Global Design Sustainability Lead

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

PPK (Employee Capital Plans)

Home-office equipment allowance

Spectacles and lenses allowance

Company events

Psychological support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking an Engineering Design Sustainability Lead to embed sustainability into global engineering decisions across the transformer business. You will drive design-led outcomes, reduce product carbon through smart design and material choices, and ensure auditable sustainability data from the BOM up.

Lead cross-functional teams, balance cost, safety, and performance, and translate customer and regulatory expectations into engineering requirements.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or closely related sustainability discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years in sustainability-focused roles.
• Proven success delivering design-led sustainability or product carbon reduction initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of lifecycle assessment, sustainable materials, and carbon accounting.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a global, design-led sustainability strategy within Engineering.
• Embed sustainability into engineering standards, processes, and decision frameworks.
• Reduce product-level carbon footprint through smart design, material, and architecture choices.
• Establish sustainability targets, KPIs, and traceable product-level data at BOM level.
• Partner across engineering, R&D, supply chain, digital and operations teams globally.
• Strengthen governance, reporting, and audit-ready sustainability metrics.
• Build capability and foster ownership of sustainable design within engineering teams.
• Translate regulatory and customer sustainability expectations into engineering requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

Lifecycle assessment

Sustainability strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Carbon accounting

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or related sustainability discipline

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking an Engineering Design Sustainability Lead to embed sustainability into global engineering decisions across the transformer business. You will drive design-led outcomes, reduce product carbon through smart design and material choices, and ensure auditable sustainability data from the BOM up.

Lead cross-functional teams, balance cost, safety, and performance, and translate customer and regulatory expectations into engineering requirements.