Area Manager II - Dupont, WA

Our WW Operations network delivers millions of packages and smiles to Amazon customers every day. We are looking for motivated, customer-focused individuals who want to join our team as an Area Manager. In this role, you will lead a team of hourly workforce and will be responsible for engaging your team during their shifts to maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance, and performance. You will also play a key role in maintaining our customer expectations to ensure customer orders are delivered at the right time, to the right location.Our Operation’s workflow has three major components: First mile - where the product is housed and ready for order; Middle mile - where the order is hauled to your area; and Last mile - when the product is delivered to the customer’s door. Please note that all workflows have slight building variations, but one thing is constant: our vision and dedication to the customer.Key job responsibilities* Support, mentor, and motivate your hourly workforce* Manage safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery promises* Collaborate with all support teams including Safety, Engineering, Loss Prevention, Quality Assurance, Human Resources to develop plans to meet business objectives* Lift up to 49 pounds and frequently push, pull, squat, bend, and reach* Stand/walk for up to 12 hours during shifts* Work in an environment where the noise level varies and can be loud* Work in an environment that is subject to variable temperatures and weather (delivery stations include outside loading departments)* Continuously climb and descend stairs (applies to sites with stairs)Our fulfillment network launches new Operations sites every year, providing various opportunities for your professional growth. We hire Area Managers based on location preference and the business’ current openings.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of employee and performance management experience- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience- Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays ...

Controls Technical Trainer, RME Learning and Development

Reliability, Maintenance, and Engineering (RME) is hiring for a Controls Technical Trainer. At Amazon we believe that Every Day is still Day One! We’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.This role is responsible for conducting training and evaluation of training programs. Training coordination will include communicating with appropriate RME business unit, operations management, and the training team to ensure that all training sessions are conducted on-time and to standard. Responsibilities of this position also include delivery of instructor-led training classes for new hires, new skills (cross-training) and technical training refreshers as necessary. The person hired for this role must be able to manage the learning environment and report on testing results.In addition, the Trainer will support the development of training materials. This will also include using surveys, quizzes, quality metrics and other available tools to evaluate the effectiveness of training and assess impact of technical training on RME business KPIs. In order to be effective, the candidate should have completed post-secondary technical education, certification or other relevant credentialing programs for the role. In addition, successful candidates have prior practical experience which enables them to deeply understand and relate to the technical content and their audiences. They must be able to dive deep into the technical aspects of a topic and understand it themselves, and then translate that understanding into high quality training content and programs for other technical audiences.Key job responsibilities• Put health & safety best practices first in all work carried out ensuring compliance with all health & safety standards and regulations.• Serve as the technical and professional example for all technician’s in the RME organization.• Facilitate instructor led training, both in-person and remote, with safe work practices.• Travel to sites (as required) to deliver training at field locations with safe work practices.• Capture learner feedback through course surveys and provide direct feedback to drive course/program continuous improvement.• Develop training plans and technical training materials to raise the bar for RME’s technical learning programs.• Develop trainee evaluation exercises that achieve successful learner knowledge transfer.• Work cross-functionally with local and central RME, Operations, WHS and other partner teams.• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on the full range of equipment within the Center of Excellence home site.• Champion continuous improvement projects and standardization in the CoE space.• Administer LMS and CMMs tasks such as scheduling, registrations, and labor booking.• Support logistical coordination of training activities and remove barriers for customers/trainees.• Meet all performance deliverables including individual RME training compliance.• Ability to work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays.About the teamThe vision of the RME L&D team is to deliver world class technical training, and assist in establishing a safety-first reliability and precision maintenance work culture maximizing the capability of the Fulfillment & Logistics networks across global business units at Amazon. RME Technical Trainers are not only the face of the RME L&D team, but the entire RME organization and as such conduct themselves with outstanding professionalism.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Experience as a trainer and ability to manage a classroom of learners- - Experience as a trainer and ability to manage a classroom of learners- - • Advanced knowledge of automation and control systems, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.- - • Experience in advanced automation and industrial control systems for material handling equipment, including PLC programming, servo and variable frequency drives, vision systems, and electrical distribution systems; able to troubleshoot, recover from breakdowns or implement system work-arounds to maintain equipment production.- - • Experience conducting planned maintenance, repairs and replacement of control cabinet components such as motor controllers, inverters, power supplies and industrial computers.- - • Skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines; proficient in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings.- - • Experience developing training materials, job aids and online tutorials.- - • Excellent communication skills for the purpose of knowledge transfer and skill development.- - • Excellent coordination and organization skills; able to work together with internal business partners and field leadership to deliver successful training programs.- - • Experience with planned preventative maintenance systems.- - • 3+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.- - • Has received formal training or accreditation in industrial controls/automation, mechatronics, electrical, mechanical or other related disciplines. ...

