Principal Consultant, Safety Transformation

Principal Consultant, Safety Transformation

Lead enterprise-wide safety transformation with impact that goes beyond compliance.

ERM is seeking a Principal Consultant, Safety Transformation to join our team in Nashville, Tennessee (Or other locations). In this senior leadership role, you will design and deliver transformative EHS programs that improve safety outcomes, strengthen organizational culture, and drive measurable business performance for leading global clients.

Why This Role Matters

ERM partners with leading organizations to solve their most complex EHS and operational challenges. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-wide transformations that protect people, strengthen culture, and drive measurable business outcomes.

You will manage transformational Health & Safety projects, interface with client stakeholders on strategy and oversight, ensure work is scoped and priced accurately, and deliver high-quality results aligned to scope, schedule, and budgetwhile generating meaningful impact.

This role is ideal for someone who brings strong project leadership and deep expertise in Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention, human performance, safety culture transformation, and enterprise risk management, helping clients achieve step-change improvements in safety performance.

What Your Impact Is

• Lead transformation at scale Design and deliver EHS transformation programs that drive sustained improvements in safety outcomes and organizational performance
• Shape client strategy Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating complex challenges into practical, high-impact solutions
• Advance SIF prevention & human performance Implement leading approaches to critical risk management and human performance integration
• Strengthen safety culture Lead diagnostics and transformation initiatives that influence behavior and leadership effectiveness
• Drive business growth Expand ERM's Health & Safety services through client engagement, solution development, and thought leadership
• Build capability Mentor client teams and ERM consultants to elevate leadership, technical expertise, and delivery excellence

What You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 6-8 years (1015+ years preferred) of progressive EHS experience, including significant time in industry leadership roles or consulting environments
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale EHS or safety culture transformations
• Deep expertise in:
  • Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention and critical risk management
  • Human performance principles and application
  • Safety governance, culture, and leadership

Preferred

• Experience working across multiple industries such as manufacturing, technology, biopharma, power, or mining
• Proven ability to influence and engage executive-level stakeholders
• Strong background in consulting, including project scoping, pricing, and business development
• Experience developing executive-level deliverables such as strategy documents and board presentations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of EHS transformation programs, including SIF prevention, human performance, and culture change initiatives
• Conduct and oversee enterprise assessments, audits, and maturity diagnostics, translating insights into actionable roadmaps
• Facilitate executive workshops, leadership engagements, and field-based coaching to embed sustainable change
• Manage complex projects across industries and EHS disciplines, ensuring delivery excellence across scope, schedule, and budget
• Support scoping and pricing of projects aligned with client challenges and ERM standards
• Develop executive-level deliverables, including strategy documents, transformation roadmaps, and board-ready presentations
• Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor at all organizational levels
• Support and lead business development activities, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client presentations
• Collaborate across ERM's global network to deliver integrated solutions
• Drive innovation by advancing ERM methodologies in SIF, human performance, and safety culture transformation

Who We Are: As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world's leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our "boots to boardroom" approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.