Environmental Product Compliance & Sustainability Lead in Göttingen bei ABB

Environmental Product Compliance & Sustainability Lead

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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 minimize 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 product master data.
• Regular documentation of material compliance status for the
• management team as well as preparation 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 product 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. Conducting 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.
• Supporting activities to reduce the Co2 footprint and improve sustaina-bility metrics.
• Planning, preparation and participation in relevant audits performed by
• external testing bodies. Conducting internal process and system audits.
• Participation in professional events and committees to track and inter-pret 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 independently
• and in a team.
• Passionate about environmental systems, life cycle thinking, and product sustainability
• Conscientious person with a strong sense of responsibility.