Cost & Value Engineering Lead – Material Handling & Automation

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 86,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Cost & Value Engineering Manager to partner with North America Engineering, Design, and Operations, delivering cost engineering and value engineering services for material handling equipment and automation across the fulfillment network. You will develop bottom-up cost estimates and should-cost models to guide capital investment decisions from concept through supplier selection.

You will build scalable cost models, use AI-powered tools for data gathering, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project/program management experience.
• 3+ years working cross functionally with non-tech teams experience
• 3+ years defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookup) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience defining and executing program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Experience in cost engineering, value engineering, equipment engineering, manufacturing engineering, automation, material handling equipment, capital projects, or related technical disciplines

Responsibilities

• Deliver independent, bottom-up cost estimates for material handling equipment, automation, auxiliary equipment, and capital investment projects across Amazon's global fulfillment portfolio.
• Develop cost estimates from early-stage equipment concepts through supplier selection and implementation.
• Build and maintain scalable estimating models and templates for complex, site-specific initiatives.
• Perform should-cost modeling, benchmarking, and Value Engineering analyses to evaluate equipment design alternatives, optimize specifications, identify cost drivers.
• Drive development of scalable AI-enabled cost intelligence solutions by curating equipment and market data.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Operations, Procurement, Category Management, and business stakeholders to validate assumptions and influence sourcing and investment decisions.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Data & metrics analysis

Tools

Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)

SQL

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Cost & Value Engineering Manager to partner with North America Engineering, Design, and Operations, delivering cost engineering and value engineering services for material handling equipment and automation across the fulfillment network. You will develop bottom-up cost estimates and should-cost models to guide capital investment decisions from concept through supplier selection.

You will build scalable cost models, use AI-powered tools for data gathering, and collaborate with