Safety Management Consultant

This posting is scheduled to close on Tuesday January 27 at 11:59pm MST. If a sufficient number of qualified applications are received this posting may close early. Apply today!

About the job:

We are looking for a Safety Management Consultantwho views safety through the lens of the customer experience. You wont just be checking boxes; you will be the face of our strategic plan delivering expert-level loss prevention services to our most complex and dynamic policyholders.

In this role you are a consultant in the truest sense. You will use your deep knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health and the Montana Safety Culture Act (MSCA) to build long-term high-value relationships that go beyond a standard policy.

How Youll Make an Impact

• Provide personalized expert-level consulting to policyholders with complex needs ensuring they feel supported heard and empowered.
• Serve as a community partner helping Montana businesses move beyond compliance to create authentic sustainable cultures of safety.
• Act as a coach and internal consultant for our team. Youll lead organizational initiatives and shape the next generation of safety professionals through our Trainee program.
• Use your field insights to drive process improvements that align with our strategic plan and enhance the value we provide to our members.

What You Bring to the Team

• A strong customer mindset. You excel at translating complex safety data into actionable empathetic advice that resonates with business owners and employees alike.
• Deep mastery of OSH standards the Montana Workers Compensation system and best-practice safety techniques.
• Proven experience leading projects and mentoring others. You dont just follow processesyou improve them.
• The ability to influence workplace culture and represent our organization as a safety leader in the Montana community.

Why Join Us

You will be part of a team where Values Matter. We prioritize integrity innovation and a relentless focus on the customer. Here your expertise saves lives and strengthens our states economy.

We are open to hiring our next Safety Management Consultant at the level of experience they can bring to the organization whether that is entry level or with more experience.

Required Skills

What you will do:

Expert Consulting and Policyholder Relations

• Provide expert-level loss prevention loss control and safety management consulting services to a diverse portfolio of policyholders focusing on those with the most complex dynamic needs and high-retention service commitments. Evaluate policyholder operations processes and materials to identify actual or potential occupational hazards and assess the efficacy of existing safety programs to determine risk probability. Seek to understand each policyholders unique business motivations while building rapport and credibility to serve as a trusted advisor. Conduct comprehensive onsite safety visits pre-quote risk evaluations and ergonomic assessments to develop tailored interventions and stay-at-work/return-to-work programs. Engage directly with organizational decision-makers to influence safety culture and ensure the implementation of effective safety and health initiatives.

Technical Proficiency

• Serve as an expert coach and mentor to Safety Services personnel driving process improvements and leading organizational initiatives. Instruct junior staff within the Safety Management Trainee program and provide high-level guidance to internal MSF teams including underwriting and executive leadership. Participate in new and renewal business presentations as a strategic partner to help secure and retain key accounts. Collaborate with teammates and strategic partners to ensure the accurate collection and distribution of health and safety information across the organization.

Community Engagement and Strategic Outreach

• Act as a premier representative of MSF through community education outreach and participation in local safety groups and public speaking engagements. Deliver a wide variety of safety and workers compensation training programs including public educational sessions. Market and promote MSF Safety Services by identifying trends and recognizing opportunities for new partnerships and focus areas. Support organizational projects such as Worksafe Champions and assist in the maintenance of the Safemt website to enhance digital resource accessibility. Model safety excellence in all professional activities to enhance the safety culture across the Montana community.

Required Experience

What you will need (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelors Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field from an accredited college or university and at least four (4) years experience with occupational safety and health as a primary function.
  • OR Associates Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field from an accredited college or university with at least six (6) years experience with occupational safety and health as the primary function.
  • OR A high school Diploma with at eight (8) years experience with occupational safety and health as the primary function.
  • OR Completion of the MSF Safety Management Consultant Trainee program plus three (3) years in an SMC1 role.
  • OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred:

• Professional designation such as CSP ARM CPCU AIS or other related designations in the safety risk management or insurance fields
• Leadership or lead worker experience in areas such as coaching/mentoring onboarding of new employees project/program management or strategy development and implementation.

Other Requirements:

1. Regular attendance and presence in the designated workplace.
2. Demonstrate ability to manage book of business with increasing complexity and decreasing supervision.
3. Actively serve as a coach and mentor.
4. Technical skills appropriate for the position including the ability to use Microsoft Office tools without assistance.
5. Obtain either the Associate Safety Professional designation or Associate in Risk Management designation within three (3) years of employment with MSF.
6. Perform job duties in a safe and responsible manner in accordance with MSF safety guidelines and ergonomic recommendations and report unsafe conditions to leader or Safety Committee.
7. Must have a valid Montana drivers license.

Job Location

This position is a field role requiring regular and frequent travel throughout the assigned field area. Candidates must reside within Livingston Bozeman (or surrounding geographical area) Butte or Helena to be able to meet the travel requirements of this position.

Compensation and Benefits: Starting salary for this Exemptposition begins at $73300 - $91600per year.

• Excellent health insurance with dental vision life long-term disability and more with optional dependent coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts for dependent care and medical expenses.
• Public employees retirement plan tax-deferred contributions with a generous employer match.
• Optional 457(b) deferred compensation to further increase retirement savings.
• Higher education reimbursement and other training and development programs.
• Robust personal leave paid holidays and extended leave.

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