Principal Consultant, Process Safety

ERM • Tampa, FL

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Lead the Future of Process Safety in the Gulf Region Become the strategic force shaping ERM’s growth in Texas and Louisiana. As a Principal Consultant, Safety and Risk, this is your opportunity to make a measurable impact across industries, influence high‑stakes decision‑making, and guide clients through some of their most complex technical and regulatory challenges. In this role, you’ll not only grow a thriving book of business—you’ll shape the direction of ERM’s Safety & Risk practice across the Gulf region while collaborating with a global network of world‑class experts. If you're a seasoned consultant ready to elevate your influence, expand your leadership footprint, and drive meaningful outcomes, this role is designed for you. Why This Role Matters As a recognized technical leader with strong private-sector relationships, you’ll be accountable for driving profitable growth, winning new technical risk work, and ensuring ERM continues to lead the market as a trusted partner for complex process safety challenges. This role directly shapes our regional strategy, technical excellence, and long-term impact on client safety performance. What Your Impact Is Champion and execute a strategic business plan that drives double‑digit growth for ERM’s Safety & Risk service line across the Gulf region. Serve as a senior seller/doer, winning new technical risk consulting engagements and expanding relationships with key industrial clients. Lead high-profile, multi-disciplinary projects that deliver best-in-class technical risk, compliance, and management solutions. Mentor, inspire, and retain top consulting talent, strengthening the overall performance and capabilities of the technical team. Connect clients to ERM’s global expertise by collaborating with specialists across the US, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Advance ERM’s reputation as a global leader by sharing and applying industry best practices across markets. What You’ll Bring Required BS in engineering (chemical, mechanical, petroleum) or related discipline. 10+ years of relevant consulting or industry experience in technical risk. Relevant experience would include activity such as HAZOP/LOPA facilitation, Pressure Relief sizing, Incident Investigation, and developing process safety programs. Proven success leading and implementing business growth strategies within Safety & Risk. Demonstrated ability to win new business and maintain long-term, trusted client relationships. Recognized expertise and a strong professional reputation in the local marketplace. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to travel domestically and internationally. Preferred Extensive experience guiding industrial clients through complex technical and regulatory compliance challenges. Prior leadership of multi-person project teams and large technical programs. Experience supporting global service lines or working within a multinational consulting environment. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute a strategic action plan to expand ERM’s Safety & Risk client base in the Gulf region. Act as a core technical leader driving double‑digit growth across ERM’s technical risk portfolio. Lead business development efforts, including identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and securing new engagements. Grow and maintain strong client relationships that generate repeat business. Oversee large-scale technical risk programs and project teams, ensuring excellence in scope, schedule, budget, and quality. Mentor and guide team members to support retention, performance, and long-term capability development. Build a strong understanding of ERM’s multidisciplinary offerings and actively cross-sell services to existing clients. Support the global development of ERM’s Safety & Risk service area, collaborating with colleagues across regions. 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. Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Thank you for your interest in ERM! #LI-Hybrid At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet. ERM Homepage Explore All Open Roles Explore Early Careers Roles Explore Experienced Professional Roles Explore Partnership Roles

Requirements

• BS in engineering (chemical, mechanical, petroleum) or related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant consulting or industry experience in technical risk. Relevant experience would include activity such as HAZOP/LOPA facilitation, Pressure Relief sizing, Incident Investigation, and developing process safety programs.
• Proven success leading and implementing business growth strategies within Safety & Risk.
• Demonstrated ability to win new business and maintain long-term, trusted client relationships.
• Recognized expertise and a strong professional reputation in the local marketplace.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience guiding industrial clients through complex technical and regulatory compliance challenges.
• Prior leadership of multi-person project teams and large technical programs.
• Experience supporting global service lines or working within a multinational consulting environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategic action plan to expand ERM’s Safety & Risk client base in the Gulf region.
• Act as a core technical leader driving double‑digit growth across ERM’s technical risk portfolio.
• Lead business development efforts, including identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and securing new engagements.
• Grow and maintain strong client relationships that generate repeat business.
• Oversee large-scale technical risk programs and project teams, ensuring excellence in scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Mentor and guide team members to support retention, performance, and long-term capability development.
• Build a strong understanding of ERM’s multidisciplinary offerings and actively cross-sell services to existing clients.
• Support the global development of ERM’s Safety & Risk service area, collaborating with colleagues across regions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal