Role

Human Factors Consultant

Birchwood/Work from home flexible

Nuclear project

Market Rates

My client is looking for an experienced Human Factors consultant for a contract role based in Birchwood in Warrington

Human Factors design, safety case and security support The Human Factors resource will need to be fully embedded / integrated with the RAP Project, in particular the design / engineering, pre-ops and safety disciplines. The key Human Factors activities planned include:

Project planning / management, for example:

Management of live Human Factors scope and strategy document
Human Factors planning / scoping activities for subsequent project phases
Logging, tracking and closing off Human Factors issues, actions and requirements.
Human Factors design support, for example:

Understanding the role of the operator – task analysis on key functions/tasks to inform design development, Human Factors requirements capture and Human Factors design advice
Attendance at key design review meetings (SDDR, MDDR)
Input into optioneering / design of analytical techniques and proposed technologies
Providing ergonomic design advice / review to aspects such as HMI, anthropometric assessment, glovebox design, maintenance tasks, access / egress, workspace layout, etc.
Human Factors support to Analytical Equipment Modifiers / down selection and nuclearisation of instruments o
Human Factors design verification of operator tasks, equipment design and workplace environments
Human Factors support to Pre-operations function (staffing levels, training, competency, procedures, etc.).
Human Factors safety case support, for example:
Input into the nuclear safety case strategy, utilising SL Human Factors methodologies
Attendance at HAZOPs and input into fault identification
Input into allocation of safety function to operational controls
Input into the development of radiological, criticality and chemotoxic safety assessments
Human Factors substantiation of safety significant tasks / operator claims.
Human Factors security support, for example:
Developing Human Factors in security design principles and guidance
Human Factors review and substantiation of security claims
Human Factors support will also be required throughout the remaining project lifecycle, to ensure that the operator role is adequate and that the design outcome meets the user needs, accommodates for human psychological and physical characteristics and minimises the potential for human error and violations.

Experience Required

Senior Human Factors Assessor (Required)
Strong Human Factors Experience (Required)
Significant experience in providing integrated Human Factors design and safety case support to the nuclear industry (Required)
Sellafield experience would be advantageous (Desirable)
Experience in Human Factors in security would be advantageous (Desirable)
Knowledge and experience working within the UK nuclear regulatory framework would be advantageous (Desirable)
Ability to work autonomously as part of an integrated team (Required)