Material Flow Optimization Operations Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to be part of an organization that is on the leading edge of operations involving sortation, distribution, and logistics as Amazon delivers world class service to our customers? The Amazon North American Sort Center (NASC) Material Flow Optimization Team is looking for a proven technical leader with extensive experience leading projects and programs in applying planning and engineering principles to operations.

Responsibilities:
· Design, build, and improve order fulfillment infrastructure throughout the large-scale supply chain network.
· Provide technical leadership for large-scale industrial engineering projects using MS Excel, AutoCAD, and MS Projects.
· Work with complex MHE and packaging lines and process design based on Lean Manufacturing.
· Lead and coordinate design efforts between internal teams and outside vendors to develop optimal solutions for the network, including equipment specification, material flow, process design, and site layout.
· Manage capital projects; create conceptual drawings, equipment specifications and bid documentation to facilitate a competitive bid environment.
· Monitor and enforce project schedules and quality with vendors or subcontractors.
· Inspect facilities in accordance with corporate standards and procedures relating to material handling, processing and storage.
· Provide leadership and coordination between internal departments and vendors for multiple sites.
· Develop and manage budget and contract documents including RFPs, change order controls, purchase orders, and invoicing.
· Coordinate with local site management to ensure proper operator training, procedural compliance, maintenance and safety practices are followed for new and existing equipment.
· Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and effectively influence, negotiate, and communicate with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors
· Facilitate process improvement initiatives among site operations, engineering, and corporate systems groups.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to successfully work with others
· MBA or Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical field from an accredited university
· Management experience in operations within the logistics, distribution, or transportation industry
· Experience in developing and/or implementing Automation and Material Handling solutions
· Exposure to optimization solvers/tools (such as CPLEX, Gurobi, AMPL, Xpress) and advanced simulation modeling tools (such as Flexsim, Arena, Simio)

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Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BA or BS in Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical field from an accredited university
· 5+ years serving as an engineer in operations, logistics, distribution, or transportation
· Demonstrated ability to own projects, think big, and influence across all levels of an organization
· Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences, ability to simplify complex topics for broad audiences
· Experience with SQL, Python, R, Tableau, VBA or other scripting and data science tools
· Willingness to travel up to 40%