Operations Engineer — Global Material Handling Systems

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Parental Leave Options

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Operations Engineer to lead and manage the lifecycle of challenging cross-functional projects, delivering next-generation sortation and distribution solutions. You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to plan, execute, and hand off successful initiatives across North America.

You will travel up to 75% annually, with opportunities to work from a corporate office when not on site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field.
• Experience working with Material handling equipment (MHE).
• Knowledge of automated material handling systems, packaging technologies and storage solutions.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level.
• 3+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience.
• Position includes travel up to 75% (Nationwide).

Responsibilities

• Work independently with internal and external teams to successfully manage the lifecycle of challenging projects, and act as owner in delivering on project objectives and targets.
• Actively participate in firm engineering reviews, and make tangible impact on the proposed solutions on an individual system or its components, on the overall systems architecture, and on facility processes.
• Partner with internal teams, stakeholders and external vendors to set project priorities, establish milestones, and drive schedules to meet deadlines.
• Lead and coordinate all execution efforts in delivering systems and automated equipment designs per established standards and guidelines.
• Lead effective meetings by setting the objectives, putting the right people in the room and driving detailed business and technical discussions/alignment.
• Promptly and accurately communicate project status, risk analysis and risk mitigation plans.
• Competently articulate system and/or equipment designs, including layouts, technical specifications and functional capabilities to internal customers and partner teams.
• Efficiently manage change order controls, purchase orders, and invoice validation/approvals.
• Excel at building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across multiple projects.
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives that improve the Engineering and cross-teams’ efficiencies.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field

Tools

AutoCAD

VBA

SQL

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Operations Engineer to lead and manage the lifecycle of challenging cross-functional projects, delivering next-generation sortation and distribution solutions. You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to plan, execute, and hand off successful initiatives across North America.

You will travel up to 75% annually, with opportunities to work from a corporate office when not on site.