Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Contribute to saving lives, minimizing serious injuries, and enhancing clients’ safety culture through initiatives aimed at organizational change.

• Present workshops and deliver presentations to diverse groups of varying sizes.

• Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching in the field for clients.

• Advance into project management roles for increasingly intricate client projects.

• Comprehend client goals and tailor DEKRA’s centerline model for effective engagements.

• Establish and facilitate solid safety governance that aligns with client frameworks.

• Implement DEKRA’s solutions utilizing leadership, safety, and project-execution resources.

• Mentor client leaders from frontline personnel to senior management and act as a reliable advisor.

• Monitor progress towards client goals and modify plans as needed.

• Maintain open communication with client leadership regarding safety performance, business challenges, and industry trends.

• Produce internal deliverables and adhere to deadlines.

• Enable and oversee project-team achievements while leading client projects.

• Integrate solutions throughout the client organization.

• Communicate effectively with delivery and project teams.

• Offer performance feedback to consultants and promote success stories and guidance.

• Manage project plans and consultant schedules.

• Fulfill assigned billable hours and participate in internal projects.

• Drive projects towards realization-rate objectives and consultant utilization.

• Achieve accuracy in monthly forecasts.

• Strengthen client relationships by identifying additional opportunities.

• Maintain professional credibility both internally and externally.

• Secure client references for future endeavors.

• Adhere to safety protocols and contribute to a secure working environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.

• 8+ years of experience in organizational change, operations with safety responsibilities, industrial consulting, or a safety-related role.

• CSP or equivalent certification is preferred.

• LEAN Green/Black Belt certification is preferred.

• Experience presenting to leaders spanning from first-line to senior management levels.

• Proven cognitive flexibility.

• Ability to adeptly navigate client ambiguity.

• Capacity to cultivate in-depth knowledge of DEKRA solutions.

• Skill in interpreting how non-safety processes influence safety and culture.

• Capability to formulate strategic plans that support the scope of work and safety excellence.

• Proficiency in managing client excellence alongside DEKRA’s business.

• Ability to foster a project-team culture that aligns with business values.

• Proficient in governance structures and their application.

• Knowledgeable in leading and lagging metrics.

• Experienced in effective change management.

• Familiar with best practices in Safety Management Systems.

• Able to lead a matrixed team effectively.

• Skilled in developing others.

• Willingness to work in diverse client locations, environments, and conditions.

• Flexible with working various shifts based on client activities.

• Capable of extensive travel, including challenging travel and prolonged driving periods.

• Ability to move freely with a full range of motion.

• Ability to lift 25–50 lbs. of luggage.

• Capacity to perform extended periods of computer-based work and standing.

• Availability for domestic and/or potential international travel, estimated up to 75%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive hourly professional fees ranging from $70/hour CAD to $180/hour CAD based on the nature of the work performed.

• Flexible remote work model.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with physical and mental disabilities.