Environmental Specialist

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.

Are you ready to make your next career move to join our team as our Environmental and Sustainability Specialist in Torreón, Coahuila?

As our next Environmental and Sustainability Specialist, you will be responsible for guiding new R&D projects to select materials into use that meet the requirements as well as analyzing data and ensuring selected materials meet the requirements from customers, corporate and legislation.

To be successful in this position, you will 

• Collect materials/chemicals information from supplier base and KONE factories and have an ability to explain why the information is needed (ability to train suppliers when needed)

• Coordinate with KONE Reliability Laboratories, Test tower & Customer sites to perform energy measurements and compiling of the data.

• Support suppliers and KONE factories to gain relevant material compliance certificates.

• Cooperate & engage with global teams to work on material management for e.g., LEED, BREEAM and Living Building Challenge related activities.

• Manage and report carbon calculations for KONE’s product offering according to EN15804, ISO 14025 & 14040

• Participate actively in the product development of KONE contributing to long term Science Based targets regarding scope 3 emissions reduction

• Support KTI project development activities to ensure material compliance

• Be fluent in both written and verbal English

• Have great co-operation and networking skills

• Previous knowledge or experience of green building ratings schemes, creating Environmental Product Declarations and understanding requirements of the TSCA is an asset.

What do you need?

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Material/Chemical/Environmental/Electrical Engineering or similar

• Previous experience and understanding of EN15804, ISO 14025, 14040 & 25745 standards

• Experience/Knowledge in performing Energy measurements

• Advanced MS Excel -skills

• Previous experience of handling Software tools for generating environmental product declarations

• Work experience or studies on globally recognized green building rating schemes and US legislation (e.g TSCA, Proposition 65) is considered an asset

• Understanding and knowledge of European REACH legislation considered a great plus

• Any experience in environmental design, carbon footprint calculations & environmental lifecycle analysis is a great plus

• Passion for great service / customer experience

• Fluent in both written and verbal English

What can KONE offer you?

 We have the courage to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we believe diversity drives innovation:

• We value your authentic self

• Diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in our strategy and values

• Collaborative, creative and supportive work environment

• Passionate about safety, quality and innovation

• We care about the communities where we live and work

Just some of our many benefits include:

• Competitive salary

• Opportunities to learn and grow

• Comprehensive health and wellness plan for the entire family

• More benefits than required by law

Come share your passion and energy to make a positive impact at KONE for our customers and your career!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us, and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices, and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on www.kone.com/careers