(Senior) Engineer Product Compliance & Sustainability (m/f/d)

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

At Hitachi Rail, we are driving the sustainable mobility transition by making rail transport safer, more efficient, and more attractive. Our technologies enable billions of people to reach their destinations in an environmentally friendly way. With 24,000 employees in more than 50 countries, we are a trusted partner to the world’s leading transportation operators.

(Senior) Engineer Product Compliance & Sustainability (m/f/d) (Ref.Nr. R1012871) in full-time or part-time at our location in Ditzingen or Arnstadt

You will enjoy having this responsibility:

As a Senior Engineer for Product Compliance & Sustainability (m/f/d), you support various product stakeholders in all matters related to compliance and sustainability requirements arising from legal regulations and customer requirements. You analyze and identify risks and impacts related to product compliance and sustainability.

It also involves the following tasks:

• Supporting the analysis of existing products with respect to environmental regulations like RoHS, REACH, POP, SCIP and CE with a specific focus on RISL and evaluating their compliance across the entire product lifecycle in line with relevant directives

• Supporting design teams for the lifecycle assessment (LCA) of new and existing products to deliver sustainable solutions

• Advising design teams on the selection of environmentally compliant materials and components

• Using appropriate tools required to ensure compliance with environmental and sustainability regulations

• Taking responsibility for processing change requests related to environmental and sustainability standards, ensuring that all relevant norms and regulations are considered

• Preparing and maintaining documentation related to environmental compliance and product conformity

• Coordinating local team of Engineer for Product Compliance and Sustainability

You have:

• Successfully completed degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical, Chemical or Material Engineering, preferably with a focus on sustainable material or energy systems, or comparable fields

• Knowledge of relevant standards and directives (e.g. Regulation 1906/2006/CE REACH, Directive 2011/65/EU – RoHS) and experience in materials management and product compliance in the environmental protection context

• Ideally, experience in product sustainability having experience in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and working in an agile development environment

• Understanding of EN 45545 compliance for material selection and design is highly desirable but not mandatory

• Independent, structured, and self-reliant working style, combined with strong team spirit and open, transparent communication

• Willing to work in a global environment and collaborate effectively with international stakeholders

• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you

Tel.: + 49 152 231 756 82

Andreas Kontny-Härtsfelder

We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.

For further information about Hitachi Rail as an employer visit us on www.hitachirail.com/careers

About us

Our motivation and focus is the mobility transition. Our teams develop innovative products and solutions to achieve this. With our global expertise, we cover the entire rail system - from rolling stock and maintenance to control and safety technology, digital control and smart ticketing systems.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger, we are looking for your support. In return, we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

• Stronger Together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams

• Our Drive: Together, we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail world in Germany and around the world, to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!

• Flexible Working: We offer you flexible working models such as flexitime and hybrid working

• Attractive Conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within the Hitachi Group and its subsidiaries. For this reason, we give preferential treatment to severely disabled applicants and those with equal status who are of comparable aptitude.

We also aim to offer all our candidates - irrespective of their social or ethnic origin, their gender, their religion or ideology, their age or their sexual identity and orientation - equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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