Environmental Permitting Manager, Dcc Communities, Dcc Communities

Bachelor’s Degree in environmental engineering, science, or related field of study.
- Experience in obtaining environmental permits in APAC for project development and the management of consultant deliverables and quality.
- Experience in environmental Impact Assessments, biodiversity integration, water discharge requirements, and waste management.

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 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.
We are looking for a dynamic and skilled person to join our existing APAC environmental due diligence and environmental permitting team. Based in Singapore, this role will involve leading on multiple regions and sites in-development. Our scale of growth and success means that this is a fast-paced role and critical to AWS's ongoing success
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.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage third-party consultant deliverables and quality for critical environmental disciplines: air permits, EIAs, natural heritage/biodiversity and cultural heritage assessments;
- Lead on environmental due diligence reviews (contaminated site management, remediation, initial environmental risk analysis, site screening, site approvals);
- Undertake regulatory, authority and agency negotiation;
- Collaborate with key internal AWS teams (Real Estate, Risk & Resiliency, Design Engineering, Legal, Construction).

A day in the life
A typical day involves managing many site-development projects all at various stages of development. Some will be at the due diligence stage so work would involve reviewing due diligence reports and identifying risks and mitigations needed for site acquisition.
We work very closely with partner teams such as Real Estate, Risk/Due Diligence, Design Engineering and Legal. The role is very dynamic and managing multiple projects with mínimal manager oversight is a key skill.
About the team
You will sit in the APAC Infrastructure-Development (InfraDev) team within the global Environmental organization of AWS. We are responsible for environmental due diligence, permitting and approvals for all new AWS sites in Asia-Pacific. We are a small, global team but highly-effective. We manage multiples of projects in APAC and are always innovating in how we complete our work. Its a great role in a dynamic team that is at the forefront of AWS.
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- Experienced in managing and delivering multiple sites/locations in APAC at any one point in time.
- Highly autonomous and can work with mínimal guidance with excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization.
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability across multiple jurisdictions.