Miljöingenjör inom produkthållbarhet

The core of this role is producing and maintaining the environmental data behind NIBE's products: life cycle assessments, environmental product declarations (EPD) and climate calculations for products and components. You would be the person who builds the models, checks their quality and keeps them aligned with the standards behind them, including building product declarations and environmental assessments where relevant. Beyond the calculations, the role asks you to improve how the work is done. That likely means refining internal LCA processes and tools, defining KPIs, and tracking whether product footprint and resource use are moving in the right direction. You would also scan the horizon for environmental labelling schemes, certifications, standards, legislation and customer requirements that affect what NIBE must document. A third strand is translation and support. The analyses need to reach people who do not work in LCA tools daily: design teams weighing material choices, purchasing reviewing supplier data, and sales teams answering customer questions with defensible figures. You would also contribute to internal and external environmental audits.

Expect deep, hands-on growth in LCA methodology and EPD production within a manufacturing setting. Building declarations for real products, with real supplier data and real deadlines, teaches more than a course can, and you would likely become fluent in the standards and verification logic behind them. The role sits close to product development and purchasing, so you would gain a working understanding of material selection, supplier data quality and design trade-offs in heating and ventilation equipment. You would also learn how environmental requirements flow into market access, through labelling schemes, certifications and customer procurement criteria. Because the job spans several functions, there is a strong chance to develop communication and influencing skills: explaining a footprint result to a design engineer or a salesperson, and defending the assumptions behind it during an audit.

The strongest candidates will combine an engineering or environmental university degree with practical experience of LCA, climate calculations or comparable analytical work. Familiarity with environmental legislation, standards and product requirements matters, as does the ability to turn a complex data set into a clear improvement proposal rather than a report that sits on a shelf. On the technical side, comfort with Microsoft Office and calculation work is expected, and experience from manufacturing or product development would be a real advantage. Swedish and English are both needed, since internal work and documentation will run in Swedish while standards and customer dialogue often involve English. On the personal side, the posting points to an analytical, data-driven temperament. Someone who enjoys questioning a number until it is right, and who is willing to chase suppliers or colleagues for the input needed to finish a model, is likely to fit better than someone who prefers purely conceptual sustainability work.

The posting is explicit that selection happens continuously, so applying early is a genuine advantage. Do not wait for the closing date. Apply through NIBE's own careers page rather than a generic aggregator, and make sure your CV names the specific tools and standards you have used for LCA and EPD work, including any software and any declarations you have produced or verified. In your cover letter, connect your experience to manufactured products. If you have worked with building products, heating equipment or similar hardware, say so plainly and describe one analysis where your findings changed a material or supplier decision. NIBE is a product company, so evidence of influencing design or purchasing decisions carries more weight than general sustainability statements. For interviews, be ready to explain the assumptions and data quality limits behind an LCA you have done. A likely line of questioning is how you handle incomplete supplier data and how you keep a model current when a product changes. Showing that you think about audits and customer scrutiny, not only calculations, would align well with the role.

This role concentrates on the product environmental footprint: the climate and resource impact of NIBE's heat pumps, water heaters, ventilation units and related equipment across their life cycle. That means the environmental side of ESG rather than the social or governance side, with a strong emphasis on measurable, documented data that can be published and defended. Because NIBE's market position rests on energy efficiency, product-level climate calculations link directly to the company's commercial story. The role would likely feed into how products are positioned against certifications, labelling schemes and customer procurement requirements, and how materials and suppliers are assessed from a life cycle perspective. Expect less involvement in corporate-level reporting and more in the technical evidence base underneath it, including building product declarations and environmental assessments, plus keeping track of legislation and market requirements that will shape future product specifications.

The most obvious challenge is data quality and availability. LCA and EPD work depends on supplier information and internal production data that are often incomplete, inconsistent or slow to arrive, and the person in this role will need to make defensible choices without perfect inputs. A second challenge is keeping models alive. Products change, components are substituted, suppliers shift, and each change can ripple through a calculation. Managing that maintenance alongside project work requires discipline and a workable process, which is probably why the job includes improving internal tools and methods. There is also the translation challenge: colleagues in design, purchasing and sales have different priorities and limited time. Getting a nuanced footprint result acted upon, rather than merely filed, is a communication task as much as a technical one, and it may involve pushing back gently when a preferred material or supplier does not perform well on paper.

A typical day would likely mix focused modelling work with cross-functional conversations. You might spend a morning refining a life cycle model or compiling data for an environmental product declaration, then move into a meeting with product development or purchasing to discuss a material choice or a supplier's data submission. There would probably be recurring contact with the sales organisation, answering requests for environmental figures or preparing material for a customer dialogue. Some days would be heavier on standards and regulation tracking, reviewing upcoming requirements or preparing documentation for an audit. Variability would come from product project cycles and audit schedules. Close to a launch or a verification deadline, the balance would shift towards finishing declarations and checking numbers, while quieter periods might allow time for improving tools and processes.

The most direct growth path runs deeper into specialist environmental competence: becoming the recognised authority on LCA, EPD and product compliance within NIBE, with a portfolio of declarations and methods behind you. That kind of expertise is portable and increasingly sought after in manufacturing. Because the role works across development, quality, purchasing, production, marketing and sales, there is also scope for lateral movement into product development, sustainable procurement or environmental management systems. Visibility across several functions at a company of NIBE's size tends to create those openings. Longer term, the role could support progression towards broader sustainability leadership, particularly if the person takes on process ownership, tool development and audit responsibility. The chance to shape how product environmental data is handled across a large manufacturer is a credible platform for that step.

Internally, the closest working relationships would be with product development and quality, since environmental data feeds design decisions and verification. Purchasing is another key partner, because supplier data and material choices sit at the heart of any product footprint calculation. You would also work with production and marketing or sales. Production supplies process and material information, while the sales organisation needs environmental figures and specialist support in customer conversations, which means explaining results to people who are not LCA practitioners. Externally, expect contact with suppliers, auditors and possibly certification or verification bodies, along with the standards and labelling organisations whose rules shape what NIBE must document. The nature of these interactions ranges from data requests to defending assumptions during an audit.