Sr Engineering Project Manager, Operations Engineering
Amazon
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Sydney, New South Wales
Contract type: Full time
Description
Would you like an opportunity to travel and work regionally? The role will be based in Australia with 50% of time travelling either domestically or to other countries. Are you keen to be part of a team directly responsible for the expansion and upgrade of Amazon buildings across countries? Are you seeking a fast-paced and growing environment focused on innovating for our customers, along with the opportunity to travel and work regionally? This position is highly visible in Amazon and has a high business impact.
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.
During execution, this person will often act as the main interface point for internal and external stakeholders. Internal functional teams such as Worldwide Design Engineering, RME, PMO, Central Planning, Construction, IT and Launch and external such as vendors and consultants. There is input from the early design stages and direct responsibility from building access, commissioning through handover to the Operations and Maintenance teams who lead the FC from Go-Live.
The senior PM will lead a multi-million greenfield project or major upgrades in a single FC or a program of upgrades across several FCs. The projects will have a significant business impact, and the PM should guide and mentor other team members. The senior PM will also be responsible for organizing and leading teams focusing on new technology introduction or current technology improvements (Subject Matter Expert teams), as well as generating value to the business with the introduction of new, leaner to the business processes.
For this experienced project manager role there is a high level of autonomy to manage the projects and an expectation to improve processes across projects. Lead cross-functional teams and interface with site general managers, supplier leadership teams and high-level stakeholders generally.
Amazon expects the Senior Engineering Project Manager to take a high level of ownership and autonomy in designing and realizing the solution of complex problems in a fast-paced environment across multiple regional and global teams. The candidate will own Safety, ensure no unplanned disruption to live operations and make interventions accordingly. Sustainability and Quality are foundational deliverables. The PM is expected to lead or contribute to technology development; understand individual pieces of equipment, their application, benchmark performance and propose innovation. The PM will be focused on meeting the needs of our internal customers to deliver systems which are safe, easily maintainable, ergonomic and reduce manual labor.
Key job responsibilities
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.
The location of the role is flexible within the country of your team.
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.
The location of the role is flexible within the country of your team.
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.
Responsible for contractor management & teams up to approx. 200 people
May have direct line responsibility for a small team of 2-3
Basic Qualifications
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE Statement
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.
Company - Amazon Australia Company Pty Ltd
Job ID: A3011604
Would you like an opportunity to travel and work regionally? The role will be based in Australia with 50% of time travelling either domestically or to other countries. Are you keen to be part of a team directly responsible for the expansion and upgrade of Amazon buildings across countries? Are you seeking a fast-paced and growing environment focused on innovating for our customers, along with the opportunity to travel and work regionally? This position is highly visible in Amazon and has a high business impact.
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.
During execution, this person will often act as the main interface point for internal and external stakeholders. Internal functional teams such as Worldwide Design Engineering, RME, PMO, Central Planning, Construction, IT and Launch and external such as vendors and consultants. There is input from the early design stages and direct responsibility from building access, commissioning through handover to the Operations and Maintenance teams who lead the FC from Go-Live.
The senior PM will lead a multi-million greenfield project or major upgrades in a single FC or a program of upgrades across several FCs. The projects will have a significant business impact, and the PM should guide and mentor other team members. The senior PM will also be responsible for organizing and leading teams focusing on new technology introduction or current technology improvements (Subject Matter Expert teams), as well as generating value to the business with the introduction of new, leaner to the business processes.
For this experienced project manager role there is a high level of autonomy to manage the projects and an expectation to improve processes across projects. Lead cross-functional teams and interface with site general managers, supplier leadership teams and high-level stakeholders generally.
Amazon expects the Senior Engineering Project Manager to take a high level of ownership and autonomy in designing and realizing the solution of complex problems in a fast-paced environment across multiple regional and global teams. The candidate will own Safety, ensure no unplanned disruption to live operations and make interventions accordingly. Sustainability and Quality are foundational deliverables. The PM is expected to lead or contribute to technology development; understand individual pieces of equipment, their application, benchmark performance and propose innovation. The PM will be focused on meeting the needs of our internal customers to deliver systems which are safe, easily maintainable, ergonomic and reduce manual labor.
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 2-3
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.
The location of the role is flexible within the country of your team.
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.
The location of the role is flexible within the country of your team.
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.
Responsible for contractor management & teams up to approx. 200 people
May have direct line responsibility for a small team of 2-3
Basic Qualifications
- 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.
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE Statement
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.
Company - Amazon Australia Company Pty Ltd
Job ID: A3011604
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