Cost & Value Engineering Manager – Equipment & Automation

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

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Houston, TX is seeking a Cost & Value Engineering Manager to partner with NA Engineering, Design, and Operations, delivering cost engineering and value engineering services that optimize equipment design, validate costs, and inform capital investment decisions across Amazon's fulfillment network.

This role is high-impact, technically demanding, and requires developing bottom-up cost estimates and should-cost models across a diverse portfolio of MHE, automation, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project/program management experience.
• 3+ years cross-functional collaboration experience.
• 3+ years of using data and metrics to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver independent, bottom-up cost estimates for material handling equipment, automation, auxiliary equipment, and capital investment projects across Amazon's global fulfillment portfolio, spanning retrofit, expansion, new-build, automation, and equipment deployment initiatives.
• Develop cost estimates from early-stage equipment concepts through supplier selection and implementation, adapting methodologies and analytical depth to available project information and design maturity.
• Build and maintain scalable estimating models and templates while developing detailed bottom-up cost models for complex, site-specific initiatives requiring advanced analytical judgment.
• Perform should-cost modeling, benchmarking, and Value Engineering analyses to evaluate equipment design alternatives, optimize specifications, identify cost drivers, and ensure Amazon is buying the right solution at the right price. Leverage AI-powered tools to automate data gathering, cost modeling, benchmarking, and pattern recognition while applying engineering judgment to validate outputs and resolve complex or ambiguous equipment scopes.
• Drive the development of scalable AI-enabled cost intelligence solutions by curating equipment and market data, validating model performance, and identifying opportunities to automate routine analytical activities.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Operations, Procurement, Category Management, and business stakeholders to validate assumptions, communicate cost risks, evaluate alternatives, and influence sourcing and investment decisions. Peer review cost models, estimates, and Value Engineering recommendations to ensure technical rigor, consistency, and alignment with current market conditions and best practices.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Houston, TX is seeking a Cost & Value Engineering Manager to partner with NA Engineering, Design, and Operations, delivering cost engineering and value engineering services that optimize equipment design, validate costs, and inform capital investment decisions across Amazon's fulfillment network.

This role is high-impact, technically demanding, and requires developing bottom-up cost estimates and should-cost models across a diverse portfolio of MHE, automation, and