Junior Life Cycle Assessment Engineer

Are you a fresh graduate and looking for a place where you can make a difference? Join our VIE Program and develop your talents in our challenging and rewarding environment.

About the VIE Program

V.I.E. Program (volontariat international en entreprise), is an international graduate program that allows EU graduates working with a team of experts abroad. The program is minimum 1 year with a possibility of renewal and hire. By joining our VIE Program, you will have several opportunities to work on projects that directly impact the organization and become a qualified professional in your field.

About the role

We are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of a Junior Life Cycle Assessment Engineer (VIE) in Nivelles, Belgium.

The Product Stewardship and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) team is responsible for evaluating the environmental impacts of the company and its products, through recognized and standardized assessments like Corporate/Product Carbon Footprints (focused on greenhouse gas emissions) or more general Life Cycle Assessments (for multiple environmental impacts). As part of the team, you will be responsible of collecting data, calculating and communicating the environmental impacts of the products put on the market to answer regulatory requirements and to show our improvements in sustainability. This job is an opportunity to learn about LCA and how it is applied in the minerals industry, as well as how the results are leveraged in a company setting. It also provides a unique position to see how a hard-to-abate sector like the lime industry can reduce its environmental footprint.

Your role and responsibilities: 

• Perform LCAs across the whole portfolio of Lhoist Products, with an initial focus on the French market, by

  • Collecting data on environmental inputs and outputs of our processes such as raw materials, energy, emissions.

  • Modelling and transforming the environmental data into environmental impacts using LCA software

  • Analysing and reporting on the impacts for internal and external communication

• Maintaining the Carbon Footprint Assessment project of the Lhoist Group including Lhoist France by

  • Coordinating the data collection with internal stakeholders

  • Ensuring that the output results are reliable

  • Researching and/or modelling additional emission factors to extend the scope of calculation.

• Maintain internal documentation and participate in 3rd party review processes by

  • Writing and updating reports explaining the methodology used in assessments compliant with relevant standards.

  • Presenting the methodology, data and results to external verifiers to obtain certified LCA results.

• Follow-up on regulatory changes or existing/new voluntary schemes relevant to Lhoist activities which require LCA results using market intelligence tools.

About you: 

• Master’s degree in chemical engineering, environmental engineering and/or background in chemistry.

• Strong analytical skills and data driven mindset. Solid knowledge of Excel and/or PowerBI tools.

• Prior knowledge of LCA and experience with an LCA software are considered as big plus.

• Eager to learn and acquire new competencies and knowledge and quickly applying these on day to day.

• Raise the bar always delivering quality work, being open to exchange feedback and challenging others.

• Very good communicator with good presentation skills.

• Ability to foster teamwork and to develop strong relationships based on trust, being a reliable partner respecting deadlines and commitments.

• Professional proficiency in English is a must, French is a competitive advantage.

What’s in it for you?

• International Experience and Networking.

• Responsibilities that help you to grow.

• Training based on personal development plan.

• Discovering the unknown and your potential.

• Future Career Opportunity and many more...

Why join Lhoist?

We are passionate about the business we have been in for more than a century. As a private company, we believe in continuity and look for people with a long-term vision to help us to grow. That could be you At Lhoist, people matter. Our employees’ ongoing efforts to innovate and seek out new opportunities as well as their achievements, have brought about our global success and growth. We appreciate and reward them for that.

Our 6.400 employees in more than 25 countries create everyday solutions for a sustainable future. Reducing our carbon footprint is part of our overall commitment to develop Lhoist as a sustainable company. As a market leader in the industrial sector, it is our responsibility to plan ahead and be a part of this global transition from the start. Our strategy takes into account our three major pillars of sustainable development: planet, people and profit.   

At Lhoist, we have more than 50 nationalities. Diversity and inclusion are fundamentals to stand by our values, achieving our business goals and building a stronger group.  

Come and join us