Global Engineering Design Sustainability Lead

Hitachi Energy; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks an Engineering Design Sustainability Lead to embed environmental performance into product design and engineering decisions. The role spans global coordination across engineering, R&D, supply chain, and operations to deliver measurable, auditable outcomes.

You will balance cost, safety, quality and performance while aligning with regulators and ESG reporting. Leadership and data-driven influence are key to scaling sustainable design across the transformer business.

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.

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.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

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

Job description

Hitachi Energy seeks an Engineering Design Sustainability Lead to embed environmental performance into product design and engineering decisions. The role spans global coordination across engineering, R&D, supply chain, and operations to deliver measurable, auditable outcomes.

You will balance cost, safety, quality and performance while aligning with regulators and ESG reporting. Leadership and data-driven influence are key to scaling sustainable design across the transformer business.