Ergonomics Consultant

About the role

Join State Compensation Insurance Fund, California’s leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier, and help employers identify workplace risk factors, implement practical solutions, and support healthier work environments. You’ll work across a wide range of industries, turning ergonomic knowledge into meaningful, real-world results.

Responsibilities

• Provide ergonomic assessments for a variety of policyholders, primarily with industrial operations, that present more complex and difficult risk conditions, throughout Southern California.
• Conduct workplace evaluations, identifying ergonomic risks and providing engineering control and work practice recommendations that reduce musculoskeletal injuries.
• Deliver professional high-level ergonomic training to policyholder employees and peers, which can involve research and mentoring.
• Work from an approved telework location and travel to conduct onsite ergonomic evaluations, trainings, and consultations with employers throughout the assigned region.
• Interviews for this position will be conducted online and in person for finalists.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of ergonomic principles, body mechanics, and injury prevention practices, tools, and equipment.
• Professional experience providing ergonomic surveys and consultations in a variety of workplace environments.
• Formal education or specialized training in ergonomics or a related field.
• Competency in assessment methodologies, evaluation tools, and risk analysis techniques to develop practical recommendations that reduce injury exposures.
• Able to identify and prioritize ergonomic risks in given tasks, suggest process or equipment improvements to reduce risks, and communicate solutions successfully to get employer buy-in.
• Able to influence others to implement practical injury prevention strategies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to learn and utilize evolving technologies and ergonomic assessment tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, consultation, presentation, and training abilities.
• Organized self-starter with ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE)
• Associate Ergonomics Professional (AEP)
• Certified Industrial Ergonomist (CIE)
• Certified Associate Ergonomist (CAE)

Benefits

• Alternate Work Schedule options
• On-the-job training
• Variety of health, dental and vision plans to choose from
• Retail plans (CalPERS, 401(k) and 457 Deferred Compensation Plans)
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Professional Development Days
• Personal Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Mentoring Program
• Transit Pass Program

Pay

SALARY: $9,713 - $12,151 per month (New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.)

Schedule

Final filing date: 9/27/2026