Environmental Program Manager
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 11, 2024 | |
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OverviewThe Microsoft Datacenter Development Land Development and Community (LDC) team supports the development and delivery of Microsoft's datacenter portfolio from site selection through design, construction and operation. The Microsoft datacenter development portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. Within LDC the Cloud Infrastructure Environmental Permitting team is responsible for the development and on-time delivery of environmental permits to support construction of Datacenters needed to build out Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. We are looking to hire Environmental Program Manager, to the team that will manage environmental due diligence, environmental permitting acquisition and approvals, and support compliance activities during site acquisition, design, and construction for datacenter development. This role requires regular engagement with key Microsoft stakeholders, including legal, design, construction, and operations teams, regulatory agencies, and outside consultants and contractors. The Environmental Program Manager, will be a key player in both the strategy development and execution of environmental permits for our projects & being a part witth in the team of environmental and permitting managers but works across the greater organization to drive an effective, fast and efficient environmental permit development process to eliminate gaps between teams and ensure on-time acquisition and delivery of various environmental permits and approvals. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesThe Environmental Program Manager, will be responsible for driving appropriate cross-team delivery in the review, environmental due diligence, environmental permit acquisition and environmental permit compliance for data centers to allow for the construction and delivery of our critical infrastructure. Expected to have People Management skills like,Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.Care - Attract and retain great people; Know each individual's capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.Management ofenvironmental risk evaluations, permitting, approvals, and consent activitiesfor 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.Special interest in this role for the 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, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), operations, and permitting teams to meet required timelines.Support of regulatory agency, stakeholder, community engagement activities, negotiations for new builds, existing facilities, 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.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. | |