Associate Engineer - Ecodesign Job in Pune at Eaton

Eaton is hiring for the role of Associate Engineer - Ecodesign!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Execute detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies as per ISO 14040 & 14044 to evaluate the environmental impacts of Eaton electrical products followed by 3rd party verification to publish type-III Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) with support of Engineers. 
• Support the development of modular LCAs & creation a library of Eaton standard components & processes.
• Support the product engineering teams on the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electrical product’s lifecycle.
• Support evaluation of compliance in accordance with applicable eco-design related regulations (e.g. EU-ErP Directive)
• Understand customer requirements and communicate to other Eaton teams
• Provide regular reports on development and support activities.
• Support Design-For-Environment activities for new product development projects
• Contribute to continuous process improvements to increase productivity and efficiency.  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or Chemical/Mechanical/ Electronics /Electricals engineering
• Bachelors with 0-3 years experience in the areas of Sustainability domain, Product or technology development for Industrial, Electrical/Electronic or Chemical products or processes.
• Skills:
  • Need to have sound fundamental engineering knowledge.
  • Has a basic understanding of requirements related to eco-design regulations. 
  • Has an understanding of Life Cycle Assessment standards (ISO 14040/44/25)
  • Has experience of conducting LCA as per the specific rules as (ISO14040/44/25). LCA according to PEP-EcoPassport Product Category Rules/ Product Specific Rules will be bonus.
    • Demonstrates LCA modelling using software like EIME (preferably), SimaPro, Sphera/GaBi, OpenLCA or any similar software.
    • Demonstrates understanding related to goal & scope definition & Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data requirements.
    • Can analyze LCA results for hotspots and support interpretation. 
    • Communicate the LCA impacts to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Basic understanding on REACH, RoHS, Prop65 and other applicable regulations and its impact on product and technology will be added advantage.
  • Comfortable dealing with data and Microsoft office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  • Good verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain technical concepts.
  • Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills