Principal Ergonomics Specialist
Enterprise expert
Career Explorer · Real Estate, Workplace, Facilities & EHS · Ergonomics
Standard where business need supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Defines strategy and standards across a function
- Scope
- Business unit / enterprise capability
- Time horizon
- 1-2 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Recognized authority; shapes investment and technical/professional strategy
- Expected impact
- Changes enterprise outcomes through expertise and influence
Expected skills (19)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountability Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Active listening Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Learning agility Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Ownership Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Problem solving Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Verbal communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Written communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Safety-first judgment across teams. |
Professional (8)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Industrial hygiene Environment, Health & Safety | Core | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Industrial hygiene, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Ergonomics Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Ergonomics, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| ISO 14001 Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for ISO 14001, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| ISO 45001 Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for ISO 45001, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Incident investigation Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Incident investigation, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Job Safety Analysis (JSA), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Safety management systems Environment, Health & Safety | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Safety management systems, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Senior Principal Ergonomics SpecialistIC6IC promotion
Move from enterprise expert to senior enterprise authority; solve novel problems across business units and anticipate longer-horizon shifts.
What changes to advance
Move from enterprise expert to senior enterprise authority; solve novel problems across business units and anticipate longer-horizon shifts.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites · JF0462-IC5