand, move, bend at the neck, and reach below shoulder level. They are constantly required to sit, talk, hear, and use their hands to operate the telephone, smartphone, various safety monitoring devices, computer, and mouse. They are occasionally required to reach above shoulder level. Consultant may occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds and rarely lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Competencies:

• Demonstrate sound and rational judgment and practical problem-solving in a workplace or similar environment.
• Ability to read English, comprehend technical and regulatory information, and articulate the information in verbal and written form.
• Ability to read Spanish, and articulate the information in verbal and written form - Desired
• An interest in working in a department providing health and safety advice.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Ability to take on new information