PLEASE NOTE – This role requires frequent travel to customer sites in Redmond, WA and throughout North America.
The Global Ergonomics Program Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of ergonomic strategies and programs for the global workforce of a leading global high technology customer. This role will drive initiatives that optimize the health, safety, and productivity of employees in diverse environments, including hybrid offices, research labs, manufacturing facilities, and remote work. The ideal candidate will be adept at driving strategy and customer engagement and lead a team of ergonomists. This role takes direct instruction from the customer and is embedded to a single customer account.
Job Functions
- Develop and implement a global ergonomics strategy and corresponding programming that is customized to customer’s diverse workforce and aligned with customer’s goals of innovation, inclusion, employee well-being, accessibility, inclusivity, and environmental responsibility.
- Oversee workload distribution, professional development, and performance management to ensure the team meets organizational goals and delivers exceptional results.
- Manage and mentor a global team of up to 10 ergonomists, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture; Provide thought leadership and ensure the team stays updated on the latest ergonomic trends, research, and technologies.
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure improvements in productivity, injury reduction, and employee satisfaction.
- Design and deliver scalable training programs to empower global team of ergomists and customer’s employees to apply ergonpomic best practices and principlesfir enhancingtheir comfort, productivity, and well-being.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement measures to mitigate ergonomic hazards in customer’s diverse working environments that include including traditional offices, hybrid offices, research labs, manufacturing facilities, and remote work.
- Leverage workplace analytics and employee feedback to track the effectiveness of ergonomic programs and initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable global, National, State, and customer internal workplace safety and health regulations and programs.
- Partner with stakeholders across customer’s organization to embed ergonomic principles into workplace design, technologies, tools, and practices.
- Work with vendor to ensure on-line ergonomic assessment tools (office self-assessment and industrial assessment) function properly and employee use concerns are addressed promptly; recommend changes to improve the employee experiences.
- Lead global campaigns to promote awareness of ergonomic practices.
- Performs other duties as assigned.