Amazon Sr Engineering Project Manager Operations 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

254432885

The role will take the lead of all technical aspects of realization of an Amazon Fulfillment Center (FC) while focusing on its automation technologies (conveyance, sortation, robotics) and storage solutions. This person will lead within the above-mentioned scope; translation of business requirements, concept design, procurement, planning, and execution of new state-of-the-art material handling systems or complex projects to upgrade the capacity or introduce new technology to our existing FCs. You will also lead end-to-end vendor development and engagement including but not limited to capacity planning and delivery of key Material Handling Equipment (MHE) supply chains for continued expansion of Amazon’s fulfillment network. You will own the quality process and its adoption within an operations engineering business line, becoming the technical POC and supporting site activities.This person is passionate about building capability and relationships, both external (supplier level) and internally with robust work processes to deliver high quality CAPEX projects safely, on time, on quality and within budget. The role will own Safety and make interventions accordingly. Safety is defined broadly and includes user ergonomics, environment and noise. This person is also responsible for providing accurate updates + risk management / reporting. This person focusses on identifying and delivering cost-saving opportunities while ensuring quality and optimum performance.Key job responsibilities
* End-to-end ownership for medium/large-scale engineering projects (planning, design, procurement, installation, commissioning and qualification, launch support)
* Dive deep into technical details and provide value engineering and innovative solutions to drive frugality and continuous improvements
* Lead technical design reviews and propose design solutions for material handling and storage solutions that meet both business needs and global design standards
* Create, submit and track relevant CAPEX requests (Capital Planning) to ensure that all projects are delivered within budget and best overall value
* Assess and communicate project status, drive escalations on potential risks and delays across multiple teams
* Own the budget for the scope of the project. Give accurate updates and risk forecast. Gain savings while ensuring quality and performance
* Assist in providing equipment specifications and technical support to Procurement, Change Management and other business partners for best value and competition
* Collaborate closely with various internal teams such as World-Wide Engineering, Construction, Operations, Reliability Maintenance Engineering, Procurement and Change Management
* Participate/Lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) or process improvement teams, with the view to creating safer, leaner and more effective delivery processes
* Be a business partner with the Procurement and Engineering team, drive execution of commercial and technical deliverables.
* Lead overall end-to-end technical vendor management to deliver large scale projects for assigned vendor(s).
* Own the quality process and its adoption within an Ops. Engineering business line, becoming their technical POC and supporting site activities.
* Participate in recruitment processes as well as act as a mentor to other candidates.
* Responsible for contractor management & teams up to approx. 200 people
* May have direct line responsibility for a small team of 2-3A day in the life
You will work on the delivery of one of our Amazon Fulfillment Centers with a project Lifecyle of about a year with a high-performing team. During the early project phases of project design and bidding, you will predominantly work in an Amazon office or from your home. During the project execution, you will typically spend 50% of your time at the project site, with peaks extending to most week days with full ownership during the last phases of project installation, Commissioning & Qualification and post Launch ramp up.You will enjoy the rewarding experience of launching an Amazon Fulfillment Center or to upgrade an existing one. After initial months onboarding, you will progressively be given important and extending responsibilities, within your project and aside it, by taking the lead on other business horizontal tasks and supporting the whole OPS Engineering community in delivering high quality projects. You will be constantly helped by the team, will respect and leverage diverse points of views and focus on inclusion of new members.
About the team
You will work on the delivery of one of our Amazon Fulfillment Centers with a project Lifecyle of about a year with a high-performing team. During the early project phases of project design and bidding, you will predominantly work in an Amazon office or from your home. During the project execution, you will typically spend 50% of your time at the project site, with peaks extending to most week days with full ownership during the last phases of project installation, Commissioning & Qualification and post Launch ramp up.You will enjoy the rewarding experience of launching an Amazon Fulfillment Center or to upgrade an existing one. After initial months onboarding, you will progressively be given important and extending responsibilities, within your project and aside it, by taking the lead on other business horizontal tasks and supporting the whole OPS Engineering community in delivering high quality projects. You will be constantly helped by the team, will respect and leverage diverse points of views and focus on inclusion of new members.

- Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering or related discipline
- Proven Project/Program Management experience in comparable industrial environments
- Experience using MS Excel, CAD\BIM related software, MS Project
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in both native and English languages

- Process & Quality improvement qualifications such as Six Sigma
- Project management qualifications such as APM
- Post graduate Degree in business/finance such as an MBA
- Project execution experience in a construction environment (new build) or operational environment (buildout)
- Ability to lead internal teams to deliver cross-functional programs and manager vendor relations
- Knowledge about automated material handling systems, packaging technologies and storage solutions
- Participation in a previous new site launch
- Proficiency in French, Polish, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Afrikaans and Zulu are preferred.