Ergonomist in Broughton

Located on the North Wales / Cheshire border, Broughton is the largest Airbus plant in the UK and focuses primarily on the manufacture of wings for the Airbus family of aircraft. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Ergonomist to join the team at Broughton. Working within the Manufacturing Engineering organisation, this is an opportunity to influence and drive change in an established wing manufacturing facility. The small but extremely influential Ergonomics team have close working relationships with Operations, Design Engineering and Health & Safety across the Plant for all variants of commercial aircraft. The focus is on optimising human working conditions and the overall system performance for both existing and new manufacturing tooling and processes.

Main Tasks and Activities:

• Increase efficiency and minimise the negative impact of the work packages on both the human and the manufacturing systems
• Perform ergonomics work analysis of Assembly/ Installation activities
• Identifying work related ergonomic risk factors at the workplace and propose solutions to mitigate risks
• Support building ergonomics action plans, suited to the industrial strategy and future evolutions
• 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
• Ensure Ergonomics Tactical Implementation plan for the location is in place and maintained up to date
• Be ready to support specific ergonomic actions/task forces on other transnational locations

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Educated to degree level (or higher) 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
• Good background on human factor sciences, work physiology, biomechanics, cognition
• Experience in identifying ergonomics risk factors in the workplace, proposing risk 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 risk (e.g. new designs & processes)
• Knowledge and / or experience of the relevant Regulations and Standards relating to the workplace
• Previous experience of working in an Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering environment is desirable

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

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