Senior Consultant Safety Culture & Leadership Development

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dontjust talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

Caterpillar Safety Services partners with teams across Caterpillar Cat dealers and customers worldwide to strengthen safety performance and build longterm safety resilience. We are seeking a dynamic curious inclusive and collaborative facilitator to join our global consulting team as a Senior Consultant - Safety Culture & Leadership Development.

In this role you will help organizations across diverse industries transform their safety culture by strengthening the foundational elements of resilient safety performance Mindset System Leadership and Ownership. Our proven methodologies tools and processes have driven meaningful measurable results within Caterpillar and with customers around the world and you will play a critical role in extending that impact.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Consultant you will lead strategic consulting engagements to help organizations embed safety into every aspect of their business. Key responsibilities include:

Solution Delivery & Consultative Sales

• Lead the consulting relationship once a customer contract is established including full ownership of delivery.

• Collaborate closely with the Consulting Project Coordinator and Industry Account Manager(s) to ensure efficient planning scheduling resource alignment and ongoing customer satisfaction.

• Utilize standard Caterpillar Safety Services materials and processes to fulfill all contract deliverables with excellence and protect Caterpillar intellectual property.

• Win repeat business expansion and referrals through strong customer relationships and highquality delivery.

Strategic Partnership & Visioning

• Cocreate with an Industry Account Manager a longterm strategic roadmap with each customer.

• Build trusted relationships with customer senior leaders and key influencers to drive engagement secure support and guide longterm cultural change.

Leadership Coaching & Culture Transformation

• Coach leaders at all levels to demonstrate visible safety commitment and foster accountability.

• Advise on the development of accountability systems and processes that integrate safety into daily work.

• Guide cross-functional steering teams to build data-driven tactical improvement plans.

• Guide frontline employee continuous improvement teams to design and implement leadingindicator processes that identify hazards mitigate risk and drive accountability for safety ownership.

Internal Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Rolemodel Caterpillar Values and the principles of Caterpillar Safety Services providing constructive feedback and positive reinforcement to teammates and customer partners.

• Partner with crossfunctional team members across consulting account management and product support to refine processes enhance materials and evolve Caterpillars culture and leadership solutions.

Travel & Work Style

Extensive travel required (up to 75% of working time). This position requires a high degree of initiative and accountability to achieve performance targets while working independently. Non-travel office time will be utilized to complete tasks and projects which support customer-facing work generate repeat and new business and contribute to Caterpillar team development.

What skills you will have:
Consulting: Experience in safety management and developing safety management strategies. Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention experience. Proven ability to lead teams through process and performance improvement. Experience with continuous improvement Lean practices and change management.

Collaborating: Exceptional training/facilitation skills - dynamic engagement style that fosters open conversation problem-solving and learning by diverse teams.

Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in delivering solutions.
Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Strong business management acumen.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Effective Communications: Exceptional human relations and interpersonal communication skills. Polished and professional presentation style demonstrating the ability to command an audience with confidence and credibility.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with leaders peers and customers.

Top Candidates will also have:

Bachelors or Masters degree in Environmental Health and Safety Management Business Management or Human Resources.

Experience applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles.
Technical writing skills and experience particularly in survey data interpretation.
Operations experience in an oversight position with a track record of safety improvement.
Certifications in safety management.

Additional Information:

The primary work location for this role is Peoria IL or Portland OR with a requirement to work on-site full-time at a Caterpillar facility.

This position may require 75% travel.

Domestic relocation assistance is not available.

Visa sponsorship international assignments or payroll transfers are not available for this role.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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