Air Quality Engineer

Description

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. As a member of the Air Quality Team, you will 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.
As an Air Quality Modeler, you will play a key role in air permitting and air quality compliance for new and existing AWS facilities in the Americas (AMER) region. You will be the environmental representative on behalf of the AWS Environmental Team in AMER responsible for the successful delivery of air dispersion modeling projects. You will 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. You will manage strategic air dispersion modeling and air permitting projects and provide regulatory compliance guidance for both design and operations teams. The Air Quality Modeler will also work with internal and external partners that include government entities, AWS regional environmental engineers, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders. You will regularly engage with stakeholders; report to AWS Environmental leaders; and ensure risks to air permitting and compliance pathways are being appropriately identified, communicated, and managed.
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of air dispersion modeling in support of air permitting in North America, the demonstrated ability to deliver multiple high priority projects simultaneously, the ability to drive alignment across teams with competing priorities, and be a strong advocate for air quality compliance and sustainability.

Key job responsibilities
• Function as a leader for air dispersion modeling work in AMER by completing air dispersion modeling analyses in support of air permitting and strategic data center planning and design
• Develop air dispersion modeling tools and mechanisms which provide efficient technical oversight to environmental and partner teams
• 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
• Function as a leader regarding regulatory agency interactions for permit evaluation and processing, new process and technology introduction, and technical application of air dispersion modeling protocols
• Build effective relationships with regulatory bodies, laboratories, and service providers for air permitting program
• Consult on strategies to reduce environmental impact of air emissions
• Prioritize and manage multiple technically complex assignments concurrently
• Represent Amazon at appropriate levels with governmental agencies and throughout the company

A day in the life
This role's primary focus is to function as an environmental air quality leader and provide critical air dispersion modeling analyses and strategies that support AWS growth and compliance in the Americas. You will work directly with partner teams throughout the data center development lifecycle to encourage sustainable air quality development and design and to ensure compliance with local, state and federal air regulations. Beyond the day-to-day responsibilities, you will monitor and review evolving and emerging air quality permitting/modeling regulations; you may be required to assess impact(s) of regulatory changes to AWS and propose course of action.
The AWS Environmental team is a dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS's growth around the world, as well as ensuring compliance of AWS's global operations, including physical data centers, as well as other AWS facilities, customer-facing enterprises and products. The Environmental team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWS's global environmental programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the development of standards, tools, auditing and metrics, and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by environmental teams on global initiatives, including those that are part of Amazon's ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging with all AWS business units to provide scalable and effective compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

About the team
You'll join the Air Quality Team Modelling Group (AQTMG), AWS's specialized air quality modeling experts who deliver expert air dispersion modeling and regulatory compliance support that enables data center development across the Americas while protecting air quality and public health. As force multipliers for partner teams including Due Diligence, Global Environmental Services, Design Engineering, and Reliability, the team runs sophisticated computer simulations (AERMOD) to predict how air pollutants disperse in the atmosphere, ensuring compliance with all applicable air quality standards. The team maintains the highest standards of technical accuracy and regulatory compliance, engaging proactively throughout the data center development lifecycle to provide timely, actionable insights. The AQTMG is building world-class environmental expertise and innovative modeling solutions, working toward full in-house modeling capability while continuously advancing capabilities through automation and standardization. Through technical excellence, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous innovation, the team supports AWS's broader environmental commitments by ensuring all data center operations contribute to clean air and environmental protection while enabling sustainable infrastructure expansion.

Basic 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 influenceing 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

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