Production Coordinator - 2nd Shift, Amazon Leo Operations Fulfillment

Socket.dev; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Production Coordinator in Kirkland, WA to streamline part movement and develop systems that reduce overhead and improve on-time delivery. You will work across departments to implement lean methods and ensure compliant, efficient production.

The role requires experience in aerospace-like production environments, traceability, and change management with a focus on rapid design changes and reduced non-value-added work. Full-time on-site position in Kirkland.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of industry work experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Experience with ERP systems and data reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize production scheduling tools and WIP tracking.
• Coordinate material flow and staging to support production and testing.
• Monitor part movement and ensure timely delivery between production locations.
• Manage physical movement of parts from warehouse through production resources.
• Ensure proper handling and protection of parts throughout the process.
• Collaborate with planning to resolve floor shortages and maintain stock levels.
• Maintain and communicate schedule goals and metrics to leadership.
• Assist with escalation and action item updates for project teams.
• Create and maintain reports highlighting needs, deliverables and constraints.

Skills

ERP systems experience

SQL expertise

Data mining tools

Attention to detail

Flexible schedules

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree or higher (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Workday

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

SQL

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individualhouseholds to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

We are hiring a Production Coordinator that will streamline the movement of parts between departments, areas, processes, and systems and be a creator of the systems necessary to minimize overhead, reduce non-value-add processes, improve on-time delivery of product to downstream customers, and invent methods for flexible but efficient production.

This will require a knowledgeable person of many aspects of aerospace production, including traceability, demand planning, flexible but efficient change management, broad aerospace assembly, testing, and handling requirements, application of six sigma and lean methodologies while enabling faster design changes and improvements and reducing the need for reviews, approvals, and manual interactions.

Key job responsibilities

• Work cross functionally to develop and improve production scheduling tools and WIP tracking.
• Develop processes/strategies to handle work order material discrepancies within production cells.
• Coordinate the schedule, plan, and initial staging of material/kits to all vital areas of production and test.
• Monitor, track, and move parts as required through the production flow to ensure timely delivery to next production location.
• Coordinate physical movement of parts from warehouse through production resources.
• Ensure parts are handled and protected properly.
• Work with the planning to resolve immediate floor shortages on work orders.
• Work with planning and production personnel to maintain floor stock inventory as required
• Move parts electronically through the MES system at transaction points
• Work with production personnel to ensure schedule/metric goals are understood.
• Support logistics process through innovative staging of workflow as required.
• Support management of material certifications as required – prevent use of un-certified materials.
• Support production and inventory personnel with “return to stock” and inventory purge actions.
• Support assigned production cells with work order management activities as required.
• Communicate part status and estimated completion dates to leadership weekly.
• Assist production leadership and project teams with action item updates as required.
• Develop and maintain reports to highlight needs, deliverables and constraints as required for internal and customer use.

Expected Working Hours

Mon - Fri 4:00 pm - 12:30 am

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A day in the life

The Production Coordinator role is critical to streamlining part movement throughout the factory. This includes the monitoring of the factory operation and addressing logistical problems inside the factory. This means regularly interacting with warehouse and logistics teams when parts are missing, late, or blocked, both physically and electronically, and then permanently solving the root cause. This includes interfacing with the test lab for staging/queuing of products with specific focus on improved flexibility of operation while minimizing non-value add communication and operation. It also entails constantly reducing "red tape" and overhead needed to maintain and improve quality, requiring work with automation, quality, enterprise technology, and manufacturing teams.

About the team

This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to remove non-value-add operations, reduce down-time, improve quality of the products, and reduce lead-time of builds and tests. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of industry work experience
• High school or equivalent
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday), or experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of repair of material handling equipment experience
• Experience with computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), or experience with Microsoft office tools like Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneNote
• Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor's degree or above
• Experience with high-volume, high-velocity, large-scale file management (workflow orchestration, file-movement, permission management, etc.)
• Experience in operations or inventory management
• Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering
• Experience with SQL and data visualization tools such as Tableau

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Kirkland - 80,200.00 - 97,400.00 USD annually