Environmental Engineer, AWS Environmental

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on challenging problems and are looking for talented people who want to help.

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 with people across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The AWS Environmental team is an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS's growth around the world, ensuring compliance of AWS's global operations, including physical data centers and other AWS facilities, customer-facing enterprises and products. The team develops and implements AWS's global environmental programs.

We are seeking an Environmental Engineer to support AWS environmental compliance in Australia. The environmental engineer will ensure standards and policies support regulatory compliance and provide appropriate environmental guidance to regional operations teams. The role supports environmental performance analysis, reporting, metrics monitoring, due diligence processes, and guidance to operations teams in implementing Amazon environmental procedures. The engineer will work with internal and external partners including government entities, contractors, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders.

• Assess and support compliance with national and local environmental regulations, contractual obligations, and internal Amazon policies.
• Support the growth of the business through environmental due diligence reviews and permitting support.
• Play a key role in regional environmental programs by integrating with engineering, construction, and operations to drive an environmentally responsible culture within the organization.
• Support the maintenance of and compliance with implemented Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
• Ensure work performed by contractors, consultants, and employees is completed in accordance with Amazon standards.
• Develop, analyze, and forecast environmental metrics; horizon scan for risk and effectively communicate insights to internal stakeholders.
• Support environmental audits to drive continuous improvement.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders to identify and manage risks early.
• Submit time-critical environmental reports to various governmental agencies.
• Complete thorough environmental investigations and regulatory reports, including development and implementation of appropriate corrective and preventive actions in coordination with operations and stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering/science, geology, geography, biology, chemistry or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in environmental compliance, auditing, permitting/reporting, waste management, EMS, and ISO 14001 standards.
• Broad knowledge of Australian environmental regulations and licensing requirements; strong project management skills and proficiency with Microsoft 365.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with senior leaders.
• Experience in a fast-paced, growing organization.
• Strong analytical skills with experience implementing practical improvements.
• Self-starter who identifies improvement opportunities and applies new knowledge to enhance environmental performance.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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