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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.

Job Description:

Environmental Product Compliance and Sustainability Engineer (m/f/d)

Full-time

Location: Bucharest (Romania)

About Hitachi Rail

At Hitachi Rail, we advance signaling and control technologies to make rail transportation in Germany and worldwide safe and efficient. Our technologies help billions of people reach their destinations reliably by rail every year – actively contributing to a strong rail system in Germany and across the globe.

Your Responsibilities

As an Engineer for Product Compliance and 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.

Your responsibilities include in particular:

• 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

Your Profile

• 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 English skills, both written and spoken

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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