Human Factors Consultant

4 weeks ago

Derby, United Kingdom Risktec Resourcing Full time

**Risktec currently has permanent vacancies for Human Factors Consultants of all experience levels in our UK Offices.**

**About Risktec**
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. Risktec provides risk and safety support to many clients across a broad range of industry sectors. Our services include: consulting, resourcing, training, inspection and research and development.

Risktec has grown strongly since 2001, establishing offices across the UK and internationally. We believe a contributing factor to this growth and what differentiates us in the marketplace is our culture, approach, independence, innovation and knowledge sharing.

**Background to the role**
We are seeing high demand for our services within all established sectors, which include nuclear, oil and gas, transportation and defence. Additionally, we are becoming increasingly involved in supporting the safe and effective development of innovative technologies to mitigate climate change, including onshore/offshore wind energy generation and the hydrogen economy. We are therefore looking for Human Factors Consultants to help grow our Human Factors capabilities across these disciplines.

**Job description**
We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic Human Factors Consultants to work effectively and collaboratively with our Human Factors team. Consultants will be based at one of Risktec’s UK offices (Derby, London, Warrington, Bristol, Edinburgh or Glasgow); hybrid and flexible working arrangements are available.

You will support and lead the technical delivery of existing and new Human Factors projects, helping to grow Risktec’s client and revenue base in high hazard industries. As a member of the Human Factors team, you will have the opportunity to manage and deliver nationally and internationally significant projects. As part of the role, you will develop a good understanding of the technical, engineering and operational issues within a variety of different industries.

Multiple Human Factors vacancies are available at Risktec, ranging from recent graduates through to experience hires.

**Previous Human Factors projects**

As a Risktec Human Factors Consultant, you will provide Human Factors support to a range of interesting and challenging projects across all sectors. A selection of Risktec’s previous Human Factors projects can be seen below:

- **Nuclea**r: international project that developed guidance documentation on human machine interface (HMI) design to support development of a Pressurised Water Reactor nuclear power station.
- **Rail**: supported the roll out of four new classes of unit for a rolling stock manufacturer, the project involved physical ergonomic assessment, user trials and alarms assessment.
- **Oil and gas**: provided a systematic Human Factors review of an offshore jack-up drilling rig to ensure acceptability of design for operations in the UK North Sea.
- **Clean energy**: completed a Human Factors review of inclined boat landing ladder to access offshore wind turbines.
- **Defence**: developed a human factors integration plan for a fuel manufacturing plant.

**Duties and responsibilities**
Providing technical human factors support to colleagues and clients, working in areas such as:

- Human Factors Integration and Human Factors Engineering support to design and engineering projects
- Task Analysis
- Training development and delivery
- Physical ergonomics assessment, including anthropometrics and user trials
- Safety case input
- HMI design and assessment
- Quantitative Human Reliability Assessment / Human Error Analysis
- Safety Culture and Competence Management.

**Requirements**:
Essential requirements are as follows:

- Chartered Ergonomist & Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF) or working towards the award of CIEHF Chartered status
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills
- UK security clearance (or ability to achieve).

**Desirable requirements are as follows**:

- Experience of working in a one or more high hazard industries
- Experienced in project management and used to independent working
- Experience working with multiple, diverse industry stakeholders
- Flexibility and willingness to travel internationally
- Experience in a consultancy environment and all non-technical aspects of such works, for example, proposal writing.

**Personal qualities**:

- Able to work as part of a team, as well as to work independently where needed
- Clear communication skills, both verbal and written, and strong organisational skills and attention to detail both are critical in the work that we do
- Strong analytical and logical skills.

**Benefits**
**Working arrangements**: hybrid and flexible working arrangements are available.

**Financial**: competitive salary and pension, profit share bonus.

**Personal development**: skills training, professional subscriptions and access to the Professional and Po

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