Overview
Amazon created one of the most sophisticated supply chains in the world. From the introduction of Amazon Prime to the use of advanced technology for package delivery, Amazon consistently drives change from the front of the pack. As an Operations Engineer, you will lead and manage the lifecycle of challenging cross‑functional projects, developing and delivering the next generation of sortation and distribution solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage cross‑functional project lifecycles across organizations and geographies, ensuring delivery of objectives and targets.
- Actively participate in engineering reviews, contributing to and improving proposed solutions for systems and components.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to set priorities, establish milestones, and drive schedules, proactively addressing dependencies and mitigating issues.
- Lead execution of systems and automated equipment designs, overseeing installation, throughput, and safety qualifications while optimizing processes.
- Conduct effective meetings, ensuring proper documentation of discussions, decisions, and action items.
- Provide timely and accurate project status updates, risk analyses, and mitigation plans to leadership.
- Clearly articulate system and equipment designs, including technical specifications and capabilities, to internal and external partners.
- Efficiently manage change order controls, purchase orders, and invoice approvals.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships across multiple projects and stakeholders.
- Identify and spearhead process improvement initiatives to enhance project efficiency and value delivery.
A Day in the Life
You are managing one or multiple projects that can vary in scope, complexity, and duration. Daily tasks may comprise site coordination with operations teams and contractors on project execution activities or changes; deep‑diving project progress, schedule, and resources, while identifying barriers, creating solutions and driving resolutions. You may be facilitating the planning and/or implementation meetings with projects’ stakeholders, ensuring alignment in objectives, expectations, and next steps; you would capture and publish detailed notes after each meeting to drive ownership and follow‑through on the actions and decisions. You may be brainstorming and developing workaround solutions while mitigating the project delays or design issues. In addition, you may be supporting or training other engineering team members, utilizing the knowledge of Amazon’s safety, mechanical, electrical, and controls installation standard and guidelines. Key competencies include insisting on the highest standards ensuring that contracted resources meet schedule, budgetary, safety and quality targets; analyzing and deep‑diving systems’ performance, inventing and simplifying solutions that allow for improved processes and results; and providing technical expertise to customers and stakeholders. You are looked to as authority for risk analysis and problem solving.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related STEM field.
- Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Outlook, and Excel.
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Spanish.
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English.
- Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.
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