LCA Engineer to Höganäs’ Group Sustainability team

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) are key tools for Höganäs in order to make data driven sustainability improvements and reach the company’s ambitious net-zero climate goals. Do you know your way around LCAs and want to make a positive impact on the manufacturing industry? This role with Höganäs’ Group Sustainability team will be an exciting opportunity with interesting tasks and responsibilities and great growth potential.

About Höganäs

Höganäs is the world leader in the iron and metal powders market, with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons. Their vision is to “inspire the industry to make more with less”, and together with customers they develop pioneering solutions for the automotive industry, surface and joining technologies and additive manufacturing. Höganäs was founded in 1797 and today have 2,300 employees in 15 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The strong focus on sustainability is also shared by the owners in Lindéngruppen and FAM, and the company has recently had their climate impact reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Role and Responsibilities

Höganäs uses LCA to improve manufacturing processes and products, and to convey relevant data about sustainability performance. As LCA Engineer you will join Höganäs’ Group Sustainability team and report to the Manager of Sustainable Products. You will work closely with a senior LCA Specialist another LCA Engineer and stakeholders throughout the organization.

For Höganäs, providing LCAs and product carbon footprint (PCF) internally and to prioritized customers are key strategic objectives. You will work with data gathering, LCA modeling and document the results, drive improvements through insights and assist in further implementation of LCA methodology across Höganäs production sites. You will also support data management for sustainability reporting, respond to customer requests and take the lead on assigned sub-projects.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating data gathering for LCA from all international production sites in the Höganäs Group, enhancing data quality and implementing efficient processes.
• Developing (including modelling) and providing LCAs for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Offering data and insights for Höganäs’ operations and product areas to identify potential improvements
• Providing product specific carbon footprints (PCF) and handling sustainability related data requests and customer inquiries
• Assisting internal functions (such as purchasing, investments and logistics) with sustainability information for decision making
• Supporting the sustainability team in relevant tasks and projects
• Continuously developing and refining methods and ways of working

This position is located at Höganäs headquarters in Höganäs, in the south of Sweden, with close proximity both to the metropolitan Helsingborg and to the beautiful coast and natural landscapes of Kullahalvön and some of Europe’s most picturesque villages. You will have regular international and cross-functional contacts within Höganäs Group, and with external stakeholders. Traveling domestically and internationally may be required (approx. 15-30 days a year).

We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions.

Qualifications and merits

We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity and equal opportunity through competence based recruiting practices. For a great role-fit, we are looking for a combination of qualifications, merits and personal traits.

Required qualifications:

• A relevant university degree (B.Sc. and/or M.Sc.) in sustainability, environmental science, engineering, industrial economics or equivalent and a minimum of 1+ year of working experience.
• Good skills and experience of LCA data gathering and modeling
• Professional proficiency in English, in both verbal and written communication.

Merits:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience in using LCA software (preferably GaBi/LCA FE) and databases (Ecoinvent etc.)
• Experience in calculating PCF
• Experience in sustainability reporting
• Basic proficiency in Swedish

Personal traits:

• Self-motivated and manage your time effectively
• Collaborative and enjoy working in teams and building professional relationships at work and remotely
• Analytical and able to focus on details, ensuring accuracy and using a data-driven approach to make decisions
• Communicative with strong ability to adapt in international settings and make complex information understandable

Terms

Location: Höganäs headquarters, Höganäs, Sweden. Close proximity to Helsingborg and on commuting distance from Lund/Malmö.
Start: Available immediately or upon agreement
Terms: Full-time employment at Höganäs with competitive salary and terms. Includes flexible hours, wellness allowance, access to health coaching (6 times/year), free access to gym and fitness room, reduced working hours (58 hours yearly), subsidised lunch, profit sharing and more.