“We have 154 employees spread across eight different locations in the State of Texas, and many of them are travelling the state and working on job sites,” he said. “I’m here to identify potential hazards and develop procedures and training programs that will protect our workforce.”

In addition to creating a culture of safety excellence for KSA staffers, Mars said safety is important to the firm’s clients, too.

He brings years of safety management and leadership experience. His team is authorized to teach a variety of regulatory courses as well as extensive experience in safety leadership development consulting and training.

Mars will expand KSA’s services to include safety consulting and training offerings to the oil and gas, manufacturing, health care, food, mining and construction industries. Offerings will range from complex, on-going organizational strategic safety development and management to safety training and consulting services on an as-needed basis.

Mars said KSA encourages firms that have a need to outsource this type of service to contact the company. For more information, log onto ksaeng.com.

Longview-based KSA Engineers provides a range of consulting, management, engineering, planning, surveying and construction services and has more than 30 years experience. KAS has more than 150 employees in eight locations throughout Texas, including Amarillo, Austin, Longview, Lufkin, McKinney, San Angelo, Sugar Land and Tyler.