Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) Freelance Specialist

dss+ • Houston, TX

28d • Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on delivering high-quality outcomes through deep expertise in Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention and operational risk management. As a freelance SME, you will bring immediate, high-value expertise into client engagements—supporting SIF prevention programmes and helping organisations reduce critical risks and improve safety performance at pace. You will lead and support SIF prevention engagements, embedding quickly into client environments and operating with a high degree of autonomy to deliver measurable results.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in safety, operational risk, or EHS within industry or consulting
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working specifically on SIF prevention programmes
• Proven experience influencing stakeholders across all organisational levels
• Experience delivering safety transformation or risk reduction initiatives in asset-intensive industries
• Strong project or programme delivery experience
• Strong understanding of SIF concepts including SIF precursors, risk situations, and decision logic
• Experience with essential safety processes such as: Life-Saving Rules implementation, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective and Preventive Actions (Hierarchy of Controls), EHS performance metrics and dashboards
• Familiarity with operational risk methodologies and frameworks
• Strong coaching, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to influence senior leaders and drive behavioural change
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Ability to translate complex risk concepts into actionable solutions
• Degree in Safety, Engineering, Risk Management, or related discipline
• Willingness to travel globally (approximately 60–70%)
• Availability for freelance/contract-based engagements

Nice To Haves

• Professional certifications (e.g. CSP, CIH) advantageous

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver SIF prevention programmes, applying dss+ methodologies to improve safety performance
• Engage stakeholders at all levels, from executives to frontline teams
• Identify and define critical SIF risks, precursors, and improvement opportunities
• Design and implement processes to control and mitigate SIF risks
• Deliver sustainable improvements through coaching, implementation, and capability building
• Facilitate assessments, workshops, and interventions across operational risk and safety programmes
• Contribute to wider transformation programmes as part of multidisciplinary dss+ teams
• Support the development and refinement of SIF methodologies, tools, and assets

Benefits

• Opportunities to contribute to high-impact, global safety transformation programmes
• Collaboration with experienced consultants and industry experts
• Exposure to complex operational environments across industries
• Flexible, project-based working arrangements aligned to freelance delivery
• Access to leading methodologies, tools, and expert networks

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior