Ergonomist Jobs

Workstation Evaluations

• Conduct off-site workstation evaluations
• Work with installers and facility trade services to facilitate installations
• Manage high-risk or disabled individuals’ workstations and work environment
• Recommend modifications and engineering controls to reduce or eliminate ergonomic risk factors
• Evaluate and recommend engineering controls for environmental risk factors
• Insure follow-through and follow-up of workstation recommendations and modifications
• Perform workstation evaluations to recognize and evaluate ergonomic risk factors affecting an individual worker
• Identify problem trends or areas and recommend solutions, e.g., laptop use

Record keeping and data management

• Generate reports based on statistical and predictive/descriptive analysis of symptom incidence, population anthropometrics, etc.
• Document activities related to pain and disability-accommodation cases
• Document workstation observations and interventions
• Provide records to employees or their representative as required by OSHA

Technical Consultation

• Work with information technology groups to solve technology-related workstation problems
• Provide human factor data, engineering controls, and anthropometric input for facility project planning and furniture selection
• Provide technical information to private health care providers or contract employee’s supervisors as required by the OurWorkplace Ergonomics Program
• Work with the designated health providers to help manage pain and disability cases
• Provide internal safety audit assistance
• Conduct industrial/non-office ergonomic evaluations for campus occupants and OurWorkplace operations (e.g., mailroom, cafeteria staff, etc.)
• Share learning’s within the larger BP HSE community and add value to corporate-wide HSE efforts
• Work with vendors to encourage development of better ergonomic products and controls

Training Development and Delivery

• Generate and customize training materials for particular situations or groups
• Maintain and update ergonomic content of OurWorkplace HSSE website
• Develop and deliver technical presentations that benchmark BP’s ergonomic programs to the greater HSE community
• Develop and provide back safety, ergonomic awareness, or other requested health and safety training

Experience & Qualifications

• Ability to interact with a large, varied workforce and a variety of job disciplines, equipment, and furniture
• Maintain professional certifications and continuing education
• Access to additional technical support and expertise on an as-needed basis
• Work experience of no less than 5 years in HSE with an emphasis on ergonomics or human factors
• Ability to work at a high-energy level, crawl under furniture, and execute lifts under 50 pounds
• Tact and sensitivity to employee concerns
• Ability to find or create innovative, original and cost-effective workstation engineering controls

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in human factors, HSE, engineering, or technical field with relevant HSE qualifications is preferred; will consider candidates with equivalent HSE experience and training.

Certifications

• Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) is preferred. If not a CPE, must be eligible and willing to pursue.