Senior Fall Protection Safety Specialist – Remote

Role Overview

This role is to provide overarching occupational health and safety expertise to one of Apex’s valued clients, a national aerospace manufacturer. Over the last 2 decades Apex has worked hand in 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 deploy to Wichita KS to support the implementation of 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.

• Using your expertise in fall protection, become familiar with the client’s 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.
• Serve as the site’s primary technical authority on fall protection, including OSHA 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.
• Develop fall protection procedures, policies, rescue plans, and safe work requirements for elevated work activities.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to evaluate, select, and implement engineered fall protection solutions such as guardrails, anchor systems, lifelines, platforms, and personal fall arrest or restraint systems.
• Provide technical review and oversight for the installation, use, inspection, and maintenance of fall protection equipment and systems.
• Establish site expectations and governance for competent person, qualified person, authorized user, and rescue-related responsibilities.
• Develop and deliver training for employees, supervisors, and site leadership on fall hazard recognition, equipment use, inspection requirements, and emergency response.
• Support contractor safety processes and ensure fall protection requirements are integrated into contractor planning and execution.
• Lead or support investigations involving fall-related incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, including corrective action development and closure.
• Track program performance metrics, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations to improve compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Mentor site safety personnel and operational leaders to build long-term internal capability and ownership of fall protection requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, engineering, industrial hygiene, or a related technical discipline required.
• Minimum…