Sustainability Application Engineer - Transformers Europe (F/M/D)

Hitachi Energy; Monselice; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading technology company in Monselice, Italy, is seeking a Sustainability Application Engineer to support sustainability initiatives for transformer products. This role requires over 10 years of experience in sustainability and technical fields, alongside strong communication and project management skills. The ideal candidate will have a background in Electrical Engineering and familiarity with sustainability regulations across Europe. This position involves approximately 50% travel.

Competenze

• More than 10 years of experience in sustainability, technical roles, or project management.
• Strong technical skills complemented by marketing experience.
• Global/regional experience and strong English communication skills.

Mansioni

• Promote sustainability strategies and portfolios internally and to customers.
• Gather customer requirements and advise on specification development.
• Support and train M&S teams in sustainability solutions.

Conoscenze

Sustainability expertise

Technical leadership

Project management

Strong communication

Intercultural sensitivity

Formazione

Engineering degree

Master's degree in B2B Marketing

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Sustainability Application Engineer – Transformers Europe supports sustainability expertise for transformer products and applications. This role partners with Sales teams in Marketing & Sales activities, and represents the Global Product Group/Business Unit in Europe by promoting sustainability strategies, gathering customer requirements, advising on specification development, and reporting market data, customer needs, tenders, and regulations related to sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Promote sustainability strategies and portfolios internally and to customers.
• Gather customer requirements and advise on specification development.
• Support and train M&S teams in sustainability solutions for transformer products.
• Report market data, customer needs, tenders, and regulations related to sustainability; provide strategic marketing input for analysis and competitive assessment.
• Manage European markets by engaging with current and potential customers, delivering technical support aimed at influencing technical specifications early in the process.
• Collaborate with Hitachi Energy stakeholders (HSE, engineering, operations, supply chain management) to align objectives and communicate a clear value proposition to customers.
• Support the sales team at the pre-tender stage, engaging with customers to understand specs and norms, influence technical specs, create value propositions, and demonstrate technical leadership.
• Contribute to marketing and communication activities, including fairs, customer events, and technical articles and press releases.
• Support strategic tenders with sustainability strategies to boost the transformer portfolio’s competitiveness; assist factories with custom tender requirements such as sustainability roadmaps and questionnaires.

Your Background

• More than 10 years of experience in sustainability, technical roles (R&D, Electrical Engineering, Design), project management, product marketing, sales, or business development within relevant industry sectors.
• Engineering degree from an accredited university; Master’s degree in B2B Marketing is an advantage.
• Previous experience preferably with transformer businesses.
• Strong technical skills complemented by marketing experience.
• Solid background in sustainability aspects relevant to the industry (efficiency, biodegradable fluids, materials, LCA calculations, third-party verification of environmental data such as EPD/PEP Ecopassport, and related regulations in Europe).
• Intercultural sensitivity with good communication skills across multinational teams; comfortable speaking publicly and leading technical discussions on sustainability topics with customers and technical committees.
• Global/regional experience and strong English; knowledge of multiple languages is a plus.
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time.

About Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD.