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ERM

Principal Consultant, Safety

Houston, TX

Lead Safety Excellence Across Complex Capital Projects As a Principal Consultant, Capital Project ... functional collaboration, and long-term career growth within ERM's rapidly expanding Safety ...

CoSourcing Partners Inc.

SAP EHS Consultant

Chicago, IL · On-site

$110 - $150/hr

We are seeking an experienced SAP EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) Consultant to join our team ... Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, operations, safety, and compliance ...

PROLIM Global Corporation

SDV Consultant

Raymond, OH · On-site

Support development efforts related to integrated controls and functional safety systems ... Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include Advisory, PLM Software/Services, Program Management ...

Expleo

SW Safety Architect

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

A global leader in engineering, technology, and consulting, Expleo partners with renowned ... Evaluate incoming safety requirements status (OK / Partial / Cross-Functional) and follow up on ...

Expleo

SW Safety Architect

Los Angeles, CA

A global leader in engineering, technology, and consulting, Expleo partners with renowned ... Evaluate incoming safety requirements status (OK / Partial / Cross-Functional) and follow up on ...

Toyota

Safety Control Systems Engineer

Liberty, NC · On-site

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Audit Safety Control Systems (SCS) for compliance to ISO 13849 and ANSI B11 * Identify and document ... consultant group by milestones, concerns, and key performance indicators * Lead cross-functional ...

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How much do functional safety consultant jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 17, 2026, the average hourly pay for functional safety consultant in the United States is $74.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $61.06 and $84.86 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a functional safety consultant?

Functional Safety Consultants are professionals who specialize in ensuring that systems and processes in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, and energy operate safely, even in the event of hardware or software failures. They assess risks, design safety measures, and help companies comply with international functional safety standards like ISO 26262 or IEC 61508. Their role involves conducting safety analyses, developing safety concepts, and guiding clients through certification processes to minimize hazards and ensure regulatory compliance.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a functional safety consultant?

To thrive as a Functional Safety Consultant, you need in-depth knowledge of safety standards (such as ISO 26262 or IEC 61508), risk assessment methodologies, and a relevant engineering degree. Familiarity with tools like safety analysis software, requirements management systems, and certifications such as TÜV Functional Safety Engineer are typically required. Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and effective communication skills help you collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients. These skills ensure the accurate identification and mitigation of risks, compliance with safety regulations, and the delivery of reliable safety solutions.

What are the typical challenges faced by a functional safety consultant when working with cross-functional teams?

Functional Safety Consultants often collaborate with engineering, quality assurance, and project management teams to ensure compliance with safety standards. One common challenge is aligning differing priorities and interpretations of safety requirements among team members from various disciplines. Effective communication and thorough documentation are essential to bridge knowledge gaps and ensure everyone understands the safety goals. Additionally, consultants may need to facilitate training sessions or workshops to build a shared understanding of functional safety concepts within the organization.

What is the difference between Functional Safety Consultant vs Safety Engineer?

AspectFunctional Safety ConsultantSafety Engineer
CertificationsISO 26262, IEC 61508, CSNEISO 26262, IEC 61508, CSNE
Work EnvironmentConsulting firms, client sites, project-basedIn-house, manufacturing, or engineering firms
Industry UsageAutomotive, industrial, aerospaceAutomotive, industrial, aerospace
Primary FocusSafety assessment, compliance, consultingDesign, implementation, safety testing

Both roles require similar certifications and work in related industries, but a Functional Safety Consultant primarily provides expert advice and compliance consulting across projects, while a Safety Engineer focuses on implementing safety measures and testing within organizations.

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Infographic showing various Functional Safety Consultant job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 80% Full Time, 17% Part Time, 1% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $153,930 per year, or $74 per hour.

Senior Workplace Safety & Loss Control Consultant

Elite

Los Angeles, CA

$85K - $120K/yr

Full-time

Posted 12 days ago

Job description

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title: Safety and Risk Management Consultant
Salary Range: $85,000 to $120,000 (depending on experience)
Location:  Fully remote with travel to Client sitesPOSITION SUMMARY:The Senior Safety and Risk Management Consultant (Consultant) 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.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:The Consultant position requires minimal supervision and must have:
  • Skills to effectively evaluate the client's operations (onsite or virtually) to determine workplace hazards, evaluate the effectiveness of workplace hazard controls, and develop written recommendations for clients to improve hazard control and workplace safety efforts. May assist the client with the implementation of plans.
  • Solid working knowledge of safety and risk principles, loss and risk control, safety regulations, and the best practices of safety, as well as a preferred core understanding of workers’ compensation, general liability, and other disciplines as needed.
  • Ability to conduct safety and risk evaluations to determine loss potential.
  • Skills to gain client support to commit to improvements. Create realistic timeframes for operational improvements that will positively impact client safety and risk programs.
  • Capability to review existing safety programs and assess their compliance and functional effectiveness.
  • Effective training skills to lead meetings and presentations on various workplace safety topics. The Consultant may provide client training in workplace safety, injury prevention, and cost controls – including “drilling down to root causes.” They may be involved with helping clients manage and control their injuries and workplace hazards and assist in helping clients implement workplace safety programs.
  • Strong communication skills 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 group settings where the goal is to foster collaboration and provide guidance.
  • Aptitude to respond effectively to specific safety problems or concerns raised by clients.
  • Skillsets to develop systematic plans of action to reduce risk potential based on exposures and loss analysis. Evaluate client progress, suggesting program modifications as necessary.
  • Strong organizational skills and self-motivated, capable of managing multiple tasks. The ability to interact and forge relationships with diverse personality types is invaluable. Friendliness, professionalism, and client-oriented writing and presentation skills are essential.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in conducting root cause analysis for risk mitigation. Ability to perform loss analysis reviews to prevent injuries and incidents and improve safety.
  • Exceptional skills using the Internet and other safety sources as a research tool.
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 tool
    • 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 and communicate clearly.
  • Ability to work effectively under supervision and on own initiative.
  • Be self-motivated and resourceful in acquiring new skills and knowledge.
  • A helpful, positive, and flexible approach and attitude
  • Be punctual and good at managing workload.
Required Education and Experience:
  • High School Diploma; or GED.
  • Have a minimum safety designation such as COSS, COHST, ARM, CRM, ALCM, CSHCO, CCSHCO, ASP, CSP, CRM, or others.
  • A minimum of 7 years as a loss control consultant (or equivalent related experience)
  • Become an active member of the American Society of Safety Professionals or a similar organization.
  • Prove proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), and must be able to use the Internet as a research tool, including artificial intelligence.
  • Promotes data analytics and AI use in risk prediction, mitigation, and consulting.
Additional Eligibility / Qualifications:
  • Must have a valid driver’s license throughout their employment.
  • Must authorize enrollment in an Employers Pull Notice Program (DMV driving records) for the duration of employment.
  • Must have continuous access to a reliable, dependable, and safe vehicle and have the ability to drive on behalf of company business.
Work Environment:This position requires the Consultant to work primarily from home. They must have a dedicated space free from distractions and conducive to a positive work environment.
Working with clients requires travel to and being at customer locations. Travel may include vehicles, public transportation, flights, or other means.
If necessary for safety, we will provide ergonomic enhancements as requested, such as an ergonomic chair, footrest, or similar equipment of the company's choosing.Other Duties:Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the Consultant for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.