Sustainable Solutions & Product Development Senior Engineer

Prysmian • Highland Heights, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This role reports directly to the Product Development and Innovation Director for Power Distribution. The Senior Engineer will interact with internal and external customers to understand and solve their unique challenges. The position is responsible for managing regional sustainability projects, reporting, and communication, as well as managing the sustainability project pipeline. The engineer will identify and lead supplier interactions to form joint development agreements related to sustainable solutions and lead Power Distribution (PD) team sustainability projects. This role will contribute to marketing and communication around sustainable solutions, represent the company in industry forums as a sustainability expert, and meet with customers to determine potential product development opportunities to improve overall business performance and portfolio. The position also involves working on long-term company strategy in sustainability and acting as an internal liaison between business units and functional teams to share sustainability best practices and standardization opportunities. Additionally, the engineer will manage life cycle analysis (LCA) and environmental product declaration (EPD) processes, lead regional sustainability and environmental reporting across business units, and gather sustainability requirements and monitor processes for compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• 4 years of manufacturing experience working in manufacturing and product development/design engineering.
• 3 years of experience in cost/benefit analysis including volume requirements for profitability of product designs.
• 3 years of experience working with and leading cross-functional groups.
• 3 years of experience in utilizing metallurgical knowledge of aluminum, copper and steel.
• 3 years of experience utilizing material knowledge of insulating and semi-conducting polymers.
• 3 years of experience in project management.
• 3 years of experience in wire and cable industry.
• 3 years of experience in sustainable product development.
• 3 years of experience with Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and/or Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s).

Nice To Haves

• Travel approximately 10% - 30% of the time domestically and internationally to Prysmian locations, conferences, and supplier and customer locations.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the Product Development and Innovation Director for Power Distribution.
• Interact with the internal and external customers in order to understand and solve their unique challenges.
• Responsible for managing regional sustainability projects, reporting and communication.
• Responsible for managing sustainability project pipeline.
• Identify and lead supplier interactions with the intent to form joint development agreements related to sustainable solutions.
• Lead Power Distribution (PD) team sustainability projects.
• Contribute to marketing and communication around sustainable solutions.
• Represent the company in industry forums as a sustainability expert.
• Meet with customers to determine potential product development opportunities to improve overall business performance and portfolio.
• Work on long term company strategy in sustainability.
• Act as internal liaison between business units and functional teams to share sustainability best practices and standardization opportunities.
• Manage life cycle analysis (LCA) and environmental product declaration (EPD) processes.
• Lead regional sustainability and environmental reporting across business units.
• Gather sustainability requirements and monitoring of processes for compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior