Sr Solutions Design Engineer, GES Operations Engineering in Wakefield

Amazon Fulfillment Poland sp. z o.o. location-based role with up to 50% travel across Poland or other countries. The role focuses on deep-diving current processes, equipment, and procedures within the European fulfilment network to develop creative, implementable process improvements and to design development of new and existing fulfilment centre layouts. The candidate will have a background in developing high-performance physical systems, strong technical problem-solving abilities, project management skills, and a willingness to work in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment. The role requires ownership, adaptability, and collaboration with multiple teams to drive projects to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of engineering solutions for complex material handling challenges considering human/equipment interactions for the European fulfilment network.
• Lead and coordinate concept and design development efforts for optimal solutions for the European fulfilment network through equipment specification, material flow, process design, ergonomics, associate experience, operational considerations and site layout.
• Work closely with vendors, suppliers and other teams to create innovative solutions.
• Simultaneously manage multiple high-visibility projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
• Conduct postmortem on designs after implementation in partnership with Safety and Operations.
• Collaborate with the Fulfilment Center start-up team and launch team to ensure every detail is thought through and documented using a layout, module or Standard Operating Procedure and change control.
• Develop, document and update design standards in conjunction with worldwide design teams.
• Build strong working relationships with key company partners such as Start-up, Launch team, Worldwide Design team, Procurement, Information Technology, Loss Prevention, Facilities, Safety, Change Management and EU Operations.

Basic Qualifications

• Industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience working with Material handling equipment (MHE).
• Fluent English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level.
• Experience working with and managing third party vendors.
• Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing.
• Knowledge of French, Polish, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Afrikaans and Zulu.

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