Microsoft · 4 days ago
AMER Central Environmental Permitting Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$96K/yr - $188K/yr
3+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking an Environmental Permitting Manager to oversee environmental due diligence and permitting processes for datacenter development. This role involves managing environmental risk evaluations, compliance activities, and engaging with various stakeholders to ensure timely acquisition of necessary permits.
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Responsibilities
Management of environmental risk evaluations, permitting, approvals, and consent activities for existing and new datacenter and associated infrastructure development for sites
Management of environmental due diligence and risk assessment during site acquisition, including Environmental Site Assessments, soil and groundwater investigations, Air Quality and Permitting reviews, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and biological, ecological, and cultural resource evaluations and surveys
Management of environmental consultants for the delivery of environmental approvals and consents, due diligence assessments, risk evaluations, and biological, ecological and cultural resources evaluations, surveys and reports
Development of remediation strategies, approvals and oversight of completion of any remedial actions required prior to site pre-positioning and/or construction
Identification of environmental permitting requirements and development of delivery strategies, including environmental mitigation, in coordination with design, construction, EHS, operations, and permitting teams to meet required timelines
Support of regulatory agency, stakeholder and community engagement activities and negotiations for new builds and existing facilities
Support of development of environmental risk and permitting mitigations to enable datacenter construction and operations within development timelines
Management of environmental compliance planning and execution for pre-positioning, construction activities and operational turnover
Communication of environmental requirements and environmental expertise to diverse internal stakeholders, including legal, land development, energy, design, construction, operations, community development, and sustainability teams
The Environmental Permitting Manager will maintain and report project status regularly and contribute to the development and continued improvement of an Environmental Excellence program for datacenter delivery and operations
Support the further development of the land development and environmental strategy and policy programs to support datacenter development and operations
Leverage technical expertise to provide support to internal Microsoft stakeholders during development of new initiatives and programs
Facilitate in team communication of land development and environmental requirements to diverse internal stakeholders, including legal, end-to-end, land acquisition, land development, energy, design, construction, operations, community development, CELA and sustainability teams
The LDC SDD Lead will maintain and report the programs status regularly and contribute to the development and continued improvement of the SDD program to support CO+I
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 3+ years relevant experience OR 5+ years equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 5+ years Portfolio Management, Real Estate, or Office Management experience OR 7+ years equivalent experience
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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