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Amazon Senior Design Engineer, North America AMZL Design Engineering in Nashville, Tennessee
Description
Amazon operates a world-class network of delivery stations across the globe. The Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Team is responsible for the acquisition, design, construction, and management of all facilities in the Amazon Delivery Station Network. We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join our North America AMZL Design Engineering Team who will support the expansion of AMZL’s Delivery Station Network in North America (NA). In this role, the Senior Design Engineer will drive delivery station process, building design, and standardization across our Last Mile delivery network. As a member of the NA AMZL Design Engineering team, the individual will be responsible for designing and optimizing the delivery and sortation network, enabling operations processes to meet safety, customer experience, quality, and cost goals.
The Amazon Logistics (AMZL) Team is responsible for the acquisition, design, construction, and management of all facilities in the Amazon Delivery Station Network. We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join our North America AMZL Design Engineering Team to support the expansion of AMZL’s Delivery Station Network in North America.
Key job responsibilities
Responsible for building design, development, review and release for approval, deployment of new delivery stations and existing station capacity improvements and enhancements
Provide process expertise on engineering design including material flow, labor placement, conveyors, equipment, operations modules, packaging profiles, physical building and site layout components
Achieve the daily and weekly plan set in front of the Design engineers
Collaborate with Design Managers, CAD drafters, Real Estate Transaction managers, World Wide Engineering (WWE), Pre-Construction and its Architects, material handling equipment suppliers, Launch and Start Up teams, Finance, Volume Planning, and Capacity Planning teams among others
Contribute to network culture of standardization using best practice sharing with European (EU) and Worldwide (WW) counterparts, and incorporate into most up to date design practices
Lead continuous process and design benchmark initiatives and conduct deep dive benchmark studies
Support the Design quality control process that strives for accurate and zero-defect designs
Responsible for implementation of new Design standards in collaboration with World Wide Design, Safety, Process Engineering, Material Handling Equipment, and Launch
Responsible for new expansion, retrofit, process improvement initiatives and opportunities at the project level to support associate driver safety, quality, productivity, and the capacity increase for the delivery stations
Implement solutions for recurring process issues and improvement projects within Design Engineering processes
Collaborates with partner teams on their inputs, feedback, and best practices
Implement new template designs, process improvements, safety processes, etc. into standard designs
Implement mechanisms to increase scale, speed, and quality of designs within the team
Facilitate cross-functional project specific reviews to collaborate on design solutions
**Travel up to 25%
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent industrial and operations background
7+ years of experience in Design, Construction, Architecture, or Topography
7+ years of experience in a similar process and building layout design and development role, in industrial, logistics, distribution, fulfillment or production/manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
MBA or Master's in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, or Transportation
Experience in designing, implementing, and launching of fulfillment, delivery, sortation centers
Knowledge with Simulation or 3D modeling
Experience collaborating with design engineering, construction, real estate managers, execution project managers
Experience working as Design Engineer or Senior Design Engineer for physical infrastructure designs
Knowledge of delivering successful Fulfillment, Distribution, Warehouse, or Delivery station designs
Experience in design engineering and drafting tools such as AutoCAD, Bluebeam, MS Visio, Solidworks, etc.
Process Engineering skills and Project Management skills
Experience to build working relationships with business partners and key stakeholders, and the ability to work under pressure in a cross functional organization
Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other OE tools
Knowledge of Excel is required, including use of look-ups and pivot tables
Experience to work in a fast-paced and rapidly-changing environment
Interpersonal skills
Written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge to organize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $107,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $177,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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