Regional Environmental Engineer, AWS Environmental Team

Amazon Web Services (AWS) invites you to apply for the Regional Environmental Engineer, AWS Environmental Team role.

Join a diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic team of environmental professionals who play a leading role in environmental permitting and compliance  work of our Regional Environmental Engineers is critical to enabling AWS’s growth in the US and around the world.

The AWS Environmental team is an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth and ensuring compliance of AWS’s global operations, including physical data centers, other AWS facilities, customer‑facing enterprises, and products. The team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWS’s global environmental programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems, driving continuous improvement, setting global policies and procedures, overseeing the development of standards, tools, auditing and metrics, and employee training.

The team ensures effective engagement by environmental teams on global initiatives, including those aligned with Amazon’s sustainability goals, provides specialist expertise, and engages with all AWS business units to provide scalable and effective compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

As a Regional Environmental Engineer (REE), you will be responsible for environmental compliance at operating AWS data centers in Mississippi (JAN). You will develop standards and policies to support regulatory compliance, complete environmental performance analysis, establish and monitor metrics, and guide the teams in implementation of Amazon environmental standards. You will provide guidance and build effective relationships with internal and external partners, including government entities, contractors, consultants, design, construction, operations, and other stakeholders.

This position is based in Jackson, Mississippi and will require travel throughout the state and the United States.

• Manage and oversee compliance with environmental regulations and Amazon policy.
• Drive an environmentally responsible culture within the organization.
• Ensure work performed by contractors, consultants, and employees is completed in accordance with Amazon standards.
• Develop environmental metrics to measure, monitor and forecast performance.
• Conduct thorough and accurate environmental audits for continuous improvement.
• Prioritize and manage multiple technically complex assignments concurrently.
• Represent Amazon at appropriate levels with governmental agencies and throughout the company.
• Build collaborative relationships with various stakeholders to ensure risks are identified early and managed appropriately.
• Assist in time‑critical compliance report submission to various governmental agencies.
• Complete thorough and accurate environmental incident investigations and associated regulatory reports and develop appropriate corrective action.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.

You’ll collaborate across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. Experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own projects to completion.

• AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stop innovating. Customers from startups to Global 500 companies trust our product suite.
• Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply.
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