Stephen Bowden
Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist, Founder of Morgan Maxwell
Stephen Bowden is a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist, and the founder and Lead Chartered Ergonomist at Morgan Maxwell, an ergonomics and human factors consultancy registered with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), with offices in London and Leicester.
Stephen has around 18 years of applied ergonomics experience. His work spans industrial ergonomics in manufacturing and logistics, human centred design and research, and human factors in safety critical systems. Most of his projects start onsite: observing tasks as they are actually done, collecting data with the people who do the work, and turning that evidence into practical recommendations that organisations can implement.Stephen has around 18 years of applied ergonomics experience. His work spans industrial ergonomics in manufacturing and logistics, human centred design and research, and human factors in safety critical systems. Most of his projects start onsite: observing tasks as they are actually done, collecting data with the people who do the work, and turning that evidence into practical recommendations that organisations can implement.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Ergonomics and Human Factors from Loughborough University and is a Chartered Member of the CIEHF (C.ErgHF, MIEHF). He has completed Bond Solon and Cardiff University civil expert witness training, providing independent ergonomics and human factors opinion in personal injury and workplace claims under CPR Part 35.
Stephen’s consultancy work includes ergonomics risk assessment programmes, manual handling and upper limb risk reduction, digital human modelling, design ethnography and contextual enquiry, usability testing, workload and fatigue assessment, and safety critical task analysis. He delivers CIEHF approved training, including the Ergonomics Champion Course for manufacturing and Manual Handling Train the Trainer, always at the client’s own site so the training is based on the tasks employees actually perform.
He has worked with organisations including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Aston Martin, Specsavers, the NHS, Ocado, Brompton Bikes, Velux, Heineken and PDSA.
Stephen writes about ergonomics, human factors and workplace design for health and safety managers, engineers and designers. He lives in Kent.
Credentials
Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (MIEHF)
BSc (Hons) Ergonomics and Human Factors, Loughborough University
Bond Solon and Cardiff University civil expert witness training
Founder and Lead Chartered Ergonomist, Morgan Maxwell (CIEHF Registered Consultancy)
Areas of expertise
Industrial ergonomics; manual handling risk assessment; upper limb disorder risk; digital human modelling; design ethnography and contextual enquiry; usability testing; mental workload and fatigue assessment; safety critical task analysis; human factors in process safety; ergonomics training; ergonomics and human factors expert witness.
