Ergonomic Engineer

When you join the Sandalwood team youll join an engaging and inclusive group with a mission to help our customers identify assess and reduce work-related risks to quality productivity and employee health.

In your day to day activities youll work with multiple customers as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwoods areas of expertise of Injury Prevention Systems Engineering & Systems Integration. Youll help customers innovate solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwoods deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

You will have opportunities to help lead your own individual development with programs designed to guide you. Feeling you havent been recognized lately You will have the chance to consistently appreciate your coworkers and be appreciated by your coworkers for continued distinction using our peer to peer appreciation and feedback software.

You will be encouraged to participate in Sandalwoods multitude of extra-curricular activities including:

• An innovative health safety and wellness program
• An internal innovation forum to guide and develop innovation initiatives
• The all-team meeting and staff day planning committee dedicated to fostering team dynamics collaboration and cross-functional interactions
• Participating in on-campus and virtual recruiting
• The social committee plans various get-togethers for the team outside of work
• Our cross-line of business marketing committee assists with marketing planning ideas and collaboration
• The mentorship program provides a forum for mentors/mentees to connect and provide feedback make connections and offer encouragement
• Community involvement opportunities driven by our teams background our companies core values and community need

Sandalwoods people are its greatest and most treasured asset. Learn more about our focus on our people on our YouTube Channel Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics.

Were currently looking for an Industrial / Ergonomic Engineer to join our growing team of engineering and ergonomics professionals. Details about the role are as follows:

Successful candidates will have the following attributes

• Knowledge of ergonomic risk assessments: NIOSH Liberty Mutual Rodgers/Kodak Strain Index AAMA Metabolic RULA REBA Anthropometric tables and other Ergonomic tools
• Experience applying industrial ergonomics
• The ability to report project status accurately and in timely fashion to manager level management
• Strong Negotiation skills to drive timing targets
• Working under pressure and time availability
• Teamwork proactive with sense of urgency & customer service attitude to drive customer satisfaction (internal & external)
• Strong communication skills to interact with different level of members within the organization
• Organizational and planning skills
• Experience in the manufacturing environment
• Knowledge on Ergonomic simulation software (Jack)

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support different teams in the evaluation of existing/future workstation regarding ergonomic risks
• Evaluate Workstations/Operations based on Ergonomic Risks Assessments
• Recommend corrective actions and lead teams to completion as needed
• Meet Program Deliverables on time and schedule
• Provide regular (daily weekly etc.) Tracking Status to the designated Team Leader
• Attend designated meetings to provide status reports
• Accomplish the department objectives addressed by the client using problem solving techniques
• Capture and register for all tryouts runoffs and quality impacts for the project implementations and engineering updates/upgrades
• Manage within master timing charts with corrective actions and recovery plans identified where needed
• Support and follow up of open issues
• Design of new workstations
• Creation and edition of operator instructions sheets
• Evaluate workstations based on safety risk
• Evaluate workstations based on quality requirements
• Creation and edition of time study workstations to meet the workload
• Edition of process sheets for the process (elements parts tools and variation codes)
• Allocation of process sheets through workstations/operations
• Accomplish the department objectives addressed by the client using problem solving technique.

• Accomplish the department objectives addressed by the client using problem solving technique.

• Conduct physical demands analyses ergonomic risk analyses on single jobs production lines or entire plants
• Perform ergonomic assessments using standard ergonomic analysis tools and/or using Digital Human Modeling software and complete detailed technical reports
• Provide assembly plant ergonomic support to identify and prioritize ergonomic risks conduct ergonomic risk assessments and provide recommendations on elimination of risk.
• Perform virtual assessment of Ergonomic risk utilizing such software systems as Teamcenter Process Simulate and/or Jack and provide recommendations for improvements
• Develop ergonomic specifications and standards through literature review research and ergonomic analysis

• B.S. or M.S. in Kinesiology Industrial Engineering Human Factors Occupational Biomechanics Ergonomics or a related discipline
• Associate Ergonomics Professional (AEP) Associate Ergonomist (AE) certification or Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) is an asset
• Minimum of 1-2 years of industrial ergonomics or a passion to learn and grow in the industry
• Experience in automotive industry
• Automotive customer portals knowledge
• Fluent- written and spoken technical English language

Additional Information

• Environment- Typical office and or manufacturing plant floor facilities
• May be required to work outside of typical office hours to support client projects
• Ability to work independently with little or limited supervision

• Health Care Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development