Industrial - Ergonomic Engineer

When you join the Sandalwood team, you’ll 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, you’ll work with multiple customers, as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwood’s areas of expertise of Injury Prevention, Systems Engineering & Systems Integration. You’ll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwood’s deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

You will have opportunities to help lead your own individual development with programs designed to guide you. Feeling you haven’t 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 Sandalwood’s 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 team’s background, our companies’ core values and community need

Sandalwood’s people are it’s greatest and most treasured asset. Learn more about our focus on our people on our YouTube Channel, Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics.

We're 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

Working knowledge of traditional Industrial Engineering Methods and Tools (i.e. Method/Time/Motion Studies, Work Allocation)

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 engineering & ergonomics standards

The ability to report project status accurately and in timely fashion to manager level management

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 engineering & ergonomic risks

Evaluate Workstations/Operations based on Engineering & Ergonomic Risk 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; 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 and time study workstations

Evaluate workstations based on safety risks and quality requirements

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.

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 engineering & 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 and/or engineering

Experience in automotive industry

Automotive customer portals knowledge

Additional Information

Environment- Typical office and or manufacturing plant floor facilities; Product Launch

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

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

Training & Development

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