Description

Amazon 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 EU fulfillment network. Successful candidates will have strong level of ownership and be highly motivated individuals who have Engineering Program and Project Management experience. The role will understand the details of an Amazon Fulfillment Center design, implementation, modeling, estimating and managing new Fulfillment Center start-up’s. This individual will lead a project team and provide leadership in managing the build specifications; pre-contract work, internal teams and vendor relations. This individual will be responsible for managing critical path and helping other teams deliver network capacity on time. The Engineering Project Manager will drive and invent and simplify strategy, will have high work capacity while being detailed oriented and agile to manage business changes and keep driving the initiatives. This individual needs to be comfortable interfacing and driving various functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization in order to be successful.

You will travel extensively (50-85%) to locations in Europe and occasionally to international sites.

This role can be based in Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg or London.

Key job responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership for large-scale engineering projects (planning, feasibility, design, installation, commissioning and qualification, launch and support)

• Coordinate critical path items, dive deep on technical details and provide innovative solutions to resolve issues

• Assess and communicate project status, manage escalations on potential risks and delays across multiple teams

• Prepare and conduct weekly standing meetings with internal teams and external vendors/contractors to plan and track deliverables

• Lead technical design reviews and propose design solutions for material handling and storage technologies that meet both business needs and global design standards

• Assist in providing equipment specifications and technical support to procurement and other businesses

• Collaborate closely with various internal teams such as World-Wide Engineering, Construction, Operations, Reliability Maintenance Engineering, IT and Procurement

A day in the life

You will be interacting daily with a wide variety of functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization and in multiple time zones. You will conduct multiple weekly meetings with internal teams, stakeholders and vendors to plan and manage deliverables. You’ll be liaising with subject matter experts from across the organization, diving deep in the technologies we deploy; you’ll build on these relationships to refine and improve our processes.

No two days will be the same in our fast-moving environment yet you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow along the way as part of a tight-knit and supportive team.

About the team

Amazon Robotics Deployment Engineering is a diverse and multi-talented team with a proven track record of overcoming challenging technical problems to deliver Amazon’s leading-edge robotics technologies in its fulfillment, transportation, and delivery network across the world. Our high-performing team blends engineering know-how, problem solving, curiosity, innovation, leadership, and effective communication to deliver outstanding results for our customers.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Milan, MI, ITA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, other technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• Project management experience in a large organization, working on feasibility, design and deployment in a global environment

• Experience leading a project team and engineering contractors in an operational environment

• Ability to provide large-scale continuous improvement on deployment efficiency and establishing processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead teams, of both internal and external cross-functional partners, without direct management authority

• Comfortable shifting between direct detailed analysis and big picture thinking

• Comfortable presenting to and facilitating decisions among senior leaders based on evolving priorities

• Problem solver with excellent verbal/written communication skills and the ability to lead cross-functional process improvements

• Comprehensive understanding of project management tools and operational, reliability & maintenance processes

• Outstanding influencing skills with the ability to connect the dots at an organizational, strategy and project level

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