Junior Human Factors Engineer

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

London, Greater London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Our Opportunity

We are currently looking for a Junior Human Factors (HF) Engineer to join our team who can provide project delivery support across our range of projects as well as working closely our bidding teams to contribute towards future growth of the company.

This position is ideal for a fresh Graduate coming from a Human Factors or Ergonomics degree, or someone looking for their first career move from a User Centred Design background.

We work closely with the engineering and safety functions in a consultative manner and engage directly with our end users, so strong stakeholder communication is key to the success of this role.

This position is based in London (St Katherine's Dock), with a small percentage of travel to other sites in the UK and occasionally overseas.

Key Responsibilities

You responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• To provide HF input to work packages and have an awareness of project delivery timescales
• Read and understand HF requirements for a project
• Work closely with stakeholders both within Hitachi Rail and externally with clients
• Ensure products and projects meet the needs of the end user groups
• Carry out HF activities at all stages of the systems design lifecycle
• Evaluate HF related issues in order to develop proposals for investigations and/or solutions
• Input to bids

Technical Skills and Experience

You'll need to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Understanding of HF integration
• Able to support a variety of HF work packages and assessments
• Support and present work at customer meetings
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with ability to adapt message content depending on the audience
• Able to make sense of 'noisy' information and solve problems
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Motivated to learn, go on site and develop skills

Human Skills

More than anything else, we're looking for someone who is passionate about Human Factors Engineering.

• Focused on our customers
• Able to learn, understand and then implement ideas and information
• Innovative
• Able to communicate at all levels across the business
• Ambitious and energetic

Qualifications

• Degree/Masters or equivalent in Human Factors/Ergonomics
• Attained or working towards CIEHF

What to Expect

This role will be open to applications until Friday 14th November.

We aim to complete a two-stage interview process. Your first interview will be a virtual interview. The second stage interview will focus on behavioural competencies and will be in-person at our St Katherine's Dock office.

Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you. We may close this role early if we quickly identify suitably strong applicants.

What We Can Offer

We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

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Inclusion and Equal Opportunity

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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