Senior Manufacturing Environmental Program Manager, AWS Environmental Team

MOTO is the environmental organization within AWS Infrastructure Services — the team responsible for ensuring AWS grows responsibly, with environmental integrity at every stage of the infrastructure lifecycle. This role focuses squarely on environmental site development, operating at the front end of the growth engine, identifying and clearing the environmental path for the next generation of AWS facilities.

Job Location:

Seattle, WA, Florence, KY, or Herndon, VA.

• Lead Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments for greenfield and brownfield candidate sites.
• Evaluate environmental constraints, liabilities, and fatal flaws that could impact real estate acquisitions or development timelines.
• Conduct natural, biological, cultural, and wetland resource evaluations as part of site screening.
• Develop clear environmental risk profiles that help the team make smart, fast site selection decisions.
• Support real estate negotiations with environmental findings, risk summaries, and liability assessments.
• Lead noise assessments and other site‑specific technical evaluations that inform siting decisions.

• Develop and execute greenfield entitlement strategies covering zoning, land use, and environmental permits.
• Lead multi‑media permitting — air, water, waste, and natural resources — for new site development.
• Drive regulatory agency engagement and negotiations to secure greenfield approvals on schedule.
• Manage wetland delineations, threatened and endangered species surveys, and cultural resource assessments.
• Deliver the permits and approvals that enable on‑time construction starts.
• Support public hearings and community engagement processes as part of greenfield approval workflows.

• Serve as the environmental subject matter expert for Real Estate and Land Use teams throughout site acquisition.
• Evaluate environmental conditions that affect property value, development timelines, and transactional risk.
• Develop comprehensive environmental due diligence packages for real estate transactions.
• Advise on environmental covenants, deed restrictions, and institutional controls.
• Coordinate with Legal and Risk teams on environmental liability allocation in purchase agreements.
• Support land use entitlement processes with environmental data, analysis, and technical documentation.

• Partner across Real Estate, Legal, Risk, Water, Design, Public Policy, and Construction to move projects forward.
• Represent AWS in conversations with regulatory agencies, local planning authorities, and community stakeholders.
• Communicate environmental risks, constraints, and timing clearly to development project teams.
• Manage external consultants and contractors performing environmental field work.

• Develop compliance frameworks for handoff from development to operations teams as new sites approach readiness.
• Support environmental program development for facilities nearing operational launch.
• Ensure environmental conditions of approval are clearly documented and properly transitioned to the operations team.

Your morning might start with a stack of Phase I ESA reports — flagging the sites worth pursuing and the ones to cut loose. By mid‑morning, you’re on a call with Real Estate, talking through environmental conditions on a site the team is moving to acquire. After lunch, you’re deep in a greenfield permitting strategy, coordinating with a state agency on a tricky wetland determination.

By end of day, you’ve reviewed a field consultant’s T&E survey, weighed in on a site constraint that’s blocking design, and pushed two projects closer to construction‑ready. Every day moves the work — and that’s the point.

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent.
• Experience engaging with regulatory agencies in permit applications or equivalent.
• Proven track record supporting real estate acquisitions with environmental risk assessments and transaction support.
• Multi‑media permitting experience — including CWA Section 404, NPDES,…