Southwest Regional Environmental Engineer: Data Center Permitting

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States seeks a Regional Environmental Engineer to lead environmental permitting and compliance for AWS data centers and related infrastructure.

You will partner with Real Estate, Legal, Risk, Design, Public Policy, Construction and regulators to develop regional and site-specific permitting strategies, conduct due diligence, and hand off compliant projects to operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent.
• Experience delivering multi-media environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance projects with CWA 404 and NPDES.
• 7+ years environmental due diligence for greenfield/brownfield sites, including Phase I/II ESAs.
• At least 3 years of project or task management experience for environmental permitting and/or due diligence projects.

Responsibilities

• Assess environmental risks and develop mitigations for data center siting and development strategies.
• Lead Phase I and II ESAs, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and resource assessments.
• Deliver environmental permits, approvals, and plans for new data center locations and expansion of existing sites.
• Communicate environmental requirements, risks, and activities to internal and external project partners.
• Coordinate with Real Estate, Design, Water, Legal, Risk, Power, and others to optimize site designs.
• Develop site development and permitting strategies that are environmentally responsible and timely.
• Lead regulatory agency interactions and negotiations for permit acquisition and regional strategies.
• Develop, manage and track compliance plans for environmental permits.
• Develop, manage and track metrics to evaluate project success and compliance.

Skills

Environmental due diligence

CWA 404/NPDES

Groundwater protection

Wastewater discharge

Cultural resources

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety or environmental

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States seeks a Regional Environmental Engineer to lead environmental permitting and compliance for AWS data centers and related infrastructure.

You will partner with Real Estate, Legal, Risk, Design, Public Policy, Construction and regulators to develop regional and site-specific permitting strategies, conduct due diligence, and hand off compliant projects to operations teams.