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Position Details

• Reports to: Compliance Manager
• Work model: Onsite

About the Role

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to improving sustainability performance in your assigned area of responsibility. Each day, you will support the implementation of the group-wide sustainability strategy and business-specific priorities by applying in-depth knowledge and offering solutions and advice. You will also showcase your expertise by providing feedback to the management and employees on lessons learned and best practices from within your own unit and across ABB.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Key Responsibilities

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead sustainability integration across R&D, including risk management for sustainability issues, supporting product development and gate model projects, and driving materials‑ and motor‑specific sustainability initiatives.
• Perform core environmental assessments and documentation, including Life Cycle Analyses, circularity evaluations, Environmental Product Declarations, and identification of reduction opportunities.
• Support sustainability governance and compliance, tracking emerging regulations and standards, reporting progress on KPIs and R&D objectives, and assisting with related regulatory obligations (e.g., cybersecurity, EU Data Act, critical raw materials).
• Enable organizational sustainability performance, coordinating programs that drive behavioral change, facilitating global best‑practice sharing, collaborating across functions, and managing project objectives and reporting.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Sustainability, Environmental Science, or a related field with minimum 6 years of R&D experience with exposure to product design and development
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Preferred Experience:

• Electric motors and knowledge of manufacturing processes and customer support.
• Environmental Product Declaration / Life Cycle Analysis.
• Lean Six Sigma
• Certifications / PMP - Certification / ASQ - Quality Certification
• Expertise or strong willingness to develop expertise in environmental sustainability, circularity, circular economy principles, and responsible sourcing of raw materials.
• Demonstrated ability in consulting, planning, organizing, and applying structured sustainability methodologies to complex technical challenges.
• Proven capability for breakthrough thinking, problem‑solving, and navigating cross‑functional sustainability initiatives

What's in It for You

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Benefits

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
• Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time Off

• ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
• Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

For more information on benefits for eligible US employees, go to My BenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest".

Equal Employment Opportunity

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

• As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M.
• 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

We care: At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We grow: We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.