Senior Fall Protection Safety Specialist – Remote (Traveling)

Are you driven to grow, lead, and make a meaningful impact? At Apex, we’re building more than a consulting and engineering firm—we’re creating a place where your career accelerates, your contributions matter, and your potential is fully realized. We believe your growth is our growth, which is why we invest in your development at every stage of your career.

Here, you’ll work on projects that shape communities, protect the environment, and create lasting impact, all while being empowered with the autonomy and flexibility to do your best work. Fueled by high quality delivery, exceptional client retention, and strategic acquisitions, Apex Companies continues to rank among the fastest-growing firms in the AEC industry, recently recognized by the Zweig Group for our industry-leading growth. Our success is grounded in strong leadership, a collaborative culture, and a shared commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes.

As we continue to grow, we’re focused on building a team of high-performing professionals who are ready to lead, collaborate, and push what’s possible. At Apex, you don’t just join a company, you help shape what comes next. Role Overview: This role is to provide overarching occupational health and safety expertise to one of Apex’s most valued clients, a national aerospace manufacturer.

Over the last 2 decades Apex has worked hand and hand with the national aerospace manufacturer helping them achieve their occupational health and safety, ergonomic, environmental and engineering goals. The incumbent will serve as a Senior Fall Protection Safety Specialist and act as a site-wide technical lead for fall protection. This role is for the duration of 6 months and would entail temporary relocation to the Puget Sound area in Washington and then Wichita Kansas (expense covered and per diem included for the entire duration of the assignment).

This role is intended for a seasoned safety professional with deep expertise in fall hazard identification, fall protection systems, regulatory compliance, and large-scale program implementation. The ideal candidate will bring the leadership, technical judgment, and field credibility needed to develop, implement, and sustain a comprehensive fall protection program across complex industrial operations. The Senior Fall Protection Safety Specialist will begin their project in the Puget Sound Washington area learning the client’s current fall protection program, operations and processes for one month.

Once trained, they will then deploy to Wichita KS to support the implementation of the fall protection across a new site. The incumbent will act as the primary subject matter expert for all fall protection-related activities at the site. This full-time, onsite role will lead the development of site-wide fall protection strategies, standards, procedures, and execution plans across manufacturing, maintenance, facilities, and operational support environments.

The individual in this role will work closely with operations, engineering, maintenance, leadership, and EHS stakeholders to ensure fall risks are identified, evaluated, and controlled through practical and compliant solutions.

Responsibilities

as a Senior Fall Protection Safety Specialist Using your expertise in fall protection – become familiar with the clients current FP program, operations, processes and strategies. Support the implementation of this program to an alternative site. Lead the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the site-wide fall protection program.

Requirements

, applicable consensus standards, and industry best practices. Conduct and oversee detailed fall hazard assessments for routine and non-routine work activities across manufacturing and industrial operations.

for elevated work activities.