Senior Ergonomist

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Job Description

Location: London or Birmingham

Base salary: £40,750pa to c.£54,650pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As Senior Ergonomist you'll works closely with the Ergonomics & Human Factors (E&HF) Leads, to manage the delivery and assurance of Ergonomics and Human Factors across multiple rail systems, operational business systems and alignment with future operations.

About the role:

• Support the E&HF Leads in the assurance of the design, construction and operations / maintenance of the HS2 railway
• Manage contractors and their deliverables, supporting E&HF Leads, to make sure they are delivering to the HS2 specification and requirements
• Work with HS2 disciplines (e.g. Project Management, Engineering, Systems Integration, Infrastructure Management etc.) to ensure that E&HF is an integral part of the design process
• Provide specialist E&HF input into the development of HS2 ways of working, processes, practises and rules (i.e. how operations and maintenance of HS2 will run when operational)
• Provide E&HF input into safety assessments, HAZIDs, Human Reliability Assessments, as required
• Work with E&HF team members and other senior leaders with regards to E&HF strategy and implementation
• Work with E&HF team members to promote the work that the team does, internally and in the wider E&HF community (e.g. conference presentations)
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work. Support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Demonstrable interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels and across different stakeholders (internal and external)
• Ability to use technical E&HF knowledge and experience to influence outcomes
• Work on multiple projects / work areas, and to develop knowledge of new areas of E&HF (and HS2 / rail)
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas and technical recommendations to peers and to other stakeholders.
• Ability to provide Ergonomics and Human Factors input on systems and operations to project engineering and delivery teams.

Knowledge:

• Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), or demonstrable knowledge and experience as would be required by the CIEHF for Chartered status
• Degree in Ergonomics or Human Factors (or equivalent area e.g. Psychology)
• Broad range of knowledge in applied E&HF

Type of Experience:

• Experience of applying Human Factors principles and methods within a complex, safety critical engineering environment
• Experienced in working in multi-disciplinary teams

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.