Mid-Career Occupational/Industrial Safety Professional

Are you a highly motivated self-starter seeking to join a growth-focused Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) consulting firm?  Are you looking for a company that will provide interesting and technically challenging work and will also invest in your development and grow your professional skills?  If so, consider a career with Apex.
Powered by strong sales, extraordinary client retention, multiple career path options, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing EHS consulting firms in the USA. We take pride in meeting and exceeding our clients’ expectations and have earned numerous industry awards for project excellence. We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.

Role Overview:
This role is all about employee accident prevention.  The incumbent will execute occupational safety projects from start to finish at the client site.  The role will routinely involve a blend of (1) workplace / shop floor employee injury exposure assessments, and (2) safety program management effectiveness evaluations and continuous improvement support. 

While the prominent technical area associated with this position is Industrial/Occupational Safety, a general base of knowledge in Ergonomics and Industrial Hygiene is also desirable.  The incumbent will also provide project leadership and project management functions as needed.  Perhaps most importantly, the incumbent will be an energetic self-starter with the ability to work independently and produce results within budget and timeframe. 

Your Responsibilities as an Apex Occupational Safety Professional:

• Providing comprehensive occupational safety consulting services to clients, including:
  • Conducting shop floor observations focused on identifying, assessing and risk-ranking employee exposures to injury
  • Devising solution options aimed at mitigating employee injury exposures
  • Providing clients with hands-on assistance with implementation of chosen solutions
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of solutions implemented.  Have they stood the test of time?
  • Tracking and analyzing clients’ employee injury experience, looking for trends, common themes, and potential high leverage accident prevention activities  
• In collaboration with Apex project managers, coordinates and executes industrial safety projects within set organizational procedures and standards.  
• In close routine collaboration with the external customer, designs, implements and executes an agreed-to service plan.  Monitors and reports progress on plan completion as directed.  Works with numerous internal and external stakeholders in the interest of achieving desired overall project velocity.
• Acts as an advisor to the customer on occupational safety issues.
  Provides input to project managers, client relationship managers, or business development staff on potential new EHS projects.  Participates in business development activities as directed. 

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree preferred – ideally, in a science or engineering field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience required, working in the occupational safety / employee accident prevention field.
• Desirable, but not required: Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) professional accreditation.
• Active Secret Security clearance highly preferred (or willing to go through process with us to get one)
• Experience i