Environmental Sustainability Engineer
Job Summary
The Environmental Sustainability Engineer manages sustainability data collection, analysis, and reporting to support global environmental initiatives. The role focuses on life cycle assessment (LCA), product carbon footprinting, and automating sustainability workflows. This position ensures compliance with environmental regulations while driving data accuracy and transparency across the value chain.
Responsibilities
- Perform and interpret Life Cycle Assessments (LCA)
- Automate sustainability data workflows using Python/R/SQL
- Maintain dashboards for metrics and reporting (Power BI/Tableau)
- Manage environmental compliance and supplier data collection
- Monitor global environmental regulations and market trends
Required Skills
- Bachelor's/Master's in Environmental Engineering or Data Science
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, and Excel
- Experience with LCA standards (ISO 14040/14044)
- Data visualization skills (Power BI/Tableau)
- Strong stakeholder and supplier engagement abilities
Job Details
### Core Responsibilities
- Perform and interpret life cycle assessments (LCA) and product carbon foot printing, including defining system boundaries, collecting inventory data, running models, and translating results into actionable insights.
- Analyze existing LCA methodologies for compliance with international standards (e.g., ISO 14040/14044) and country-specific regulations.
- Collect sustainability data across sites and functions (e.g., energy, water, waste, materials, compliance), including defining data requirements, templates, and governance to ensure data quality, completeness, and auditability.
- Work together with Information Systems SME's to develop, maintain, and automate sustainability datasets and workflows using programming and analytics tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL), improving efficiency and reducing manual effort.
- Create and maintain dashboards, metrics, and reporting packs (e.g., Power BI/Tableau/Excel) to support internal decision-making and external disclosures and customer requests.
- Support environmental/climate risk assessment tools and workflows, ensuring traceable calculations and readiness for internal review and external assurance.
- Engage suppliers and procurement partners to collect primary sustainability data and improve data transparency for product-level reporting.
- Implement data validation, controls, and documentation to support internal review and external assurance; investigate anomalies and drive corrective actions with data owners.
- Support environmental sustainability compliance project management, including regulatory readiness assessments, data-gap closure, audit/assurance support, scope, timeline, and delivery tracking.
- Scan the external landscape to identify emerging environmental sustainability needs; recommend and optimize roadmaps, metrics, and data strategies.
- Represent Amgen as the subject matter expert and participate in external forums and working groups.
- Assist in the development of new environmental sustainability program elements and initiatives.
### Required Qualifications
- Doctorate Degree OR Master's degree OR Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience in Environmental Sustainability OR related field.
- Proficiency in programming and data skills (e.g., Python, R, SQL) and Excel.
- Knowledge of life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon accounting concepts; familiarity with ISO 14040/14044 and LCA tools.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and experience working with large datasets and traceable calculations.
- Project management and requirements-gathering skills.
- Fluency in English (written and oral).