Overview
Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Role: Process/Design Engineer Amazon Logistics, EU Design Engineering at Amazon. The European Amazon Logistics team seeks an experienced, innovative, hands-on and customer-obsessed Process Engineer to drive standardization, integrating the latest technologies in Delivery Stations and proposing new innovation initiatives.
The role involves designing new Delivery Stations, supporting process optimization and new technologies integration in legacy sites, and improving safety, customer experience, quality and cost. You will be a key point of contact for your area of responsibility in the country you support, partnering with local Operations teams and other operational support functions.
This role requires deep customer focus, strong self-motivation and exceptional project management skills. You will need to be detail-oriented and comfortable partnering across functional business and technical teams. A data-driven outlook combined with strong design and innovation operations intuition is essential. This position involves frequent domestic travel and reports to the Manager of the Design Engineering team of the country you will be supporting. This job is located in the UK with up to 25% of time traveling domestically.
Key responsibilities
* Drive new site designs and legacy site upgrade designs from planning to execution, including automation integration.
* Lead and drive technology integration and standardization in EU-wide programs and products, owning all layout integrations and optimizations in the assigned Delivery Stations.
* Contribute to network standardization via best practice sharing with EU counterparts.
* Provide process expertise on engineering design defining material flow, conveyor positioning, equipment requirements and real estate implications from process requirements.
* Lead strategic initiatives and identify project opportunities to improve the processes and station designs, engaging and influencing key stakeholders.
A day in the life
Successful candidates will lead end-to-end design for new delivery stations and work to improve existing delivery station processes. You will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including operations, design and construction, launch and expansion, and safety teams.
You will produce best-in-class layouts for new launches, optimize existing stations and present to leadership for approval. You will work on automation programs to integrate new technologies into legacy stations. You will lead projects to create mechanisms to improve the stations and develop innovative solutions to complex design issues.
About the team
Our team partners closely with AMZL Operations and support functions to identify, design and develop best-in-class process infrastructure and process layouts, and deliver them as EU AMZL network standards.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We have a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we celebrate knowledge sharing and mentorship. We also care about career growth, so projects are assigned to support ongoing development of each team member.
Inclusive Team Culture
We cultivate a climate of respect, equity and positive recognition of differences to foster innovation.
Work-Life Harmony
We believe balancing personal and professional life is critical to long-term happiness and fulfillment.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering or Logistics.
* Experience in a similar process development role in industrial, logistics or manufacturing environments.
* Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma.
* Project Management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* MBA, MSc or MEng (Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent).
* Certified Black Belt or Green Belt.
* Advanced data analysis skills.
* Knowledge and ability to use standard development tools e.g. AutoCAD.
* High level of written and verbal skills.
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