Associate Manager - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Specialist

Role Overview

Job Title: Associate Manager - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Specialist

Location: Chennai R&D

Reports to (Position): Manager

Number of Direct Reports (Solid Line): 0

Number of Direct Reports (Dotted Line): 0

Number of Outsourced Reports: 0

Job Summary

Purpose of the Job: Responsible to Lead and execute Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for tyre products in accordance with ISO 14040/44 standards.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead and execute Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for tyre products in accordance with ISO 14040/44 standards.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve LCA models, databases, assumptions, methodologies, and calculation frameworks to ensure consistency, transparency, and accuracy.
• Own and maintain LCA software tools, ensuring they remain up-to-date with evolving business and regulatory requirements.
• Review existing sustainability systems, reporting tools, and data flows, proactively identifying and implementing necessary modifications, enhancements, and process improvements.
• Generate Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), customer sustainability reports, and environmental impact analyses to support product development and commercial activities.
• Coordinate data collection from R&D, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, and Suppliers to ensure robust and reliable environmental datasets.
• Support product development teams by evaluating environmental impacts of material, formulation, process, and design changes and providing recommendations to reduce environmental footprint.
• Monitor and assess emerging LCA methodologies, environmental regulations, industry standards, and reporting requirements, ensuring internal systems and tools remain compliant.
• Support external verification, audits, customer requests, certification activities, and sustainability reporting by providing accurate environmental data and technical documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality, automation, efficiency, and scalability of LCA and carbon footprint assessments across the organization.

Skills

• Analytical skills
• Data analysis
• Data management
• Data quality control
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving
• Continuous improvement
• Stakeholder management
• Communication and presentation skills

Relevant Experience

• 3-5 years of experience conducting Life Cycle Assessments and environmental footprint analyses.
• Experience managing LCA databases, models, and sustainability data systems.
• Experience in tyre manufacturing, polymers, chemicals, materials science, or related manufacturing industries preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting EPD development, carbon footprint calculations, and environmental reporting.

Education Qualification(s)

• MSc Chemistry/ B Tech in Rubber Technology/ Polymer Technology / environmental science /Chemical Engineering/ Sustainability, or PhD in a related field.
• Additional certification or specialization in LCA is advantageous.

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