Staff Consultant - Human Factors

About ESi

Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) is an engineering and scientific investigation and failure analysis firm. We primarily work with law firms, insurance companies, and manufacturers on small to large-scale projects to answer any technical questions they have. Our projects can entail investigating major transportation accidents, equipment failures, personal injury claims, and damage to residential or commercial structures. The variety and depth of our project work creates a variety of fulfilling roles at ESi.

Some of the benefits we can offer you!

• Professional Development investment
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Merit Bonus
• Annual Bonus
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) – encouraged to take at least 20 days of paid time off/year
• Career Growth
• Pet Insurance
• Work/Life Balance
• 10 paid holidays (9 standard holidays and 1 floating holiday)
• Access to Wellbeats – on-demand fitness & well-being videos
• Wellness Reimbursement
• 30-minute fitness break available in addition to 1-hour lunch break
• Business casual dress code and positive working environment
• Continuing education opportunities
  

Job Description:

This position requires an individual with an extensive background and/or experience in Human Factors, ergonomics and safety. The job involves incident investigations, including accident reconstruction. Projects require field work, investigation, analysis, reports and the potential for testifying in court. The candidate should have experience participating in or managing projects of moderate to large complexity and/or size. Candidate will also provide Human Factors expertise, including multi-disciplinary projects related to accidents, their cause and prevention, human cognitive limitations and response capabilities. Responsible for planning, directing and coordinating activities of small to large scale client projects to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed timing and financial constraints by performing duties personally or in conjunction with other consultants. Assistance and participation in all phases of project management from proposal through closing. Project duties to include recruitment, staffing, logistics and work plan as well as technical analysis based on scientific principles. Work will include research to obtain and review technical data, scientific literature and standards. Professional certifications and a good publication record are required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviews project proposals or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project and arranges for project personnel.
• Confers with project staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Prepares/reviews status reports and modifies schedules or plans as required.
• Prepares project reports for management, client, or others.
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Coordinates project activities with activities of government regulatory or other governmental agencies.
• May work under the direction of a Senior Consultant regarding any of the above responsibilities.

Qualifications

Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field.

Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Experimental or Cognitive Psychology, or related field preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) preferred.

CHFP (Certified Human Factors Professional), CPE (Certified Professional Ergonomist), or CUXP (Certified User Experience Professional) desirable.

Experience Requirements:

Five years’ work and/or academic experience in a forensic related or relevant industrial position preferred. Familiarity with some of the following: Occupational and consumer product safety, development of product warnings or instructions. Authoring of high quality technical reports and/or peer-reviewed publications. Preferred experience in consulting industry. Strong background in experimental design and statistical analysis. Evidence examination and preservation. Background in forensic field; ability to work directly with insurance industry representatives and attorneys and provide expert testimony as required.

Compensation will be made up of a competitive base salary as well as bonus potential determined by your own individual performance and the performance of the organization overall.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk long distances, stand for extensive periods, negotiate irregular terrain, walk up and down stairs, and climb ladders; to utilize safety equipment including hard hats, hearing and eye protection, and safety harnesses; and to see, hear and communicate audible or visible warnings.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to work outdoors, at night, in variable weather, at heights, alongside operating industrial machinery, and/or around or under damaged or exemplar equipment or vehicles.

It is the policy of ESI, as an equal opportunity employer, to attract and retain the best-qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. ESI is committed to recruiting, hiring, and promoting people with disabilities, as well as veterans. If you need assistance with completing the electronic application, please email your request to employment@engsys.com