Eco Design Engineer

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Date: 12 Jan 2026

Location: Charleroi, WHT, BE

Company: Alstom

Req ID:502076 

 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

  • In charge of Eco design for tenders & projects
  • Feed the Environmental Management System (ISO14001) with eco design input and activities
  • Manage & improve environmental performance of products
  • Contribute to Ecodesign R&D and to expertise continuous improvement

ORGANISATION

Organisation Reporting

Functional:

  • Business Eco design Manager and Eco design director

Hierarchical:

  • RS Integrator units: Train design domain leader
  • RSC Eco design Manager for Eco design engineers based in STO
  • Others units: Various

Other reporting to:

 

Direct reports:

Network & Links

                            Internal

  • Eco design community & CCNL Eco design
  • Platform Director
  • Tenders and Projects teams
  • Sourcing & Purchasing
  • Engineering
  • EHS

                       External

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES 

Performance Measurement/KPI’s

  • Ecodesign activities on T&P. On Time Delivery
  • Ecodesign studies for R&D. On Time Delivery
  • Customer satisfaction

Responsibilities

Environmental Management System – ISO14001:

  • Propose Ecodesign yearly commitment and work plan
  • Propose and follow eco design dashboard for solutions/products
  • Contribute to EMS and its processes.
  • Realise compliance assessment

Ecodesign Referential : Deploy and apply eco design referential in T&P, R&D, Expertise activities

T&P main missions

  • Ensure Ecodesign expertise for local platform, subsystems, tenders and projects
  • Perform Ecodesign activities on tenders (contractual and legal requirements analysis and positioning)
  • Prepare Ecodesign management plan and specifications (train, compo or signalling level)
  • Participate to design (train, compo or signalling level) in order to insure achievement of eco design commitments
  • (Participate to relevant DR and GR meeting, propose corrective actions and risk mitigation plan)
  • Realise and update Eco design studies until delivery of the last train 
  • Implement relevant Eco design R&D and CCN results in projects

R&D main missions (if assigned to R&D missions)

  • Propose, lead and manage R&D actions in the context of product improvement and/or methodologies for Ecodesign within QCD commitment.
  • Develop innovative methodologies to be applied as a standard in the design process of products and solutions.

Expertise continuous improvement main missions

Propose & Support Eco design managers and CCN leader for updating and developing ecodesign referential Propose & Support Ecodesignreferent and CCN leader with continuous REX to improve the relevant methodologies

  • Report to Ecodesign Managers and CCN leader burning issues (technical or methodological)
  • Ensure training & awareness actions to non-Eco design people and/or to Ecodesign engineer

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirement

Mandatory

  • Ecodesign Engineer / Material Engineer with environmental
  • competencies / Engineer generalist with material competencies

 

Desirable

Experience

Mandatory

  • Experience in industry sector

 

Desirable

Competencies & Skills

  • International Standards and Regulation knowledge for environmental issues (hazardous substances, environmental communication, energy efficiency, end-of-life…)
  • Skills in environmental assessment (LCA, bilan carbone…) and related tools
  • Good communication skills, pro-activity, team working
  • English conversational/writing/reading advanced level mandatory
  • French conversational/reading advanced level is preferred

 

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

 

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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