Senior LCA & Product Sustainability Lead

FLSmidth; Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 94,000; Full time

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Job summary

FLSmidth is seeking a Senior Product Sustainability & LCA Specialist to quantify and communicate environmental impact across products, technologies, services and circular business models. The role sits within ESG Sustainability and reports to the Head of ESG Sustainability, delivering evidence-based calculations for Mission Zero and ESG reporting.

The role performs hands-on LCAs and Product Carbon Footprints, coordinates external consultants, and develops scalable models while ensuring

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering or related field.
• Solid experience in Life Cycle Assessment and environmental footprinting.
• Hands-on with LCAs and Product Carbon Footprints; ISO 14040/14044/14067.
• Experience with LCA software such as Sphera/GaBi, SimaPro, OpenLCA.
• Strong analytical and modelling capabilities to translate data into insights.
• Experience coordinating external consultants and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to document methodologies in a structured, auditable way.
• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, mining, engineering or tech environments is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply Life Cycle Assessments, Product Carbon Footprints for products, technologies, services and solutions.
• Perform environmental calculations related to avoided emissions, circularity benefits, land use avoided, water savings, waste reductions and resource efficiency.
• Support Mission Zero projects with technical calculation support.
• Connect product- and customer-level impact methodologies with ESG reporting boundaries and disclosures.
• Document assumptions, data sources, limitations and calculation logic clearly.
• Coordinate external LCA consultants, ensuring clear scopes, data inputs and deliverables.
• Review external outputs for quality, consistency and applicability.
• Develop tools, methodologies and models to scale environmental impact assessments.
• Collaborate with Head of Mission Zero and cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, and ESG Finance.
• Provide substantiation for customer-facing sustainability value propositions and claims.

Skills

Life Cycle Assessment

Product Sustainability

Data Modelling

Cross-functional Collaboration

LCA Coordination

Regulatory & Standards

Education

Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering

Tools

Sphera/GaBi

SimaPro

OpenLCA

Job description

FLSmidth is seeking a Senior Product Sustainability & LCA Specialist to quantify and communicate environmental impact across products, technologies, services and circular business models. The role sits within ESG Sustainability and reports to the Head of ESG Sustainability, delivering evidence-based calculations for Mission Zero and ESG reporting.

The role performs hands-on LCAs and Product Carbon Footprints, coordinates external consultants, and develops scalable models while ensuring