Regional Environmental Engineer: Data Center Permitting

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Regional Environmental Engineer to lead multi-site permitting and compliance for AWS infrastructure projects.

The role focuses on CWA 404 and NPDES permitting, risk assessments, and collaboration across Real Estate, Legal, Risk, and design teams. You will drive environmental due diligence, craft permitting strategies, manage stakeholder communications, and ensure timely, compliant data center development while advancing AWS's sustainability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems.
• 5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience.
• Experience delivering multi-media environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance projects with specific expertise in CWA 404 and NPDES permitting, groundwater protection, wastewater discharge, and natural and cultural resource evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Assess environmental risks and requirements and develop mitigations and strategies to support data center siting and development strategies and site-specific project delivery.
• Lead technical aspects of environmental due diligence, including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, regulatory and permitting evaluations, natural, biological and cultural resource evaluations, and noise assessments.
• Deliver environmental permits, approvals, and plans to enable on-time and compliant construction and operations for new data center locations and expansion of existing sites.
• Communicate environmental requirements, risks, and activities to internal and external project partners.
• Coordinate with partner teams including Real Estate, Design, Water, Legal, Risk, Power, and others to optimize site designs to consider natural resource or operational constraints.
• Develop site development and permitting strategies that are environmentally responsible and sustainable while meeting project timelines.
• Lead regulatory agency interactions and negotiations in support of environmental permit acquisition and regional development strategies.
• Develop, manage and track metrics to evaluate project success.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

Tools

MS Excel

Windows Operating Systems

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Regional Environmental Engineer to lead multi-site permitting and compliance for AWS infrastructure projects.

The role focuses on CWA 404 and NPDES permitting, risk assessments, and collaboration across Real Estate, Legal, Risk, and design teams. You will drive environmental due diligence, craft permitting strategies, manage stakeholder communications, and ensure timely, compliant data center development while advancing AWS's sustainability