Human Factors Consultant Full Time

Bristol, Somerset
Datasource Computer Employment

Human Factors Consultant – Permanent – Bristol/Hampshire – £30,000-£60,000

We are recruiting high quality, professional, committed and flexible individuals to join a successful, market leading business.

Our clients require Human Factors consultants to support the latest generation maritime, land and air systems, organisational change support programs, applying civil best practice to military environments and delivering training support to the energy sector and our industry clients.

Human Factors Consultant About The role:

• Our clients require Human Factors consultant to join a growing team, as a member of the team you will have responsibility for quality technical delivery, as well as developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Your client facing tasks will vary from working in multi-disciplinary teams on major engineering programmes to carrying out specialised work on an individual basis, as well as providing support to senior colleagues in delivering specific project outputs.
• The role will also require you to support business development activities including the writing of bids as well as contributing to innovation and knowledge sharing across our Human Factors community.
• In addition, you will need to demonstrate that you can communicate effectively and build positive relationships with colleagues and clients.
• The initial focus of your work is likely to be Defence related projects, but other market areas are also growing in demand for Human Factors resource, as clients gain awareness of the benefits that Human Factors capability can deliver to their businesses.

In addition to a willingness to travel to our client sites you will be able to demonstrate the following:

• A good degree or post graduate qualification in Human Factors or a related discipline, such as psychology, engineering or industrial design
• CIEHF Registered Member status or equivalent or working towards chartership
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• A good knowledge of Human Factors techniques, data and tools
• Demonstrable experience of planning and applying Human Factors Integration (HFI) and Human Factors processes, standards and techniques to engineering projects
• Experience of working in within Defence or high hazard regulated industries
• Knowledge of relevant UK and international standards/guidance and their application
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Human Machine Interface development, scientific methods and statistics, procedures analysis, safety analysis, human performance measurements, Workstation and operations room design
• Evidence of a commitment to technical excellence and continued professional development
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and client facing skills; good powers of communication
• Knowledge of Training Needs Analysis (TNA), development and delivery would be desirable

Additional Information:

• This post is expected to be based in one of the Offices (Hampshire or Bristol), but travel to other offices will be expected as project demands require
• Our client operates a flexible working system, with set core hours and a 37.5 hr week.
• Some work outside standard office hours may be necessary.
• Travel to and from client sites and/or temporary secondment to client’s offices may also be required in the UK and occasionally overseas.

Benefits:

• Our clients offer a challenging and rewarding role, career development, and a competitive reward package which includes the opportunity to purchase up to 15 days additional annual leave per year on top of our standard 25 days paid annual leave.

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