Senior Consultant – Safety Culture, Leadership Development

Role Overview

• Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
• When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.
• We are seeking a dynamic, curious, inclusive, and collaborative facilitator to join our global consulting team as a Senior Consultant
• Safety Culture & Leadership Development.
• Lead strategic consulting engagements to help organizations embed safety into every aspect of their business.
• 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.
• Build trusted relationships with customer senior leaders and key influencers to drive engagement, secure support, and guide long‑term cultural change.
• 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.
• Role‑model Caterpillar Values and the principles of Caterpillar Safety Services, providing constructive feedback and positive reinforcement to teammates and customer partners.
• Partner with cross‑functional team members across consulting, account management, and product support to refine processes, enhance materials, and evolve Caterpillar’s culture and leadership solutions.
• Extensive travel required (up to 75% of working time).

Requirements

• 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: Bachelor’s or Master’s 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.

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