Environmental Compliance Manager, Environmental Assurance and Protection

Amazon; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking an Environmental Compliance Manager to lead environmental operations across the United Kingdom and Ireland, reporting to the UK&IE Environmental Leader.

The role involves driving compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement across sites with up to 50% travel. You will partner with operations leadership to implement environmental procedures, oversee waste management, and align with national and local regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience in compliance, audit or risk management.
• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including waste, water, and air regulations.
• Experience communicating with stakeholders or in an operational role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, or related field or EQF equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental compliance across multiple UK & Ireland sites including air emissions, stormwater, waste, wastewater, and reporting.
• Drive development and application of environmental management systems; engage with authorities on notification, permitting, and approvals.
• Own and deliver environmental risk programmes end-to-end; manage schedules, scope, and outcomes to keep risk within tolerance.
• Serve as environmental subject matter expert, stay updated on regulatory changes and best practices; scale solutions across the network.
• Line-manage a team of waste coordinators at UK sites; develop environmental capability across the network.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Compliance, audit, risk management

Environmental regulations knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences/Engineering

EQF-equivalent qualification

Job description

Description

Our team is seeking an Environmental Compliance Manager who will support and drive environmental operational excellence across our Operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They will also provide technical support at our existing operations and future expansion across the UK. This role will report to the UK&IE Environmental Leader through the Environmental Assurance and Protection (EAP) team.

Description

The Environmental Compliance Manager will partner with the operations leadership teams to execute company environmental procedures and ensure compliance with all applicable UK and Ireland national and local regulations. Utilizing risk assessments and compliance evaluations, this individual will lead site-specific and regional continuous improvement initiatives to minimize environmental aspects and impacts and communicate and implement best practices. They must be able to lead a team to ensure success for business support. This role entails up to 50% travel to multiple sites across the UK and Ireland.

Key job responsibilities

• Multi‑site Environmental Compliance & Reporting — Manage and execute environmental compliance across multiple UK & Ireland sites, covering air emissions, stormwater, waste, wastewater, and other regulated areas, including all required national, local, and internal reporting and data collection.
• Environmental Management Systems & Regulatory Engagement — Drive the development, improvement, and application of environmental management control systems and procedures; measure site performance against policy requirements and drive corrective actions. Cooperate with UK & Ireland environmental authorities on notification, permitting, and approval procedures across all environmental disciplines.
• Environmental Risk Programme Delivery: own and drive environmental risk programme(s) and projects end‑to‑end; managing schedules, overcoming barriers, controlling scope, and delivering regulation‑based outcomes that bring risk within tolerance levels.
• Subject Matter Expertise & Strategic Influence: serve as the environmental subject matter expert for your area, staying current on regulatory changes, industry trends, and risk mitigation innovations. Identify opportunities to standardise and scale environmental solutions across the UK & Ireland network, influencing cross‑functionally to embed best practice.
• Team Leadership & Development — Line manage a team of waste coordinators based at UK operational sites, overseeing hazardous waste management and elements of environmental site management. Coach and develop the team to build environmental capability across the network.

A day in the life

Every day will be different. You will be visiting multiple Operations locations, of which all have slight differences.

You will be engaging with your senior stakeholders and ensuring the sites and the business as a whole are set up to deliver effective environmental compliance.

You will work across multiple teams in Amazon that each play a part in ensuring environmental compliance.

You will be comfortable with a dynamic organization, where agility to move focus and priorities based on business risk is essential in this role.

About The Team

The EU EAP team is responsible for all Environmental Compliance in Europe. We have an exciting opportunity to own one of the most interesting and complex regions of our network, as you will cover two countries and variety of different sites. This is a chance to really make your mark and demonstrate how environmental compliance can make a positive impact to the business. As a team we are learning fast and always looking for ways to Simplify, Sustain and Scale Environmental Compliance in Europe.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with all Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in compliance, audit or risk management
• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste, water, and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws
• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues and leadership, or experience in an operational role
• Bachelor’s degree in the Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, or related field of study, or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in relevant industries such as law, customer service, investigations, risk, compliance or project management
• Experience implementing scalable compliance solutions (technology, procedures, processes, etc.) in a regulated environment
• Master's Degree in civil, chemical or environmental engineering or related field of engineering or science study.
• Project management certification such as PMP, Scrum, or other Agile certification

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Company

Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A10596675