Principal Engineer - Human Factors (Safety)

Position - Principal Engineer - Human Factors

Job Description

Delivery of Human Factors input to boat programmes including:
- Spatial, workplace and workspace assessment (understanding of anthropometry)
- Human Computer Interaction (HCI) development and assessment including agile
engineering approaches
- Human Machine Interface (HMI) assessment
- Human Factors Integration Plan (HFIP) and Target Audience Description (TAD)
development
- Provision of Human Factors advice to stakeholders across the range of HF disciplines

Undertake Human Factors work, to support any site based HF safety related activities,
including:

• Write HFIPs (work stream specific)
• Update the HF Issues Registers
• HF attendance / support to Hazard Identification (HAZID)
• HF support to the identification of Human Based safety claims (HBSCs)
• HF input to the Fault Schedule
• HEP calculation sheets in support of the Fault Schedule
• Assess Safety Actions (SAs) - Operator Claims in the safety case
• HF Screening for detailed assessment
• Detailed Detailed Human Error Assessment - DHEA Report

The HFE related roles include the below activities:

• Task Analysis
• Workload Analysis / Assessment of Situation Awareness
• User trials
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI) development and analysis
• Human Reliability Analysis
• Workplace / workspace assessment including anthropometry
• Human Machine Interface Assessment

Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) specialist with the following skills:

• Understanding of Safety Cases Processes (Deterministic Assessment and probabilistic Assessment)
• Understanding of Nuclear Safety Case regulatory framework
• Knowledge of HRA tools
• Task Analysis
• Human Error Qualitative Assessment
• Human Error Quantitative Assessment (HEART and THERP tools)
• Understanding of how to substantiate claims made on the operator within the safety case
• Understanding of how key safety actions are supported by operations (Procedures,
• Training etc)
• Good stakeholder management skills

The Individual

• Human Factors or related degree
• Experience of delivering Human Factors Expertise to large scale projects
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• Position - Principal Engineer - Human Factors (Safety)
• Degree or higher qualified in a human factors or safety related discipline
• Experience of Providing HF advice to a large project
• Knowledge of human factors in nuclear safety cases
• Experience of Hazard ID
• Used to working with Safety Case teams and fault schedules
• Experience of Design Basis Assessment (DBA) and Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) -
• desirable
• Experience in conducting human reliability analyses and Detailed Human Error
• Assessments (DHEA)
• Understanding of nuclear site licensing conditions - SAPs and TAGs
• Skilled communicator
• Diplomatic and good interpersonal skills