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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for all Ergonomics work across HS2.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I wad responsible for all ergonomics project (CAPEX) work across the company. I line managed a team who worked across all areas of the railway from new system development i.e. traffic management and ETCS (European Train Control System), signalling renewals and enhancements to station design and passenger behaviour and wayfinding.I worked directly on the ETCS generic design for the GB railway, the first ETCS implementation projects and as the Ergonomics Assurance manger for the… Show more I wad responsible for all ergonomics project (CAPEX) work across the company. I line managed a team who worked across all areas of the railway from new system development i.e. traffic management and ETCS (European Train Control System), signalling renewals and enhancements to station design and passenger behaviour and wayfinding.I worked directly on the ETCS generic design for the GB railway, the first ETCS implementation projects and as the Ergonomics Assurance manger for the Thameslink Programme (a 5 billion pound upgrade and of lines and stations through central London). Show less

London, Birmingham, Milton Keynes; United Kingdom

As part of this role I was the Ergonomics Programme Manager for the London based Thameslink Project.This entailed providing:• Ergonomics support to all projects across the programme by defining and managing their Ergonomics Deliverables• Providing assurance that work carried out is of high quality and complies with Network Rail Standards and follows Ergonomics best practice.• Writing remits• Managing the resources that carry out the work (both internal and external)… Show more As part of this role I was the Ergonomics Programme Manager for the London based Thameslink Project.This entailed providing:• Ergonomics support to all projects across the programme by defining and managing their Ergonomics Deliverables• Providing assurance that work carried out is of high quality and complies with Network Rail Standards and follows Ergonomics best practice.• Writing remits• Managing the resources that carry out the work (both internal and external), • Sign off for all Ergonomics deliverables. • Provide direct Ergonomics advice and guidance to the higher level strategic programme work.• Direct involvement with the design and implementation of new and novel systems (ETCS, ATO)My main areas of HF were:• Control Centre Design• Desk design• Workload assessments• New system design and development• Ergonomics AssuranceFollowing my work with the pilot scheme in Wales, I also worked as part of the Network Rail national ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) development team. This involved working with the development team and suppliers to define the GB rail Generic design, requirements operational concept.This requires HAZOP and HAZID reviews of the design, identifying specific areas of HF concern or risk, and assessing the risks to support (or change) the design.My main areas of HF were:• Input to HAZOP / HAZID safety reviews• Managing HF issues• Assessment of effects on Driver and signaller behaviour• New system design and development• Ergonomics Assurance Show less

London, Birmingham

Work covering a broad spectrum of ergonomic areas including physical ergonomics, cognitive workload assessments, environmental design, workplace design, display screen designs and introducing new technologies / systems in a safety critical environmentSome of the Key projects that I have been involved in include:ERTMS / ETCS - Pilot Scheme: A large project implementing the first In Cab signalling system in the UK and as such its successful implementation is a high priority… Show more Work covering a broad spectrum of ergonomic areas including physical ergonomics, cognitive workload assessments, environmental design, workplace design, display screen designs and introducing new technologies / systems in a safety critical environmentSome of the Key projects that I have been involved in include:ERTMS / ETCS - Pilot Scheme: A large project implementing the first In Cab signalling system in the UK and as such its successful implementation is a high priority to the company.This project required me to work within a project team focusing mainly on the signallers control system design and specification. I worked with a large number of people of varying levels within the company and had to be persuasive and confident about my views in order to help deliver a safe and ergonomically sound system.Lever Weight Assessment: I established a risk assessment process for the lever pulling in signal boxes, whilst establishing safe limits for the weight that can be pulled by signallers. This has been the first work of its kind within the railway and has established high level support within the company and will lead to a long term improvement plan, with an agreed investment budget, for the lever boxes that fall out side of the acceptable limits.Re-signalling projects: I worked on numerous smaller re-signalling projects that required me to work on my own and also to quickly establish working relationships with the team in order to influence the design and the project decisions. The smaller projects require a disciplined approach and the ability to communicate effectively and establish relationships quickly as you are not based with the project team on a full time basis. Show less

Cologne Area, Germany; Saarlouis, Germany; Dunton Essex, Uk

My first role at Ford was as the Programme Ergonomist for the Fiesta and Focus CMax.This was a manufacturing ergonomics role.The main areas of work were:• Ergonomics assessment of all assembly line operations• Addressing issues at the design stage of new vehicles• Design and layout of assembly line• Managing all issues from vehicle concept through to launchIn my subsequent role at Ford I set up and ran a virtual reality lab (using 'Jack' and motion tracking) to… Show more My first role at Ford was as the Programme Ergonomist for the Fiesta and Focus CMax.This was a manufacturing ergonomics role.The main areas of work were:• Ergonomics assessment of all assembly line operations• Addressing issues at the design stage of new vehicles• Design and layout of assembly line• Managing all issues from vehicle concept through to launchIn my subsequent role at Ford I set up and ran a virtual reality lab (using 'Jack' and motion tracking) to carry out ergonomic assessments of vehicle design and assembly processes prior to prototypes being built.Assessing the vehicle design and assemble process in virtual reality meant that ergonomics had much greater influence in leading design for assembly. For the first time we were able to drive change in the CAD stage rather than once prototypes were being built and so with little cost effect.Key Ergonomics skills:• Anthropometrics• Design for assembly • Design for safety• Design for quality• CAD / 'Jack' skills for carrying out virtual ergonomic assessments. Show less

Master’S Degree, Msc Work Design And Ergonomics

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, Bsc (Hons) - 2(I)