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Why Sandalwood

• Why Sandalwood? Because we care. Our team genuinely cares about the well-being of our clients and is passionate about what we do.
• Sandalwood Engineering and Ergonomics has been practicing ergonomics since 1989. Our ergonomists have experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, transportation, fulfillment, beverage, and service. We are also experienced in new product design, equipment design, office space and remote workspace. Members of our injury prevention team maintain certifications from the BCPE and CCCPE.
• In addition to our experienced staff, Sandalwood has access to a vast variety of tools, resources, and subject matter experts. We are continuously seeking the latest research and tools to ensure we maintain expertise in the field.

Why Sandalwood?

We are the experts. Members of our Injury Prevention team live health and safety and it’s ingrained in the whole of what we are, what we do, and what we value. We also have a vast variety of tools and resources at our disposal.

Why Sandalwood?

We are a one-stop-shop for launching job rotation for any employer from conception to implementation. Our experts tailor our services to meet the needs of our customers by collaborating with them throughout the entire process. We do not offer cookie cutter solutions for job rotation because the needs of employers vary significantly.

Why Sandalwood?

• Certified Project Managers
• Corporate Software Solution Partnerships
• Experience in Various Industries
• R&D and Product Development Experience
• Manufacturing Facility/Process Optimization Experience

Why Sandalwood?

Sandalwood is pleased to offer solutions above and beyond the traditional ergonomic assessments. With an in-depth knowledge of various digital human modelling software suites, integration and adoption to your health and safety programs has never been easier. Sandalwood is experienced in ergonomic program design as well as industry leaders in digital human modelling services. We have a diverse team that is able the leverage the results from the digital human model to provide in depth risk assessments of future designs and current state. Sandalwood is also able to pair these assessments with expertise and provide guidance on the best solution for you. Sandalwood is also on the forefront of emerging technologies and able to integrate Motion capture, Wearables, and extended or virtual reality into your ergonomic program.

Employee Newsletter

Each month, for over eight years, the Sandalwood back office team has produced an employee-centered newsletter.  The intention of the newsletter is to showcase our team, what’s happening with our projects and what’s happening internally at Sandalwood.  It started out as a few pages back in 2015 and has grown to be over 50 pages each month!!

Employee Referral Program

Sandalwood encourages our team through an employee referral bonus, to refer qualified candidates for open positions in our organization.  We look at this as a great way to find new hires who are aligned with our mission, vision and core values.

Hybrid / Remote Work

The Sandalwood team are pioneers in working from home as this has been a standard practice for many of our remote team members for over a decade.  Our desire to enable work/life balance for our team enables us to encourage our team to work from home as often as possible, while supporting customer work onsite as needed and dictated by individual projects.

Robust Onboarding

Each new hire at Sandalwood, whether they are in Canada, the US or Mexico, goes through our thorough and all-encompassing onboarding process.  We do this to help new team members acclimate to Sandalwood, our processes, people and customers.

Interesting Project Work

One of our key annual corporate objectives is to “Perform Interesting, Highly Valued Work” and we take great measures to ensure that each of our team members is working on projects that are stimulating, motivating and exciting.

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Sandalwood strives to pay competitively but using data regarding industry standard compensation for a role.  Our comprehensive benefits package includes healthcare, dental, vision, LTD & STD, life insurance, 401(K) and RRSP.  Our goal is to offer salaries and benefits that are fair relative to our industry to attract and retain top talent.

Standardized Processes

Sandalwood endeavors to provide a process-driven operating culture by using predictability, repeatability, and visibility in the development of our back-end and customer-facing delivery processes.  This results in a suite of tools that allow our team to focus on customer satisfaction.

Staff Days, Social Events & Team Meetings

Through Sandalwood’s history, the team has been distributed in one way or another.  In order to ensure that our culture was being maintained and to meet up with the team from time-to-time, we have always prioritized in-person staff days.  These days provide a chance to get together in-person, catch-up, discuss Sandalwood news, internal and external updates, new tools or partners and technologies.

Employee Recognition

Recognition helps the team see that Sandalwood values them and their contributions to the success of their team and the company overall. We get a chance to recognize our peers and leaders when they show commitment to our core values. We hope it helps our team build a sense of security in their value to the company, motivating them to continue striving for the best for our customers.  Sandalwood is committed to recognizing our employees for their achievements made in support of corporate business objectives and high-quality customer service.  Recognizing the accomplishments of employees helps contribute to a supportive work environment.

Mentorship

Our volunteer mentorship program provides our team with opportunities for personal and professional growth.  We want to help broaden networks, participate in career planning and provide confidence building and support.  We love how the mentorship program increases team engagement and helps to communicate company culture, core values, mission and vision.

Tuition Reimbursement

Sandalwood views tuition reimbursement as our opportunity to show our team that we are dedicated to helping them learn and grow on the job.

IDP & Goals

Sandalwood uses individual development plans (IDP) and goal setting as tools in our performance management suite to assist employees in personal and professional development. Its primary purpose is to help employees reach short and long-term career goals and to contribute to growing their skills in areas important to them and important to deliver of customer projects.

Highway to Health

Sandalwood’s highly engaging health & wellness program was developed to encourage the team’s wellbeing in key areas such as: physical health, mental health, financial health and personal/professional growth.  Using a very cool and engaging team approach, Sandalwoodians are encouraged to participate and flourish in areas important to them.

Home Office Ergonomics Program

As experts in Ergonomics, our Sandalwood team members are encouraged to complete in our Home Office Ergonomics Assessment training to ensure their home office setup is optimized.

Employee Assistance Program

Our EAP support helps the team in managing personal issues. It is our hope that it helps to improve employee engagement, morale, and productivity by reducing workplace conflict, absenteeism and presenteeism. Ideally, we are promoting a healthy work environment that helps to attract and retain talented individuals.

Why Sandalwood?

We are a one-stop-shop for a “not one solution for everybody” problem. Offer in-person and remote services.  With our experience in an array of different industries, we are able to develop solutions to a multitude of ergonomic problems, and in turn, tailor those solutions to meet individual needs.

Sandalwood ergonomists are experts in office ergonomics and can offer proactive and reactive solutions to reduce the risk of injury.