Site EHS Manager

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team. In this position, you will serve as the site’s designated first aid provider in the warehouse, coordinating and implementing the Amazon Global Program. The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with an Operations Team at the site level to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local, regional and federal regulations. This individual will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates. The Site WHS Manager must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis.The Site WHS Manager will be responsible to lead and develop a team of WHS professionals. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their teams. They must communicate team expectations and provide frequent feedback, and ensure the team is executing to the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies. Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy Leads initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates Establishes high quality relationships with both site and regional leadership Measure site’s performance against published requirements in EHS policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. Drive accountability for the plan Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest. Perform frequent site WHS audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other FC’s Audit recordkeeping practices and WHS Information System entries to ensure compliance to global WHS standards and local regulations Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required WHS training. Must be able to work flexible shifts which could include day, nights, and weekends.For those that do not have an adult First Aid, CPR, AED certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, must obtain within 3 weeks of start date.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in people and performance management- Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment ...

Site Procurement Manager - Dupont, WA

As a Site Procurement Manager for the Amazon Fulfillment Center team, you will serve as the bridge between centralized Procurement and the building leadership. You will own the site’s indirect procurement operation responsibilities at a site level, including vendor management of 3rd party service providers, purchase order management, and inventory management. You will lead supplier management KPI and metrics reporting, and work with stakeholders to find and understand deviation and improvement areas. You will provide procurement leadership and align with the building leadership team to drive efficiencies and improvements at the site(s).• Provide procurement operations support for the fulfillment center, including supplier management (goods and services), non-inventory labor, flow, and space models, cycle counts, inventory management, and procurement transaction and expediting support. • Lead and develop team of non-Inventory associates to ensure building has adequate resources and is set up for success.• Develop deep knowledge of non-inventory items and align with like buildings to drive best practices• Manage and drive safety compliance for non-inventory teams during day-to-day activities and partner with regional/local safety teams for safety issues and escalations at the site level.• Manage KPI to measure, control and benchmark procurement processes including creation of recurring metrics reports to drive improvements for the Operations network• Develop relationship across the building and network to ensure best practices are being shared and implemented• Align with internal customers, Finance and Procurement Operations to understand budgetary targets by building and develop methods of measuring and defining savings, value and other category metrics• Assist Finance and internal customers to determine budgets and maintenance for blanket PO management.• Using input from the category team, build the category metrics model to track and monitor performance in relationship to the category strategy, such as supplier scorecard and other site audits on 3P services.• Measure actual vs planned savings; as savings trends are identified, own action plans to meet goals and develop solutions• Work in partnership both internally and with suppliers to develop innovative solutions to provide Procurement support to the Operations network• Develop and implement ways to measure suppliers to drive continuous performance improvement on behalf of Amazon• Coordinate the demand identification, procurement, and inventory management of all non-merchandise items required for building operation. This includes corrugate, packing materials, labor and janitorial services, etc.• Partner with AP, Suppliers and various internal teams to ensure timely resolution of vendor payment issues• Support the centralized Procurement team (iSChOC), and Global Procurement Organization (GPO) Pillars, including ProcOps, Category, Supplier Diversity, Supplier Management, Procurement Excellence, Reusables, Technology, and PMO.• Work is done in a warehouse environment that requires frequent walking around the building. You should feel comfortable working in an environment with varying temperatures as many buildings have dock doors that open throughout shifts.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- • 1+ years of Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables) experience- • 1+ years of employee and performance management experience- • 3+ years of supply chain experience- • 3+ years of supply chain operations experience- • Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience- • Experience with supplier or vendor relationship management ...