Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. State Compensation Insurance Fund is California’s leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier. The Ergonomics Consultant provides complex ergonomic assessments, workplace evaluations, risk reduction recommendations, training, and consultations to help employers reduce injuries and workers’ compensation costs throughout Southern California.
Responsibilities
- Provide ergonomic assessments for a variety of policyholders, primarily with industrial operations, that present more complex and difficult risk conditions, throughout Southern California
- Conduct workplace evaluations, identifying ergonomic risks and providing engineering control and work practice recommendations that reduce musculoskeletal injuries
- Deliver professional high level ergonomic training to policyholder employees and peers, which can involve research and mentoring
Skills
- Thorough knowledge of ergonomic principles, body mechanics, and injury prevention practices, tools, and equipment
- Professional experience providing ergonomic surveys and consultations in a variety of workplace environments
- Formal education or specialized training in ergonomics or a related field
- Competency in assessment methodologies, evaluation tools, and risk analysis techniques to develop practical recommendations that reduce injury exposures
- Ability to identify and prioritize ergonomic risks in given tasks, suggest process or equipment. improvements to reduce risks, and communicate solutions successfully to get employer buy-in
- Ability to influence others to implement practical injury prevention strategies
- Experience building collaborative working relationships and providing consultative guidance to employers, managers, and employees regarding workplace best practices
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to learn and utilize evolving technologies and ergonomic assessment tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, consultation, presentation, and training abilities
- Organized self-starter with ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment
- Candidates may live in any Southern California location to perform this job
- Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE)
- Associate Ergonomics Professional (AEP)
- Certified Industrial Ergonomist (CIE)
- Certified Associate Ergonomist (CAE)
Benefits
- Alternate Work Schedule options
- On-the-job training
- Various health, dental and vision plans to choose from
- Retirement plans (CalPERS, 401(k) and 457 Deferred Compensation Plans)
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional Development Days
- Personal Holidays
- Tuition Assistance
- Leadership Training
- Mentoring Program
- Transit Pass Program
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