Product Sustainability Engineer

Published on: February 2, 2022

Diversity Talent Scouts Published: March 8, 2022
Location
Remote, United States of America
Skill Level
Mid Level, Entry Level
Job Type
Full-time
Categories
Corporate Sustainability / Certification / Engineering / Project Management

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Description

Diversity Talent Scouts (DTS) is a boutique Executive Search firm that focuses on providing Diverse Professional Talent for Leadership roles.
 
Position Overview
 

The Client Product Sustainability Engineer will work closely with an interdisciplinary team to deploy a formal product sustainability program for our client. The Product Sustainability Engineer will work with Product Development; Marketing; Supply Chain; the broader customer population; and the Executive team to deploy and execute product development strategies across our client. The primary function of this role is conduct and manage projects on a variety of our clients products related to environmental Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), with a focus on creating products and solutions that improve the health and safety of our customers, while advancing their sustainability objectives.

Note: This role is a remote position! 

 
Responsibilities & Duties
 
  • Develop and deploy a robust product Life Cycle Assessment program to track and measure sustainability impact and metrics of various Watts products
  • Create LCA models; develop methodologies to measure, report and improve product sustainability metrics; and manage data inventories
  • Analysis of harmful substances, recycled content in products, extension of useful life, disposal, eco/green product certifications, and other circular modalities
  • Writing ISO 14040/44 & GRI compliant reports documenting your project work
  • Support product development, engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing and distribution sites to define and execute their product sustainability strategies
  • Develop and implement product sustainability targets across the organization; audit and assess maturity across product platforms
  • Support the production of thier annual sustainability report
  • Communicate internally and externally on product sustainability program success to instill expectations and engagement by employees and customers
  • Monitor industry best practices in product sustainability analyses
  • Support business need to respond to customer and other stakeholder audits as necessary
  • Working with Excel (and other data formats) to manipulate data and data structures
  • Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats
Requirements
 
Educations:
 
  • Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline
  • Must have robust knowledge of climate science, circular economy, regenerative design

Qualifications:

  • 5-10 years of relevant experience in working in Product Sustainability Engineering
  • Experience in environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Demonstrated Technical skills:  BREEAM, LEED & ISO14040/44, GRI, REACH, ROHS etc.
  • Experience in Product Development, Logistics & Supply Chain Sustainability
  • Demonstrated Program Management skills
  • Ability to travel up to 25-50%
  • Excellent communication skills will be required as these engineers will be required to message Sustainability throughout the organization
    • Verbally – town halls and smaller venues
    • Written – Connect and presentation materials
    • Supporting Web and Internet content

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