Associate Engineer- Ecodesign

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd; Pune District; On-site; INR 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd is seeking an Associate Engineer for the Center for Sustainability to support environmental accounting and LCA/EPD activities. The role involves driving life cycle assessment studies, eco-design considerations, and regulatory compliance for a broad portfolio of electrical products.

You will collaborate with product engineering teams, address customer requirements, and contribute to sustainability value propositions to unlock new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental science or Chemical/Mechanical/Electronics/Electrical engineering.
• 0–3 years in sustainability or product/tech development for industrial electrical products.

Responsibilities

• Execute detailed Life Cycle Assessment studies per ISO 14040/14044 and publish Type-III EPDs with third-party verification.
• Support development of modular LCAs and a library of standard components/processes.
• Assist engineering teams in calculating greenhouse gas emissions across product lifecycles.
• Evaluate compliance with eco-design regulations (e.g., EU ErP).
• Understand customer requirements and communicate to Eaton teams.

Skills

Engineering basics

LCA knowledge

Eco-design regs

MS Office

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in EnvSci or Chem/Mech/Electrical

Tools

EIME

SimaPro

GaBi

OpenLCA

Job description

What you ll do:

Eaton s Center for Sustainability is looking for highly motivated individuals who is passionate about environmental accounting and has strong inclination towards Sustainability domain. The Associate Engineer will be supporting Product Environment profiles (PEP) / Environmental Product declarations (EPDs) through life cycle assessment (LCA) and Design for Environment for New Product Introduction, compliance (climate and environmental regulations) for Eaton s broad portfolio of electrical products. This work will help business across the enterprise meet customer requests related to Life Cycle Assessment, address regulatory challenges and create sustainability value propositions to gain additional business opportunities.

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

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Enviornmental 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 products or process.

Skills:

• 1. Need to have sound fundamental engineering knowledge.
• 2. Has a basic understanding of requirements related to eco-design regulations.
• 3. Has an understanding of Life Cycle Assessment standards (ISO 14040/44/25)
• 4. 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.
  • a. Demonstrates LCA modelling using software like EIME (preferably), SimaPro, Sphera/GaBi, OpenLCA or any similar software.
  • b. Demonstrates understanding related to goal scope definition Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data requirements.
  • c. Can analyze LCA results for hotspots and support interpretation.
  • d. Communicate the LCA impacts to internal and external stakeholders.
• 5. Basic understanding on REACH, RoHS, Prop65 and other applicable regulations and its impact on product and technology will be added advantage.
• 6. Comfortable dealing with data and Microsoft office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• 1. Good verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain technical concepts.
• 2. Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills

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