On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Ergonomist on an initial 8‑month contract. The Ergonomist will join a small team focused on optimising human working conditions and overall system performance for both existing and new manufacturing tooling and processes.
Key Details
* Role: Ergonomist
* Pay: £ DOE per hour via umbrella
* Location: Broughton
* Contract: Monday‑Friday, 35 hours per week, 8 months
* IR35 Status: Inside
* Security Clearance: BPSS
Responsibilities
* Perform ergonomics work analysis of assembly/installation activities
* Provide ergonomics recommendations to address ergonomic risk factors
* Support building ergonomics action plans, suited to the industrial strategy and future evolutions, and validate them with senior leaders
* Contribute to definition of specifications, call for tenders, and subcontractor piloting in the frame of ergonomics‑related outsourced work packages on the site
* Ensure with jigs and machine suppliers that ergonomics is taken into account
* Develop solutions for risk and hazard reduction using a technical, organisational and training approach
* Monitor international regulatory and scientific development for deployment and guidance
* Ensure Ergonomics Tactical Implementation plan for the location is in place and maintained up to date
* Ensure effective communication with local Health and Safety representatives on ergonomic matters
* Be ready to support specific ergonomic actions or task forces on other transnational locations
Essential Skills
* Educated to degree (or higher) level in Ergonomics/Human Factors (delivered by an accredited CIEHF higher education body)
* Accredited to (or working towards) Registered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) or equivalent
* Good background in work physiology, human cognitive behaviours, biomechanics, and cognition
* Experience in identifying ergonomics risk factors in the workplace and proposing mitigation solutions to management
* Experience of all aspects of ergonomics including assessment of working methods, applicable standards, risk ratings, assessment tools, technical report writing, and development of technical solutions
* Experience in anticipating risks (e.g. new designs & processes)
* Knowledge and/or experience of relevant regulations and standards relating to the workplace
* Knowledge of all aspects of ergonomics, both existing and future developments
* Effective communication skills, written and verbal
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