Air Quality Engineer, Dispersion Modeler, AWS Environmental, Air Quality Team

About the role

Join a diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic team of environmental engineering professionals who play a leading role in air quality permitting and compliance at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where we have a history of leading the world in innovative technologies and services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement environmental programs aimed at ensuring compliance with air quality regulations and standards in the Americas while also enabling AWS's growth around the world.
• Play a key role in air permitting and air quality compliance for new and existing AWS facilities in the Americas (AMER) region.
• Partner with stakeholders across AWS to develop standards and mechanisms that incorporate air dispersion modeling into the process of planning, building, and operating data centers.
• Manage strategic air dispersion modeling and air permitting projects and provide regulatory compliance guidance for both design and operations teams.
• Work with internal and external partners that include government entities, AWS regional environmental engineers, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders.
• Engage with stakeholders; report to AWS Environmental leaders; and ensure risks to air permitting and compliance pathways are being appropriately identified, communicated, and managed.
• Lead air dispersion modeling work in AMER by completing air dispersion modeling analyses in support of air permitting and strategic data center planning and design.
• Collaborate with relevant business units such as environmental infrastructure development, design engineering, due diligence, real estate, construction, and operations beginning early in the capacity planning and site selection process and throughout the design phase of facilities to ensure future compliance with environmental regulations and air dispersion modeling thresholds.
• Manage contracts, budgets, and relationships with environmental consultants and vendors to complete air permit applications, air dispersion modeling analyses and perform air emissions testing.
• Prepare air permit applications in AMER by managing the preparation of air permit applications for new construction, modifications, amendments, and renewals.
• Drive alignment across teams with competing priorities and be a strong advocate for air quality compliance and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds
• 5+ years with air dispersion modeling analyses (AERMOD) in support of air permit applications and NAAQS evaluations
• 5+ years with air quality regulatory assessments and air emissions evaluations, serving as an environmental technical resource, program specialist, or program manager
• 5+ years with air permitting at local, state (e.g., minor source/synthetic minor source), and federal (e.g. Title V, NSR, PSD) levels
• 3+ years with engine specific regulations including 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ and 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading change in multiple site environments and influencing those that are not direct reports or within your organization
• Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time
• Experience conducting iterative, just in time air dispersion modeling analyses via AERMOD with and without the reliance on a graphic user interface software
• Strong interpersonal skills: excellent communication skills, strong relationship builder, solid influencing and negotiation skills, and the ability to coach at multiple levels
• Broad knowledge of North American and state level environmental regulations