Regional Environmental Manager, Environmental Assurance and Protection Team (Fulfillment & Operations)

Amazon Inc.; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon leads MEATR Environmental Assurance and Protection in the UAE and across the region. We seek a Regional Environmental Manager to own environmental programs for QC facilities and 3P logistics, including air, water, waste, spill response, and regulatory interactions.

The role reports to the MEATR Environmental Leader and involves coordinating with Operations, Legal, and support functions to drive program adoption, training, and data reporting across five countries.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple priorities and driving goals to completion.
• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs (waste, water, air).
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• 6+ years as an environment manager, program specialist, or program manager.
• Experience developing/managing environmental programs for air, waste, and water.
• Experience rolling out a compliance program across multi-site portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental compliance programs for small-format urban facilities and 3P logistics.
• Embed environmental requirements in contracts and service agreements.
• Collaborate with Operations, WHS, Legal, Engineering, and other teams to remove barriers and secure commitments.
• Identify and renew environmental permits, licenses, and reporting obligations across five countries.
• Conduct site assessments, inspections, and document corrective actions in the compliance platform.
• Roll out programs portfolio-wide with defined standards, training, and adoption criteria.
• Release network alerts on new developments and updates.
• Monitor environmental performance against KPIs and report to owners.
• Support regulatory interactions and agency inspections at QC sites.
• Prepare environmental business review reports for the business line.
• Identify large-scale opportunities to standardize programs and reduce burden on resources.
• Supervise consultants and third-party environmental providers.

Skills

Priorities management

Environmental compliance programs

English communication

Environmental program management (6+ y

Multi-site rollout

Permits and licenses management

Education

Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent field

Job description

Regional Environmental Manager, Environmental Assurance and Protection Team

Job ID: 10575388 | Q-Express Documents Transport

At Amazon, we are committed to and invested in the natural environment because it is good for business, the planet, our customers, and our communities.

The MEATR team is seeking an experienced Environmental Professional to join the team and lead the environmental compliance aspects of Amazon's Quick Commerce (QC) business line and third-party (3P) logistics facilities across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, South Africa and Turkey. These are small-format urban facilities. This role will own the environmental program across environmental media (air, stormwater and wastewater, waste, etc.) and management programs (such as Spill Response, Regulatory Interactions) and roll them out in partnership with the Operations team and support functions who execute at site level. Country Environmental Managers will provide guidance on country-specific regulatory requirements.

This role will provide strategic direction supporting the Operations team and EAP field customers to ensure that designed programs and trainings are implemented and meet each stakeholder group's needs. This role will also work with consultants and technical teams to resolve regulated environmental program barriers and provide guidance, and will support the MEATR Environmental Leader in environmental data management and business reporting for this business line to meet Amazon's high bar.

The ideal candidate must possess proficiency in environmental programs and regulations and demonstrate this expertise when partnering with teams. The successful candidate must be able to work successfully in a fast-paced environment, have a results-oriented approach, strong analytical skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience in implementing processes and procedures across multiple regions, sites or businesses.

This position will directly report to the MEATR Environmental Leader.

Key job responsibilities

• Support business line and country-specific environmental compliance programs and procedures for small-format urban facilities, including waste segregation and storage standards, hazardous waste management, spill response, etc., and ensure compliance.
• Ensure the environmental requirements are embedded in third-party (3P) logistics contracts and service agreements, covering inventory waste handling and storage, licensed disposal vendors for inventory waste, manifest retention, audit rights, and related obligations.
• Work with internal stakeholders, such as Operations (including ACES), Workplace Health & Safety (WHS), Facilities, Legal, Dangerous Goods, Engineering, Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME), Procurement, Learning and Development, Real Estate and GES team for new buildings, to identify and remove barriers for successful environmental program development, deployment and process improvements, and to secure senior-level commitment to environmental requirements for this business line.
• Assess and identify applicable environmental operating permits, licenses, classifications and recurring municipal reporting obligations across all five countries, maintain them in the environmental compliance platform, and drive renewal actions with the Operations team.
• Conduct site assessments and environmental inspections across the portfolio to verify program adoption, identify compliance gaps, and record findings and corrective actions in the environmental compliance platform.
• Roll out the program across the portfolio working with the Operations team, defining the standard, sequence, training and completion criteria, and verifying adoption.
• Release network alerts to stakeholders on new developments, requirements, and updates around the programs.
• Deploy and review environmental performance against applicable key performance indicators with their owners.
• Support the Operations team during regulatory interactions and agency inspections at QC sites.
• Support and lead the preparation and finalization of environmental business review reports for the business line.
• Identify large-scale opportunities and partner with the program team to develop, integrate and implement standardized programs that maintain compliance while reducing the burden on Amazon's resources.
• Supervise consultants and third-party environmental service providers hired to deliver specific products and services under the EAP scope for QC and 3PL.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple competing priorities simultaneously and driving goals to completion
• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste, water, and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• 6+ years of experience serving as an environment manager, program specialist, or program manager.
• Experience developing and managing environmental programs for air, waste, and water.
• Experience rolling out a compliance program across a multi-site portfolio and working with multiple stakeholders
• Experience managing environmental permits and licenses, including application, renewal and regulatory inspection response.
• Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent field of study

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or professional certification in an Environmental, Sustainability, EHS or related fields
• ISO 14000 or equivalent program development and auditing experience
• Experience with environmental compliance management platforms and site environmental risk assessment methodology.
• Written and verbal communication skills in Arabic or Turkish.

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