Warehousing & Transportation Environmental Program Manager, Amazon Manufacturing Operations, Transportation Operations

About the role

AWS is seeking a talented and self-motivated Warehousing & Transportation Environmental Program Manager to support AWS Manufacturing, Test, and Operations (MOTO) facilities. This role sits within the MOTO Environmental organization and owns the Warehousing and Transportation Operations environmental compliance portfolio — a standalone pillar covering Receiving/Distribution Centers (RDCs), Multi-Function Centers (MFCs), and DC/FC facilities (DCFCs) across AMER. This is a new high-impact, ground-floor opportunity to build programs and establish compliance infrastructure from scratch. You will collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards of environmental performance for our warehousing and logistics facilities and our customers.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the MOTO Warehousing & Transportation environmental compliance program to meet changing organizational needs, stakeholder expectations, and regulatory requirements. Champion environmental responsibility across the W&T portfolio and advocate for best-in-class environmental practices at all RDC, MFC, and DCFC facilities.
• Lead environmental due diligence reviews for new W&T facility acquisitions, including Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments and pre-lease environmental screening to identify liability and compliance risk prior to execution.
• Serve as the environmental compliance owner during facility buildout and construction phases for new W&T sites — Partner with MOTO real estate, facilities, and construction teams to embed environmental compliance requirements into project timelines, contracts, and buildout milestones.
• Establish and maintain environmental compliance coverage for the full MOTO Warehousing & Transportation portfolio — beginning with facility inventory and classification, regulatory applicability screening, and risk-based prioritization across all RDC, MFC, and DCFC sites.
• Manage hazardous materials permitting, monitoring, and reporting across W&T facilities; maintain accurate hazmat inventories and ensure Tier II/EPCRA compliance where applicable.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for all applicable W&T facilities; ensure compliance with industrial stormwater permit requirements under NPDES and applicable state-level general permits.
• Develop and maintain spill prevention and emergency response protocols for W&T facilities; coordinate with operations teams to ensure response plans are current, trained to, and tested. Manage spill incident reporting and corrective action for W&T sites; conduct thorough incident investigations and develop appropriate corrective and preventative actions.
• Manage waste characterization, manifesting, tracking, and disposal compliance for all W&T facilities in AMER; ensure compliance with RCRA hazardous waste regulations, universal waste rules, and applicable state-equivalent waste programs. Coordinate with waste haulers and treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities to ensure proper handling, transport, and disposal of all waste streams generated across the W&T portfolio. Develop waste reduction and circular economy initiatives across the W&T portfolio; establish waste metrics and track performance against reduction targets.
• Oversee environmental compliance for vendors and contractors operating within W&T facilities; develop and enforce environmental performance requirements in contractor agreements and facility leases. Develop environmental lease language standards for W&T facilities; conduct lease compliance inspections and remediate identified environmental obligations with landlords and tenants.
• Collaborate with environmental, operations, legal, policy, real estate, and sustainability teams to ensure the W&T environmental program remains relevant, effective, and aligned with evolving regulatory requirements across all MOTO W&T facilities.
• Establish and manage a robust system for monitoring, measuring, and reporting environmental compliance performance across the W&T portfolio. Conduct regular assessments of environmental tools and processes across W&T sites; collate and analyze compliance data to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement. Develop environmental metrics to measure, monitor, and forecast performance across the W&T portfolio; prepare and contribute to performance reports for senior leadership on a regular cadence.

Requirements

• Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to infrastructure (i.e. network, data center, hardware, software)
• Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds
• Experience in environmental compliance and permitting, waste management, contractual, regulatory, and liability assessments, environmental permit evaluations and applications, EIAs and water discharge requirements
• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, sustainability, or equivalent field

Qualifications

• Experience leading change in multiple site environments and influencing those that are not direct reports or within your organization
• Experience with increasing responsibilities in environmental compliance programs in warehouse, logistics, distribution, or transportation operations
• Experience in warehousing, fulfillment, distribution center, or last-mile delivery environmental compliance programs
• Experience supporting environmental due diligence for facility acquisitions including Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments
• Experience with greenfield permitting, SWPPP development, construction-phase environmental compliance monitoring, and pre-operational environmental authorizations for new facilities

Pay & Benefits

• Base salary range: $127,100.00 – $171,900.00 USD annually (location-dependent)
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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

Schedule

This role is based in Herndon, VA (IAD Hub), Seattle, WA (SEA Hub), or Salt Lake City, UT (SLC warehouse).

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