EHS Vapor Mitigation Specialist, Due Diligence and Remediation

As a Workplace Health & Safety Vapor Mitigation Specialist, you will be responsible for partnering with various stakeholders and teams around the world to support real estate transactions, mitigation strategy development, and ongoing property management. You will perform transaction related due diligence, scope and manage remediation and mitigation projects, support renovation projects at existing sites, develop Amazon standards and policies, oversee operations, maintenance, and monitoring of environmental systems, and implement and execute the requirements of Amazon programs. In this role, you will assist in managing properties at the corporate level and ensure that risks and liabilities are appropriately evaluated and mitigated as a part of our transactions and ongoing operations.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional organizational and communication skills and be able to send both verbal and written clear, concise, and consistent messages. You should possess site assessment, investigation, and remediation and mitigation knowledge and experience, and understand regulatory environments and environmental risk particularly around vapor and methane intrusion. You should be able to demonstrate this expertise when working with multiple internal and external teams.

Key job responsibilities
Provide subject matter expert reviews of due diligence-related reports including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, historical reports, regulatory agency assessments, health-risk assessments, and vapor and methane mitigation plans.

Scope, manage, review phase II site investigations for soil vapor and/or methane including identifying data gaps, risks, and/or feasibility of mitigation or remediation approaches.

Scope, review, and oversee construction of vapor and methane intrusion mitigation systems including assessing value engineering, cost estimates, quality control, and start-up testing.

Liaise with Real Estate, Legal, Design, Construction, and site Launch teams about required mitigation and ongoing environmental oversight and management including costs and timelines.

Assist real estate and construction legal teams with drafting protective language concerning hazardous materials, pre-existing contamination, and design, construction, and operations, maintenance, and monitoring of mitigation and remediation systems.

Evaluate renovation proposals to identify potential exposure routes, data gaps, impacts on engineering controls, and/or mitigation repairs or new requirements; develop construction plans to manage renovations risks.

Perform site visits during due diligence, construction, mitigation system operation, and/or to support site renovation.

Demonstrate that you can develop and lead initiatives and programs, and prioritize and lead multiple projects and assignments concurrently.

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!