Operations Engineer, NA Capacity Engineering

Amazon is seeking a Operations Engineer to support the Amazon Logistics North America (AMZL NA) Capacity Engineering team. This role will manage the capacity of multiple last mile sites and partner with Topology, Operations, Design / Process / Network Engineering, Finance, and other planning teams to build a reliable view of short / mid / long term capacity. In this role, the Senior Operations Engineer will drive innovation in developing the future of delivery operations to better serve customers and maximize the utilization of Amazon assets by increasing network capacity with frugal solutions. This is a high visibility role working with senior leaders to enable strategic and tactical decision-making.

Key job responsibilities

• Support day-to-day execution for a subset of North America AMZL sites and take ownership to quickly remove constraints and barriers
• Develop 24-hour operations clocks which optimize the use of time while balancing competing objectives
• Influence building design decisions through high-judgment evaluation of constraints
• Drive capacity alignment between capacity planning tools and other tools & systems
• Write effective documents for diverse audiences, including senior leaders
• Serve as an ambassador for the Capacity Engineering team, helping others understand our space and identifying opportunities for collaboration
• Actively drive progress across multiple efforts in parallel, independently managing priorities and relationships with other teams to effectively deliver results
• Up to 10% travel

A day in the life

An effective Operations Engineer will structure their time to include

About the team

The Capacity Engineering team is a key contributor to efforts across AMZL which may impact the last mile network's capacity or utilization; this means we work cross-functionally to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and influence strategic decisions.

Our mission is to ensure AMZL scales to the right capacity in the right place at the right time, and that we are continuously innovating to improve speed for customers and reduce costs to deliver. We are advocates for data-driven models of the real world, but seek frequent feedback (anecdotes and measurements) to better predict the ground truth.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $68,900 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $126,400 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.