Sustainability & Lca Specialist

Overview:
**Celanese Engineered Materials (EM)** business is seeking a dynamic and technically strong **Sustainability** **& LCA Specialist** to enable EM’s sustainable growth commitments. As a member of the **EM sustainability team**, this role will lead product and business sustainability measurement, deliver transparency on the sustainability of our products via **Life Cycle** analysis as well as advise the business teams on all LCA-related topics from sourcing to sales.

**Responsibilities**:
**YOU will be involved in the following tasks**:

- Complete environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling for EM’s products, processes and competitive alternatives with an emphasis on product carbon footprints. Creating life cycle assessment models of a product or service in LCA software (i.e. SimaPro, Sphera LFE etc.)
- Managing multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, business sustainability projects, and/or corporate sustainability strategy
- Writing ISO 14040/44 & ISO 14067 compliant reports and documenting your project work while ensuring projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality
- Analyze manufacturing process data which includes investigating purchased raw materials, energy, water, waste, and emissions
- Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats
- Work closely with sustainability portfolio leaders to deliver timely data for product line & translate LCA/ footprint results into actionable strategies and opportunities for business/ product line teams
- Support marketing functions in formulating sustainable product claims and directly support customers with LCA expertise of our products
- Completing other sustainability-related projects as assigned, in support of the overall EM sustainability business plan
- Work with 3rd party LCA or Sustainability consultants depending on project needs
- Engagement in external forums to advance LCA methodologies / databases
- Become highly knowledgeable with LCA/PCF data of EM's products and knowledgeable of LCA related trends in Celanese’s markets and customers
- Establish working relationships with business leaders, supply chain, R&D, manufacturing, product group, sales, marketing to drive results of LCA related initiatives

Qualifications:
**What YOU will bring to the team**:

- Minimum 2 years of LCA experience and high proficient with LCA FE (Gabi) software. SimaPro experience is a plus
- Knowledge of ISO 14044/40, 14067, and Together for Sustainabilty(TfS) Guideline
- Managing small to medium team projects
- Familiarity with chemical products and chemical processes (preferred)
- Strong quantitative and technical background
- Strong quantitative/technical background
- High aptitude for conceptual & analytical thinking in combination with driving business results
- Passion for sustainability
- Translate technical findings to business results
- Customer focus
- Complex problem solving and managing uncertainty
- Strong communication skills