Human Factors Specialist

Human Factors Engineers (across multiple grades)

Location: Reading / Basingstoke Area

Salary: £30,000 - £70,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement 270 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) plus every other Friday off
• Flexible working hours
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
• Relocation package available (terms & conditions apply)

You will deliver the Human Factors input to the design and assessment of AWE's facilities and processes as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing Human Factors Integration to the delivery of design and engineering projects
• Providing Human Factors Integration to the production of safety cases
• Developing and maintaining a suite of corporate Human Factors guides and standards
• Performing the role of Human Factors Intelligent Customer on behalf of the business
• Promoting Human Factors across the business
• Providing Human Factors support to wider business activities (e.g. Security, Incident Investigation, Nuclear Threat Reduction, Future Technologies)

Whilst not considered a check list, we aspire for candidates to be able to demonstrate:

• A background in delivering Human Factors design and engineering solutions in safety critical or regulated industries
• Experience of Human Factors methods, tools and techniques
• Experience of applying human factors methods in a dynamic, multi-disciplined environment
• Higher education qualification in relevant a discipline (Engineering, Science, Ergonomics, Psychology etc)
• Ability to manage both technical and non-technical stakeholder relationships