Eng. Project Manager, Robotic Deployment Engineering (RDE)As a part of Amazon's continued growth in the APAC region, the Amazon Robotics Deployment team is seeking an experienced and business-oriented Engineering Project Manager to lead the capacity, capital planning, and project execution for the continued expansion of our Australian and Japanese fulfillment network. This is your opportunity to manage the critical path for robotics deployment and help other teams deliver network capacity on time.
As the Engineering Project Manager, you will define, drive, and simplify strategy while being detail-oriented and agile to manage business changes and keep driving initiatives. You will conduct multiple weekly meetings with internal teams and vendors to plan and track deliverables, deploying technology innovations and solutions on a need basis while working closely with these teams. The projects are focused in the Asia Pacific region that serve Amazon's Fulfillment Transportation and Delivery network, but there are opportunities to support projects abroad.
As a Robotics Deployment Engineer for Amazon, you will collaborate with a talented team and dive into challenging technical problems to deliver Amazon's leading-edge robotics technologies in its fulfillment, transportation, and delivery network. This role requires a unique combination of engineering know-how, problem-solving, curiosity, innovation, leadership, and effective communication. You will be the engineering lead onsite, helping manage resources and providing robotics expertise during various deployments. You will excel at interfacing and delivering results with cross-functional teams.
Key job responsibilities In this role, you will master the details of Amazon fulfillment center design, the processes involved with modeling, budgeting, and managing the deployment of new fulfillment centers in Japan and Australia. You will play a pivotal role in the project team, providing leadership across the full spectrum of project delivery including:
Managing the build specifications and pre-contract work.Inspiring internal teams and maintaining vendor relations.Utilizing the critical path, building effective partnerships with key stakeholders to help other teams deliver network capacity on time.Defining, driving, and simplifying project delivery and business processes.Identifying and seizing opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers.Identifying and implementing initiatives to support Amazon's commitments to sustainability.A day in the life You will be interacting daily with a wide variety of teams and individuals at all levels of the organization and in multiple time zones. You'll be liaising with SMEs across the organization, diving deep to understand the technologies we deploy; you'll build on these relationships to help refine and improve our deployments and processes. While your main focus will be across Asia Pacific, you may find yourself supporting projects in other parts of the world. No two days are the same in our fast-moving environment, yet you'll discover endless opportunities to learn and grow along the way as part of a tight-knit and supportive team.
Minimum Requirements - 5+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Conversant with leading-edge technology including software, hardware, and robotics
- Experienced in leading teams through setup and configuration of software, hardware, and robotics projects
- Ability to perform onsite hardware and software support during initial system deployment
- Proven experience leading overall end-to-end project delivery including resources, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), schedule, and vendor management.
- Committed to the continuous improvement of operational processes.
- Willingness to travel 75% of the year
- Business-level Japanese and English
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level
- Experience working with and managing third-party vendors
- Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing
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