Ergonomist

Our client, a global centre of excellence in manufacture in Broughton is seeking an ergonomics specialist to join their team to assist with increased efficiency and to minimise the negative impact of the work packages on both the human and the manufacturing systems.

This is a 12 month contract based onsite in Broughton.

The role will include responsibilities as follows:

• Influence product development in line with design for manufacture principles
• Develop and drive strategic plans for ergonomic risk reduction interventions
• Identifying work related ergonomic risk factors at the workplace and propose solutions to mitigate risks
• Anticipation of risk, application of theory, principles, data and methods to enable design that will optimise human health and overall production system efficiency
• Application of national laws, Regulations and standards related to Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Support Human factor improvement projects with different stakeholders
• Defining how to integrate a User-Centered Design process, with an HOF systemic and systematic analysis,

About you:

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to degree (or higher) level in Ergonomics/Human Factors (delivered by an accredited CIEHF higher education body)
• Accredited to (or demonstrated working towards) Registered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) or equivalent
• You will have physiology knowledge (including work analysis, knowledge on human cognitive behaviours )
• Good background on human factor sciences, work physiology, biomechanics, cognition.
• Experience in identifying ergonomics risk factors in the workplace
• Experience in anticipating risk (e.g. new designs & processes)
• Knowledge and/or experience of the relevant Regulations and Standards relating to
• the workplace
• Knowledge on all aspects of ergonomics, both existing and future developments

If you'd like to discuss this role in more detail, please send your updated CV to