Senior Regional Environmental Manager – EMEA, AWS Environmental
Added 19 Aug · still live
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Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2152 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 1254 (Waste disposal and environmental services managers, If waste/environmental services management is the core focus) or SOC 1139 (Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified., If the role is purely senior management with no hands-on environmental work). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
Description
Amazon is looking for a talented and self-motivated Senior Regional Environmental Manager-EMEA to lead the environmental team across the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region. The successful candidate will join the AWS Environmental team, an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS's growth around the world, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance and highest-level environmental performance of AWS's data center global operations. The Environmental team has responsibility for managing Environmental requirements and risk from site selection through to decommissioning.
The Senior Regional Environmental Manager role has end-to-end accountability for the full environmental lifecycle of AWS data center infrastructure in EMEA — from initial site selection and due diligence through permitting, construction, operational compliance, and decommissioning. The successful candidate will directly manage a team of Regional Environmental Managers (REMs) and Regional Environmental Engineers (REEs), driving infrastructure permitting, development delivery, and ongoing operational environmental compliance across EMEA.
This is a senior leadership role within the Global Environmental organization. The position will serve as a key member of the Global Environmental leadership team, shaping regional and global environmental strategy while maintaining hands-on accountability for project delivery and regulatory compliance in EMEA.
Key job responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
Amazon is looking for a talented and self-motivated Senior Regional Environmental Manager-EMEA to lead the environmental team across the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region. The successful candidate will join the AWS Environmental team, an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS's growth around the world, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance and highest-level environmental performance of AWS's data center global operations. The Environmental team has responsibility for managing Environmental requirements and risk from site selection through to decommissioning.
The Senior Regional Environmental Manager role has end-to-end accountability for the full environmental lifecycle of AWS data center infrastructure in EMEA — from initial site selection and due diligence through permitting, construction, operational compliance, and decommissioning. The successful candidate will directly manage a team of Regional Environmental Managers (REMs) and Regional Environmental Engineers (REEs), driving infrastructure permitting, development delivery, and ongoing operational environmental compliance across EMEA.
This is a senior leadership role within the Global Environmental organization. The position will serve as a key member of the Global Environmental leadership team, shaping regional and global environmental strategy while maintaining hands-on accountability for project delivery and regulatory compliance in EMEA.
Key job responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
- Directly manage multiple Regional Environmental Managers and Regional Environmental Engineers across the EMEA region, providing coaching, performance management, and career development.
- Set strategic direction for the EMEA regional environmental teams, spanning infrastructure development, operational compliance, and environmental programs.
- Hire, develop, and promote talent; build a high-performing, regionally distributed environmental team.
- Oversee the environmental requirements for the full lifecycle of AWS data center site acquisition and development across EMEA, including site selection, due diligence, permitting, and compliant transition to operations.
- Lead and manage environmental due diligence activities, including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), brownfield redevelopment evaluations, health-risk assessments, and management of environmental risks and liabilities associated with acquired property.
- Develop and execute regional and site-specific environmental permitting and site management strategies to enable on-time and compliant construction and operations for new data center locations and expansion of existing sites.
- Coordinate and lead regulatory agency interactions and negotiations in support of environmental permit acquisition and regional development strategies.
- Coordinate with partner teams to optimize site masterplans that account for environmentally sensitive areas and deliver projects that meet the highest standards and meet required timelines.
- Assess environmental risks and requirements and develop mitigations and strategies to support data center siting and development strategies and site-specific project delivery.
- Conduct natural, biological, and cultural resource evaluations as part of the permitting and development process.
- Hold ultimate responsibility for the management of environmental compliance activities across all EMEA operational data centers and facilities.
- Develop and influence regional and global environmental internal standards and policies to support regulatory compliance.
- Provide technical support and execute tactical compliance tasks across the EMEA region.
- Improve public perception of AWS and manage community and public interactions as required in support of permitting, development and operations activities.
- Lead external strategy and programmatic initiatives, including advancing environmental regulatory frameworks, contributing technical expertise to advocacy efforts, engaging with regulators and community stakeholders, and designing environmental assessment programs.
- Develop and influence new and existing regional and global environmental strategy, with the ability to execute global programs with complete independence where business strategy is not yet defined.
- Identify and drive implementation of process improvement opportunities, developing initiatives to improve AWS's management of environmental risks and driving efficiencies across the team.
- Develop, manage, and track metrics to evaluate project delivery and environmental performance across the region.
- Manage complex problems, decisions, and escalations to mitigate long-term risks; find paths forward in difficult situations and make trade-offs between short- and long-term needs.
- Identify opportunities to improve environmental regulations, providing technical input to AWS's policy advocacy efforts. Negotiate with regulators to clarify ambiguous regulations.
- Explain AWS's environmental profile to neighbors and community members, designing environmental attitudes assessments for AWS InCommunities.
- Document issues in standard reporting tools and drive resolution.
- Partner with AWS stakeholders including Real Estate, Legal, Risk, Water, Design, Public Policy, Construction, and Operational teams to deliver new data center infrastructure that meets environmental requirements and optimizes environmental opportunities.
The AWS Environmental team supports the full lifecycle of infrastructure development, beginning with site selection and due diligence and continuing through design, construction, and operations. As Senior Regional Environmental Manager, you will lead a team of Regional Environmental Managers and Engineers across EMEA, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on technical delivery. On any given day, you may be reviewing a particularly complex Phase II ESA for a new data center site, negotiating a permit with a state regulatory agency, coaching a direct report through a complex compliance challenge, or presenting regional environmental performance metrics to global leadership.
About The Team
AWS Infrastructure Services 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.
For over 20 years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud computing platform. What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet.
In 2019, Amazon announced The Climate Pledge, which includes our commitment to power our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, on the path to achieving net zero carbon across our businesses by 2040. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com and https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience leading large teams, with demonstrable ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams
- Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of multi-media environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance experience for existing sites and new development.
- 10+ years of progressive experience delivering transactional Phase I and Phase II ESAs, site investigation and remediation, and bownfield development in EMEA.
- 7+ years of people management experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple regions. Demonstrated experience managing and leading teams of environmental professionals.
- Experience developing programmatic approaches and tools/mechanisms to evaluate and manage environmental risks and a contaminated site portfolio, including coordination with finance, real estate, legal, and external agency stakeholders.
- Experience with controls and financial reporting in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for remedial activities with construction site compliance experience.
- Proven track record of delivering multiple, high-priority projects with tight timelines requiring strong communication with partner teams, outside consultants, internal counsel, and regulatory agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally to accomplish strategic initiatives and multi-year plans to improve corporate environmental performance
- Advanced degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field and/or professional certifications (e.g., PE, PG, CHMM, or equivalent).
- EMEA site investigation, remediation, and/or development experience. Experience with large-scale, complex site redevelopment in fast-paced environment.
- Data center or critical infrastructure due diligence, design, construction, and/or risk assessment experience strongly preferred.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Company - Amazon Data Services UK Limited
Job ID: A10386060
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2152 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~39k in sampleP25 £33kP75 £52k
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