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New grad environmental program specialist jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong internship work or a portfolio of environmental projects can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles concentrated in Education, with employers like Amazon, Tarleton State University, and Anne Arundel County Public Schools hiring at this level now.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a talented and self-motivated Warehousing & Transportation Environmental Program Manager to support AWS Manufacturing, Test, and Operations (MOTO) facilities. The successful candidate will join the AWS Environmental team — an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth around the world, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance and the highest-level environmental performance of AWS’s warehousing and transportation operations.
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, and you will experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
A critical component of this role is supporting infrastructure development through environmental programs — conducting site selection environmental assessments, supporting greenfield permitting for new facility acquisitions, and ensuring environmental compliance during facility buildout and construction phases. This individual will be a key environmental partner to real estate, facilities, and construction teams as MOTO’s warehousing and transportation footprint grows.
This role is based in Herndon, VA (IAD Hub), Seattle, WA (SEA Hub), or Salt Lake City, UT (SLC warehouse).
Key job responsibilities
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Leadership & Commitment - 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.
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Infrastructure Development & New Facility Support - 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.
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Portfolio Compliance Management — RDCs, MFCs, and DCFCs - 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.
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Hazardous Materials Management - Manage hazardous materials permitting, monitoring, and reporting across W&T facilities; maintain accurate hazmat inventories and ensure Tier II/EPCRA compliance where applicable.
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Stormwater Management - 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.
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Spill Prevention & Emergency Response - 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.
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Waste Management - 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.
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Vendor & Contractor Environmental Compliance - 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.
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Collaboration - 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.
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Performance Evaluation - 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.
A day in the life
Day-to-day, this role manages environmental compliance across the MOTO Warehousing & Transportation portfolio — reviewing regulatory applicability for new and existing facilities, coordinating DOT hazmat shipping compliance with logistics teams, managing stormwater inspection schedules and SWPPP updates, tracking waste manifests and disposal vendor performance, and supporting facility teams on environmental permit requirements. The role simultaneously works upstream — partnering with real estate and construction teams to conduct site selection environmental assessments, supporting greenfield permitting for new W&T sites, and ensuring environmental compliance is fully embedded in facility buildout timelines before a building goes live.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) 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 support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. 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.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. 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.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, UT, Salt Lake City - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a talented and self-motivated Warehousing & Transportation Environmental Program Manager to support AWS Manufacturing, Test, and Operations (MOTO) facilities. The successful candidate will join the AWS Environmental team — an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth around the world, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance and the highest-level environmental performance of AWS’s warehousing and transportation operations.
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, and you will experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
A critical component of this role is supporting infrastructure development through environmental programs — conducting site selection environmental assessments, supporting greenfield permitting for new facility acquisitions, and ensuring environmental compliance during facility buildout and construction phases. This individual will be a key environmental partner to real estate, facilities, and construction teams as MOTO’s warehousing and transportation footprint grows.
This role is based in Herndon, VA (IAD Hub), Seattle, WA (SEA Hub), or Salt Lake City, UT (SLC warehouse).
Key job responsibilities
-
Leadership & Commitment - 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.
-
Infrastructure Development & New Facility Support - 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.
-
Portfolio Compliance Management — RDCs, MFCs, and DCFCs - 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.
-
Hazardous Materials Management - Manage hazardous materials permitting, monitoring, and reporting across W&T facilities; maintain accurate hazmat inventories and ensure Tier II/EPCRA compliance where applicable.
-
Stormwater Management - 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.
-
Spill Prevention & Emergency Response - 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.
-
Waste Management - 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.
-
Vendor & Contractor Environmental Compliance - 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.
-
Collaboration - 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.
-
Performance Evaluation - 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.
A day in the life
Day-to-day, this role manages environmental compliance across the MOTO Warehousing & Transportation portfolio — reviewing regulatory applicability for new and existing facilities, coordinating DOT hazmat shipping compliance with logistics teams, managing stormwater inspection schedules and SWPPP updates, tracking waste manifests and disposal vendor performance, and supporting facility teams on environmental permit requirements. The role simultaneously works upstream — partnering with real estate and construction teams to conduct site selection environmental assessments, supporting greenfield permitting for new W&T sites, and ensuring environmental compliance is fully embedded in facility buildout timelines before a building goes live.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) 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 support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. 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.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. 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.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, UT, Salt Lake City - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 127,100.00 - 171,900.00 USD annually
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Entry Level Environmental Program Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level environmental program specialist job?
Start by building hands-on experience through college internships, volunteer fieldwork, or campus research projects, since employers at this level prioritize demonstrated environmental work over years on a resume. A bachelor's degree in environmental science, biology, public policy, or a related field is the most common baseline requirement. Tailor your application to show familiarity with environmental regulations, data collection, or program coordination relevant to the role.
Which companies hire entry level environmental program specialists?
Companies hiring entry level environmental program specialists right now include Amazon, Tarleton State University, and Anne Arundel County Public Schools, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring comes from a mix of government agencies, environmental consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, and large corporations with active sustainability or compliance programs.
Are there remote entry level environmental program specialist jobs?
Yes, though most openings at this level lean on-site given fieldwork and regulatory coordination requirements. About 0% of entry level environmental program specialist openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, so options do exist for candidates who prefer flexible arrangements, particularly in program administration, data analysis, or policy-focused roles.
Are these new grad environmental program specialist jobs?
Yes, these listings include new grad, recent graduate, and junior environmental program specialist roles. A posting is typically new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, counts internships or volunteer work toward requirements, or explicitly accepts a portfolio of academic or independent projects in place of full-time professional history.
Which industries hire the most entry level environmental program specialists?
Entry Level environmental program specialist roles concentrate in Education, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they face ongoing environmental compliance obligations, federal and state reporting requirements, or active sustainability initiatives that need dedicated program support staff.