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Sr. Environmental & Sustainability Engineer
Sr. Environmental & Sustainability EngineerKION • Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Sr. Environmental & Sustainability Engineer

Sr. Environmental & Sustainability Engineer

KION • Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
22 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

As a global leader in material handling and warehouse automation with over 11000 employees in 35 countries and nearly 8000 installations worldwide Dematic continue to develop build and support intelligent automated solutions that transform supply chains for many of the worlds leading brands.

As part of our dedication to innovation and responsibility Dematic embraces balance and contributes to the UNs 2030 Agenda for Balanced Development. We envision a future where resources flow responsibly and efficiently supporting both commerce and the planet.

The Senior Environmental & Sustainability Engineer will play a meaningful role in advancing Dematics sustainability transformation. This position drives the development of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) embodied carbon Product Carbon Footprint assessments and sustainability initiatives across our product portfolio.

You will lead efforts to collect and analyze environmental data ensure compliance with international standards and provide actionable insights to reduce the ecological footprint of our products and solutions. Acting as a domain expert and ambassador you will influence global teams support R&D and partner with customers to help achieve sustainability goals

We offer :

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities Learn More Here : provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $100500 -$147400 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location education experience knowledge and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications :

What you will do in this role :

Develop and manage Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and Product Category Rules (PCRs) in line with global standards.

  • Define scope impact categories and methodologies for LCAs; align with external consultants and program operators.
  • Gather validate and interpret environmental data from suppliers facilities and operations (transport emissions energy usage materials composition end-of-life assumptions).
  • Input analyze and interpret results using LCA software tools (e.g. SimaPro GaBi); ensure data quality and robust assumptions.
  • Offer mentorship to product development teams on how to minimize the environmental impact throughout product lifecycles.
  • Support R&D by embedding sustainability considerations in early design and development phases.
  • Act as a partner for sustainability idea reviews and development decisions.
  • Support Dematics sustainability strategy by encouraging awareness of trends regulations and standard methodologies in relation to climate change energy materials management transportation and safety.
  • Partner multi-functionally to deliver customer-facing sustainability initiatives and disclosures.
  • What were looking for :

    Must-Have

  • 5 years of experience conducting and managing Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and developing disclosures such as EPDs PEFs or PEPs or related experience.
  • Advanced working knowledge and expertise with LCA tools (e.g. SimaPro GaBi).
  • Strong background in data management and automate processing; collection validation and analysis (including statistical and related tools (python and / or R).
  • Proven success in leading teams or multi-functional initiatives collaborative facilitation skills.
  • Excellent communication presentation and writing abilities at all organizational levels.
  • Ability to work in a highly matrixed organization with distributed teams.
  • Certification in ecological LCA preferred.
  • Travel up to 15% domestic and internationally.
  • Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Industrial Ecological or Systems Engineering) or related technical field.
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) / Product Carbon Footprint (PFC) / Embodied Carbon
  • LCA Tools
  • Data Analysis & Validation / / Statistical tools management
  • Collaboration / Communication Skills
  • Preferred (Strong Differentiators)

  • Certification / Practitioner LCA
  • Knowledge of Global Standards & Methodologies
  • Sustainability Methodology and Expertise
  • Database Management (automate processing)
  • Multi-Functional Leadership
  • Global Work Experience
  • Nice-to-Have (Value-Adds)

  • Statistics / Programming Exposure
  • Project Management Skills
  • Customer Engagement
  • Change Management
  • #LI-DP1

    Required Experience :

    Senior IC

    Key Skills

    S3,Mechanical Design,Design Controls,Identity & Access Management,Minitab,Root cause Analysis,SolidWorks,Plastics Injection Molding,Product Development,Manufacturing,GitLab,Trane TRACE

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

    Monthly Salary Salary : 100500 - 147400

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