Senior Human Factors Engineer
Full time
at advanced resource managers
in
Online
Posted on January 25, 2025
Job details
- Contract Role - 6 months
- Remote
- £680 a day Inside IR35 The Energy Division at ARM are currently recruiting an experienced Senior Human Factors Engineer to join a leading Nuclear Defence company on a remote basis. Job Overview: Working within a human factors team, your role will be to support engineers and other scientific disciplines operating in the high hazard nuclear regulated industry in:
- The design development of new or modifications to existing site systems, processes and facilities;
- Provide human factors input into the nuclear safety assessment process;
- Support the successful implementation and validation of the human performance elements of the safety case within the operation business setting.
- Providing professional support to the Principal Engineer (Human Factors) who is the professional authority for the Human Factors discipline covering design, safety assessment and human performance related aspects of the DRD business.
- Providing support to the professional growth, development and mentoring of junior members of the human factors team.
- Undertaking human factors assessment work in support of ergonomic design development, safety assessment and the verification / validation of the human performance elements of high hazard systems, processes and facilities.
- The preparation of scopes of work, cost estimates and programmes for human factors assessment work to be undertaken in support of business programmes
- The checking of human factors assessment work undertaken by other members of the human factors team.
- Supporting the business on engaging with regulatory bodies on Human Factors related issues (e.g. ONR, DNSR, EA).
- First degree in Psychology plus MSc in Occupational Psychology, Applied Psychology or, Industrial Psychology
- Ergonomics based discipline or an engineering degree with high psychological / ergonomics content (or equivalent).
- Have significant experience working within high hazard process industries (e.g. nuclear, defence or petrochemical
- Have a sound understanding of nuclear safety assessment principles and safety case production;
- Be familiar with both HF qualitative and quantitative HRA techniques (e.g. HEART, THERP, APJ);
- Be experienced in the application of human factors knowledge / understanding in support of engineering system / process design;
- Be experienced in the application of psychological ethics associated with the undertaking of research and professional practice.
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