Amazon
DEU, BE, Berlin
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Germany, Uk, Spain, Italy, France.
Are you interested in working on the next generation of Amazon buildings? Do you want to be part of the ongoing growth and expansion of Amazon’s infrastructure? Do you want to be a Subject Matter Expert concerning simulations for multiple miles and countries? Are you reluctant to apply because you’re concerned you don’t have the right qualifications? The Global Engineering Services Team has a full training plan and support network to help you grow and succeed within this role. The International Engineering Programs team is seeking an experienced Amazon Simulations and Optimization engineer to join the team to support the expansion of simulations engineering in Europe. The Simulations and Optimization engineer is a key player in the end-to-end delivery of the complex challenge of launching new buildings – or optimizing existing buildings, driving improvements and standards to enable new sites to achieve benchmark rates while ramping to meet network capacity. In this role, you will influence a team comprising of Site Leads, Senior Operations Managers, Operation Managers, Project Managers, Process SMEs, Design Engineers and as well as representatives of various key stakeholder. Furthermore, the team is expanding to support international expansion, working across EU, MENA, India, LATAM, Australia. We collaborate with colleagues in North America to maintain global excellence in simulation services and models. This role calls for an individual who is knowledgeable concerning Yard and Under The Roof operations, structured, confident and professionally and socially adept to earn credibility and trust with customers and stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? This position, based in Germany (Berlin), Uk (London), Italy (Milan), Spain (Madrid or Barcelona) or France (Paris), involves up to 50% travel throughout EMEA, connecting with our operations and corporate offices across the region.
Key job responsibilities
• Will have the ability to deal and deliver results in an ambiguous environment concerning sites Operations and Yard
• Is able to support infrastructure and flow related simulations to derive infrastructure requirements.
• Is able to provide design inputs based data driven methodology
• Interpersonal skills, to fulfill expectations and outcomes to project team.
• Communication skills to build relationships and identify with stakeholders across the organization.
• Has the ability to seek opportunities to drive year on year savings and performance/process improvements.
• Will compile, manage and report on weekly project metrics and be responsible for leading many high-profile meetings to align on project requirements.
• Working backwards from True North processes and available data to close the gaps from current to desired state,
• Create Material Flow Diagrams,
• Provide data driven process and engineering related advice to requestors by written narrative business document
• Has the ability to learn and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Has Fulfillment Center and/or Sort Center operational skills
A day in the life
In cooperation with other GES (Global Engineering Services) stakeholders, including but not limited to WWRE(Worldwide Real Estate) & Design, ACES (Amazon Customer Excellence System)/PE(Process Engineering), AR(Amazon Robotics), Ops, and others the team aims to optimize building designs, modules, and processes, in ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and experience related to sites innovation and design. They will ensure our future buildings, retrofits and expansions will both attend to the operational excellence requirements and have frugal solutions.
About the team Mission Statement Improve building designs frugally, emphasizing safety, customer experience, sustainability, quality, and productivity, through lessons learned, continuous improvement & innovation.
About the team
Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Global Engineering Services team. As part of GEMS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sites equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.