The Safety Consultant provides risk management, safety and workers’ compensation support for the organization through direct contact with current and potential clients. The Safety Consultant performs regular inspections of worksites; provides written safety recommendations with follow through regarding implementation; educates client employers on safe work procedures; and ensures client exposures are properly classified. The comprehensive product of this position promotes safety, enhances the client experience, minimizes losses/injuries and impacts profitability in the workers’ compensation portfolio.
Essential Job Functions:
The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
- Perform field visits to work site employer locations to conduct safety consultations, survey client operations, and provide safety information and counseling to improve workplace safety.
- Provide written safety recommendations to clients subsequent to work-site and telephonic consultations with follow up to ensure worksite employers have implemented recommendations.
- Provide detailed loss control reports regarding worksite operations and exposures to the internal Risk Management team in a timely manner.
- Ensure worksite employees are classified accurately for workers’ compensation purposes in accordance with carrier requirements by bringing any discrepancies to internal management’s attention.
- Review prospective clients to determine if they would be an acceptable risk based on organizational exposure guidelines.
- Identify high hazard, high frequency/severity clients and implement action plans to assist in the reduction of losses and enhancement of profitability.
- Collaborate with and support the Sales and Service teams in relation to risk management and loss control activities for current as well as prospective clients.
- Conduct accident investigations with accuracy, sensitivity and in a timely manner to help mitigate claims and reduce likelihood of incident recurrence (reduce or eliminate exposure).
- Other projects and responsibilities may be added at management’s discretion.
- Coordinates metrics reporting consistently and timely.
Educational and Professional Licensing or Certification Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in safety or a related risk management field) or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Safety/Risk Management related designation preferred (ASP, CSP, ALCM, ARM or equivalent related designation).
- OSHA 30 hour trainer, a plus