Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Ergonomics Engineer / Ergonomics Specialist to support ergonomic assessments across assembly workstations, manufacturing processes, and material handling activities. The ideal candidate will identify ergonomic and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risks and develop practical improvements to enhance workplace safety, operator comfort, and productivity. This role will collaborate closely with Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Safety, EHS, and Manufacturing teams. The position will also support continuous improvement, ergonomic training, compliance, data analysis, and digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct ergonomic assessments for assembly workstations, manufacturing processes, and material handling tasks.
- Perform ergonomic risk assessments using RULA, REBA, NIOSH, and other standard tools.
- Analyze operator posture, force, repetition, and task frequency.
- Identify MSD risks, unsafe practices, and workplace hazards.
- Evaluate layouts, tooling, equipment, and work cell designs.
- Recommend and implement ergonomic improvements, including workstation redesign, height adjustments, assist devices, tooling changes, and process re-engineering.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate ergonomics into product design and manufacturing processes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support process optimization and productivity improvement.
- Work closely with Industrial Engineering, Safety, EHS, and Manufacturing teams.
- Develop and maintain ergonomic assessment reports, risk registers, and mitigation plans.
- Document findings, recommendations, and implementation impact.
- Conduct training on ergonomic best practices and safe work methods.
- Coach operators and supervisors on posture, lifting techniques, and risk prevention.
- Use Digital Human Modeling and digital ergonomic solutions such as JACK, DELMIA, and Process Simulate.
- Analyze data and track the effectiveness of ergonomic interventions.
- Support digital transformation initiatives in ergonomics.
- Ensure compliance with ergonomic standards and occupational health and safety regulations.
Key Requirements
- Hands-on experience conducting ergonomic assessments in assembly, manufacturing, or material handling environments.
- Strong knowledge of RULA, REBA, and NIOSH ergonomic risk assessment methods.
- Experience evaluating posture, force, repetition, task frequency, and MSD risks.
- Experience with workstation, work cell, tooling, and equipment evaluations.
- Proven ability to recommend and implement ergonomic improvements.
- Experience collaborating with Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Safety, EHS, and Manufacturing teams.
- Experience with Digital Human Modeling tools such as JACK, DELMIA, or Process Simulate is highly relevant.
- Strong documentation, analytical, communication, training, and problem-solving skills.