Air Quality Engineer, AWS Environmental

As an Air Quality Engineer you will play a key role in air permitting and air quality compliance for new and existing AWS facilities in the Americas (AMER) region. You will be the environmental representative on behalf of the AWS Environmental Team in AMER responsible for the successful delivery of air permitting projects. You will partner with stakeholders across AWS to develop standards and mechanisms that incorporate air quality permitting into the process of planning, building, and operating data centers. You will manage strategic air quality engineering and air permitting projects and provide regulatory compliance guidance for both design and operations teams. The Air Quality Engineer will also work with internal and external partners that include government entities, AWS regional environmental engineers, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders. You will regularly engage with stakeholders; report to AWS Environmental leaders; and ensure risks to air permitting and compliance pathways are being appropriately identified, communicated, and managed.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record of air quality engineering solutions and air permitting in North America, the demonstrated ability to deliver multiple high priority projects simultaneously, the ability to drive alignment across teams with competing priorities, and be a strong advocate for air quality compliance and sustainability.

Key job responsibilities

• Function as a leader for air permitting work in AMER by managing the preparation of air permit applications for new construction, modifications, amendments, and renewals.

• Manage contracts and relationships with environmental consultants and testing firms to complete air permit applications and air dispersion modeling analyses.

• Manage regulatory agency interactions for permit evaluation and processing, and new process and technology introduction.

• Prioritize and manage multiple technically complex assignments concurrently.

• Represent Amazon at appropriate levels with governmental agencies and throughout the company.

• Review environmental permitting requirements for new power generation technologies, including both prime power generation and back up emergency power for data centers.

• Work collaboratively with energy, design engineering, public policy, capacity delivery, real estate, due diligence, and legal teams on large scale projects with undefined scope and drive towards sustainable long term energy supply solutions.

A day in the life

This role's primary focus is to function as an environmental air quality engineering leader and implement centralized management systems that support AWS growth and compliance in the Americas. You will work directly with partner teams throughout the data center development lifecycle to encourage sustainable air quality development and design and to ensure compliance with local, state and federal air regulations. Beyond the day-to-day responsibilities, you will monitor and review evolving and emerging air quality permitting/modeling regulations; you may be required to assess impact(s) of regulatory changes to AWS and propose course of action.

The AWS Environmental team is a dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS's growth around the world, as well as ensuring compliance of AWS's global operations, including physical data centers, as well as other AWS facilities, customer-facing enterprises and products. The Environmental team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWS's global environmental programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the development of standards, tools, auditing and metrics, and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by environmental teams on global initiatives, including those that are part of Amazon's ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging 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.

About the team

About the team

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. 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. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're 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 help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations experience

- 3+ years with air quality regulatory assessments and air emissions evaluations, serving as an environmental technical resource, program specialist, or program manager

- 3+ years with air permitting at local, state (e.g., minor source/synthetic minor source), and federal (e.g. Title V, NSR, PSD) levels

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with strong project management skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

- Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs including regulated waste, water, and air regulations in accordance with applicable laws

- 1+ years with engine specific regulations including 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ and 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, OH, COLUMBUS - 95,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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USA, WA, Seattle - 95,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually