Engineering Project Manager – Retrofit, Operations Engineering

Job details
Job Type
Full-time
Full Job Description
Bachelor or Master's Degree in Engineering or related discipline
Proven technical leadership and project management experience in the development and implementation of large-scale and complex engineering projects within live warehouses
Experience of leading internal teams and management of vendor relations
Fluent in English

Job Summary
Amazon is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to lead the planning and execution of highly complex projects within our existing fulfillment centers in MENA. The projects' scope are mainly related to automation and storage systems.

Successful candidates will be natural self-starters who have Project Management experience in live warehousing environments, combined with a strong technical problem-solving ability.

The role will understand all aspects of an Amazon Fulfillment Center while focusing on its automation technologies (conveyance, sortation, robotics) and storage solutions. This individual will be responsible for designing and delivering state-of-the-art material handling, storage systems and innovations as well as managing internal teams and vendor relations in order to successfully deliver optimization projects within Amazon's Fulfillment Centers.

Amazon’s culture encourages an entrepreneurial approach and expects engineers and managers alike to take a high level of ownership in solving complex problems in a fast-paced and changing environment.

The role will based in Saudi Arabia with 50% of the time traveling either domestically or to other MENA countries.

Key job responsibilities
End-to-end ownership for large-scale engineering projects within live facilities
Lead critical path items, dive deep on technical details and provide innovative solutions to resolve issues
Lead cross-functional teams such as Operations, change, safety, maintenance, IT, software, finance...
Assess and communicate project status, and drive escalations on potential risks and delays across multiple teams and leadership.
Manage vendors team on-site during execution, enforcing highest safety standards and minimum Operational disruptions.
Create, submit and track the relevant CAPEX documentation to ensure that all projects are delivered within budget and best overall value.
Lead technical design reviews and propose design solutions for material handling and storage solutions that meet both business needs and global design standards

A day in the life
You will work on the delivery of retrofit projects for our Fulfillment Centers in MENA, with a primary focus in KSA.

The pre-execution (scoping, engineering and procurement) phases of the project can be done mainly from a Amazon office or from home.

The execution phase vary in length and will require you to be traveling for a high proportion of the week to the site where the retrofit works are ongoing.

Strong knowledge about automated material handling systems and storage solutions
Experience with pre-execution and execution phases of projects
Comprehensive understanding of (intra)logistic operations as well as maintenance processes
Fluency in Arabic is beneficial