Principal Consultant

This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging safety and risk projects for large global clients. The principal goals are to fulfill a leadership role with an accountability for team performance (technical, financial, health and safety, career development), growth in line with ERM’s key strategy and identification and winning approvals / projects.

You will work closely with Partners-In Charge various risk management projects and at the same time have access to ERM's international risk management experts who provide knowledge sharing of best practices across the industry and ongoing learning opportunities for the team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the Safety & Risk team in Malaysia including being responsible for:
People Management:

- Develop a technically strong team and overseeing the team’s continuous improvement through mentoring and assisting with their practice networks around ERM.
- Improve or maintain development, training, engagement and retention of staff.
- Improve collaboration opportunities of team members across the Business Unit practices and show clear personal involvement in regional practices.
- Create a culture around H&S that leads to incident free operations
- Assist Leadership team in mentoring team members to become effective Safety & Risk consultants in the future.
- Business Development and Client Management, in relation to ERM’s Safety & Risk Services offering and calibrating and executing a business strategy that is aimed to grow ERM’s work in this area.
- Project Management of complex technical work & inter-disciplinary work to international standards and deliver commitments made to clients (internal and external) and ERM team members, in line with ERM standards and expectations.
- Technical Guidance, in particular as Technical Reviewer of current and potential projects deliverables and provide sound technical inputs in the development and continuous improvement of ERM is aligned with industry best practices and applicable local and international regulatory requirements. This includes being knowledgeable of and keeping up to date with regulations in Malaysia and international standards in the relevant industrial sectors

Additional Position Requirements:

- Provide technical expertise to Risk & Safety projects
- Manage hazard and risk assessments for oil & gas exploration, production, midstream, refining, distribution and retail facilities though formal safety assessments and safety cases development.
- Manager and performed detailed risk studies and robust technically sound analysis based on reasoned argument and defensible data/information. Typical analysis and studies include:

- Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
- Hazard Identification (HAZID)
- Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)
- Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) methods
- Bow-Tie Diagramming (prevention/recovery analysis)
- Consequence Modelling
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) studies
- Recommend improvement/changes to design to reduce risk improve client’ operation
- Manage the preparation and facilitate safety workshop (i.e HAZIDS, HAZOP, ALARP) including timely client reporting
- Manage safety cases, including developing facility description, safety, management system description and formal safety assessment summaries.
- Prepare high-quality reports with clear diagrams and fully explained analysis and calculations
- Develop and expand client relationships that generate repeat business to grow the Risk practice
- Prepare technical proposals and participate in business development with existing and new clients
- Appropriately delegate project assignments to project team and mentor / help to develop junior staff to become world class consultant
- Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM employees.

QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical or process engineering or related engineering
- 15+ years’ experience in safety risk engineering, preferably in oil & gas, chemical or high-tech sector.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills; experience writing comprehensive technical reports
- Familiarity with HSE cases and supporting safety studies; gained wither through hands on development or in a role that requires familiarity with HSE cases and safety studies.
- Business acumen to understand business risk and challenges,and recognize corporate opportunities.
- Demonstrable track record in delivering sales results annually, including successfully winning large and strategic projects.
- Proven experience mentoring and growing a team of consultants.
- Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written.

Who We Are:
As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment & society through the expertise & energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do & is at the heart of both our service offerings & how we operate our

business. For our people