Bupa
Ergonomist & Safety Officer
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Ergonomist & Safety Officer
Location: Staines TW18 3DZ or Salford Quays M50 3SP
Hybrid and flexible working options available
2-3 days a week in the office required
Contract: Permanent
Full-time position: 37.5 hours
Salary: From £35,000 - £40,000 (dependent upon experience)
About the Role
We're looking for a qualified Ergonomist to join our Occupational Health & Safety team and help shape safer, healthier and more productive workplaces across the UK. This is an opportunity to use your expertise to prevent musculoskeletal injuries, support workplace adjustments, and improve the day-to-day experience of colleagues in office, operational and hybrid working environments.
As our subject matter expert in ergonomics and human factors, you'll work closely with managers, employees, Occupational Health and Health & Safety colleagues to identify risks, provide practical solutions and drive a proactive approach to wellbeing and workplace design.
What you’ll do:
- Conducting DSE and ergonomic workstation assessments across office, operational and hybrid working environments.
- Supporting employees who require workplace adjustments due to musculoskeletal conditions, health concerns or individual needs.
- Identifying ergonomic risks and recommending practical workplace improvements.
- Analysing incident and wellbeing data to identify trends and develop targeted interventions.
- Providing guidance, training and education on best practice ergonomics and safe ways of working.
- Reviewing and improving ergonomics-related policies, processes, assessment & reporting templates, ensuring alignment with best practice and organisational requirements.
- Supporting wider Health & Safety activities including audits, risk management and investigations.
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What you’ll bring:
- Qualified in Ergonomics, Human Factors, Occupational Health, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or a related discipline.
- Chartered or Registered Member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF).
- Previous experience in an ergonomics-focused role.
- Experience of workplace adjustments, ergonomic assessments and DSE assessments.
- Strong understanding of musculoskeletal injury prevention and workplace design.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Comfortable working independently and managing a varied workload across multiple locations.
You'll help our people work safely and comfortably by delivering high-quality ergonomic assessments, implementing effective workplace adjustments, reducing ergonomic risks and using data insights to drive meaningful improvements across the business. You'll be a trusted advisor who combines technical expertise with a practical, people-focused approach.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Flexible Holidays scheme: 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
- Environmental – Electric Car Scheme and Payroll giving scheme.
- Financial – Stream, Discounts platform, Loan and saving schemes and Enhanced Pension Scheme.
- Mental and Physical - Family mental health line, Bupa Health Insurance, through benefit in kind
- Social: Volunteering days and Be You at Bupa Network
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Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
This is an opportunity to have a genuine impact on employee wellbeing while working with a supportive and collaborative team. If that sounds like the role for you, we'd love to receive your application
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
People & HR
Locations:
Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
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