Senior Consultant: Safety and Industrial Hygiene

Are you looking to leverage your industrial hygiene and safety consulting skills to partner with clients to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses? If so, Marsh’s Risk Consulting group is seeking the right person to join our Workforce Strategies practice in either the Rochester, NY or Syracuse, NY office. This is a hybrid role that requires three days in office or client visits. Please note: this role does require travel up to 60% (approx 3-4 days/week; 3 weeks/month).

Role Focus: Deliver impactful consulting interventions that leverage industrial hygiene (IH) insights to assess, control, and prevent workplace health and safety risks, enabling clients to implement sustainable programs that reduce injuries, illnesses, and operational losses.

Requirements for Success: 

• Lead Industrial Hygiene Assessments and Control Recommendations: Design and conduct qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments (e.g. airborne contaminants, noise, ergonomics, biological agents) tailored to client operations.

• Develop and propose practical engineering, administrative, and PPE controls that reduce IH exposures.

• Conduct Safety Assessments and Risk Evaluations: Perform comprehensive safety and hazard assessments across diverse client sites, identifying compliance gaps and prioritizing corrective actions, collaborating with clients to develop and implement written safety programs including job hazard analyses and other activities. Influence clients to implement prioritized corrective actions within agreed timelines.

• Analyze Incident Data and Recommend Targeted Interventions: Analyze client injury, near miss, and incident data to identify trends and root causes, propose targeted, data-driven interventions that clients adopt to reduce risk and total cost of risk, partner with client to implement recommendations over an agreed timeline.

• Design and Deliver Training and Coaching to Enable Client Teams: Develop and deliver engaging safety and industrial hygiene training programs for client managers, supervisors, and frontline employees, coach client leadership on safety accountability, communication, and culture-building strategies that foster positive safety climates.

• Provide Regulatory and Technical Support to Facilitate Compliance: Monitor regulatory changes and advise clients on impacts and implementation strategies, support clients during OSHA inspections, third-party audits, and client assessments by preparing clear, actionable reports and recommendations, lead client to avoid any IH compliance violations.

• Manage Consulting Projects and Client Relationships to Drive Value: Scope, plan, and execute multiple consulting projects on time and within budget, maintain high-quality deliverables, build and sustain strong client relationships, identify opportunities to expand services and add value, secure client renewal or expansion of consulting engagements in at least 60% of projects annually.

• Collaborate Across Disciplines to Deliver Integrated Solutions: Work effectively with multidisciplinary teams (risk engineering, ergonomics, claims, HR, operations) to develop and implement comprehensive safety solutions, ensure integrated interventions align with client business objectives and operational realities, enhancing adoption and sustainability.

Required Competencies: 

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking: The role requires assessing complex regulatory environments and developing tailored safety solutions. Candidates who enjoy analyzing the details, interpreting regulations, using data to drive decisions will excel.

• Proactivity: Success comes from someone who prefers to take initiative, anticipate risks, and guide clients through change rather than simply reacting to issues. Candidates who naturally enjoy advising, influencing, and coaching others will align well.

• Comfort in dynamic environments: the role involves significant travel (50% to 60%) and direct client interaction, often in on-site settings. Candidates who prefer variety, relationship-building, and hands-on collaboration will be more successful.

• Strong communication and interpersonal capabilities: The ability to translate complex technical information into clear, actionable guidance is critical. Candidates who naturally communicate well and listen actively will thrive by building trust with frontline staff, senior leadership, and internal stakeholders.

• Adaptability and continuous learning orientation: Given evolving regulations and technologies, candidates who enjoy staying current, learning new skills, and adapting to change will be better aligned.

• Detail-orientation: Success requires meticulousness in compliance and safety program management. Candidates who naturally focus on accuracy and take ownership of outcomes will fit in well.

Baseline Knowledge Requirements: 

• A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health, or related field.

• Current Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) credential (ABIH) (preferred) and CSP (preferred).

• 5+ years of progressive experience in industrial hygiene and/or safety in industry, consulting, insurance, or related environment.

• Demonstrated experience conducting exposure assessments and developing control recommendations.

• Solid knowledge of OSHA regulations and relevant consensus standards (e.g., ACGIH, AIHA, ANSI, NFPA—within area of practice).

• Strong analytical, report writing, and presentation skills; ability to translate technical findings into clear, practical actions for non-technical audiences.

• Proficiency with standard IH and safety software tools (exposure databases, noise mapping, MS Office, etc.).

• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to client sites as needed.

What is in it for you?

• Challenging work that prevents employee injuries or reduces the severity of an incident.

• A company with a strong brand and strong results to match.

• Culture of diversity inclusion, internal mobility, collaboration, and valued partnership with practices and colleagues.

• Employee Resource Groups which provide access to leaders, relevant volunteer and mentoring opportunities and interactions with counterparts in industry groups and client organizations.

• Competitive pay (salary and performance bonus potential) and full benefits package – starting day one (medical, dental, vision, STI/LTI, life insurance, generous 401k match AND contribution).

• Tuition Reimbursement plan per year and participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan.