Product Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Specialist
Location
Minden, Kreis Minden Lübbecke | Germany
Job description
Product Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Specialist
Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future.
At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.
The Product Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Specialist is responsible for compliance with applicable standards and material regulations (e. g. RoHS, REACH & WEEE for the EU market or TSCA for the US market) in the Production Responsible Unit (PRU) and in other Product Manufacturing Units (PMUs). He/She also coordinates and supports life cycle assessment (LCA) activities for the products in coordination with the central LCA team, R&D and product management.
This position reports to
IMS & OPEX Manager
Your responsibilities
- Ensuring compliance and implementation of applicable regulations regarding environmental, material, sustainability, circular economy and carbon neutrality (e. g. RoHS, REACH, WEEE, TSCA or CBAM).
- Coordination of cross-functional teams at the Minden site and other manufacturing locations to min-imize risks and ensure product compliance with relevant regulations.
- Checking the conformity status of products by querying and analyzing SAP master data and checking the materials in collaboration with departments such as: R&D, quality assurance, purchasing or prod-uct master data.
- Regular documentation of material compliance status for the management team as well as prepara-tion of declarations of conformity required by customers or external regulatory authorities (e. g. ECHA). Contact person for internal or external customer inquiries.
- Support of local activities to obtain Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and the associated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the products in coordination with the global sustainability team and prod-uct management.
- Support in determining data along the product life cycle (from cradle to grave: Material creation and processing, product manufacturing, product use and disposal).
- Supporting activities to reduce the Co2 footprint and improve sustainability metrics.
- Planning, preparation and participation in relevant audits performed by external testing bodies. Con-ducting internal process and system audits.
- Participation in professional events and committees to track and interpret global regulations changes in the field.
- Providing and conducting of trainings.
Your background
- University degree in engineering (chemical, materials, electrical or environmental engineering), natural sciences or comparable degree
- Further training in the area of environmental product compliance desirable
- Experience in compliance with global environmental and product regulations, with a focus on chemical and materials regulations such as RoHS, REACH, TSCA, Conflict Minerals etc.
- Experience in project management and reporting
- Experience in the field of eco-design or life cycle analysis is an advantage
- Above-average knowledge of data analysis and MS Excel skills
- Ideally knowledge of working with SAP to check, export and evaluate product or purchase master data. Experience with queries (SQVI quick viewer/SQ01) and the SAP classification module is a plus.
- Initial experience with software for LCA modeling is an advantage.
- Talented communication skills as well as good written and spoken German and English skills,
- Strong quantitative skills with a talent for analytical thinking
- Self-motivated and organized. Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work both inde-pendently and in a team.
- Passionate about environmental systems, life cycle thinking, and product sustainability
- Conscientious person with a strong sense of responsibility.
Benefits
- Retirement plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Share Acquisition Plan
- Flexible work practices
More about us
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website
Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid
ABB is able to offer you an interesting role within a highly motivated team, together with open communication structures. On the basis of a personal, practice-oriented induction programme, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the confidence needed to work independently and self-reliantly within your assigned area. Even after the joining phase, ABB offers a wide range of individual career development opportunities and supports you in realising your career goals with targeted training measures. At ABB you will find an attractive working environment in all phases of life - including mobility services such as bicycle leasing, policies for sabbaticals and home office, the ABB children's vacation camp and taking care of family members.
Interested in joining our team? We are looking forward to receiving your complete application through our online tool. In the case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and their equals are given preference.
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