Environmental Engineer, AWS Environmental
Stellen-ID: 10443123 | Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd
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.
The AWS Environmental team is an expanding and 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 developing and implementing AWS's global environmental programs.
We are seeking an Environmental Engineer to support AWS environmental permitting and compliance in Australia. The environmental engineer will ensure standards and policies support regulatory permitting and compliance, and they will provide appropriate environmental guidance to regional operations teams. The individual will support environmental performance analysis, reporting, monitor metrics, support due diligence processes and guide the operations teams in implementation of Amazon environmental procedures. The environmental engineer will work with internal and external partners that include government entities, contractors, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders.
The Environmental Engineer must have excellent communication skills, local language skills, strong environmental regulatory and permitting knowledge, demonstrated success in supporting roles for program development and management of complex permitting and technical projects.
Key job responsibilities
* Assess and support permitting and compliance in accordance with national and local environmental regulations, contractual obligations, Australian Government Security requirements and internal Amazon policies.
* Support the growth of the business through environmental due diligence reviews and permitting.
* Play a key role in regional environmental programs by integrating with engineering, construction, and operations – 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 various stakeholders to ensure risks are identified early and managed appropriately.
* Submit time critical environmental permits and reports to various governmental agencies.
* Complete thorough environmental investigations and associated regulatory reports, including working with operations and necessary stakeholders to develop and implement appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent
* 4+ years of experience serving as an environmental technical/permitting resource, environmental consultant, or environmental program/permitting manager.
* Experience in environmental compliance, environmental auditing, reporting, environmental permitting, waste management, environmental management systems and ISO14001 standards.
* Broad knowledge of Australian environmental regulations and licensing requirements applicable to permitting and compliance, as well as project management skills with proficiency with Microsoft 365 suite of applications.
* Australian Government Baseline Security Clearance or confirmed eligibility to obtain Baseline Security Clearance, Read On Level 3.
* Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
* Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization.
* Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.
* Self-starter who consistently identifies improvement opportunities and applies new knowledge to enhance environmental performance.
Acknowledgement of country
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.
IDE statement
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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