Role: Ergonomics Specialist Location: Broughton Duration: 12-month contract possibility for extension Pay rate: Negotiable Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Ergonomist to be part of one of our esteemed defence client's team based in Broughton.
This is an opportunity to influence and drive change in an established wing manufacturing facility.
The Ergonomics team is a small team but is extremely influential within the manufacturing engineering department.
It also has close working relationships with operations, design engineering and health & safety across the Plant for all variants of the commercial aircraft.
The team focuses on optimising human working conditions and the overall system performance for both existing and new manufacturing tooling and processes.
Roles and responsibilities Perform ergonomics work analysis of Assembly/ Installation activities Provide ergonomics recommendations to address any ergonomic associated risk factors Support building ergonomics action plans, suited to the industrial strategy and future evolutions, and validated it with the senior leaders Contribute to definition of specifications, call for tenders, and subcontractor piloting in the frame of Ergonomics related outsourced work packages on the specific 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 a 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 the local Health and Safety representatives on Ergonomic associated matters.
Be ready to support specific ergonomic actions/task forces on other transnational locations.
Required skills 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 TPBN1_UKTJ