Senior Industrial Designer, Worldwide Grocery Stores

The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is seeking an experienced Sr. Industrial Designer to join our Design Engineering team. Our team leads building design for large-scale industrial grocery facilities including fulfillment and distribution centers middle mile facilities and other industrial grocery buildings across Amazon Grocerys network. We support ground-up greenfield developments as well as the retrofit of existing facilities.

This individual will own composite drawing packages construction documents and permitting processes for large-scale industrial grocery facilities. The role spans the full spectrum of industrial development project types including ground-up greenfield development building shell design and delivery and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing industrial facilities. The role requires deep industrial design expertise technical precision the ability to manage complex multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters and the judgment to drive design decisions that balance operational efficiency scalability and cost effectiveness.

A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment collaborating with internal and external teams to generate high-quality cost-effective design solutions. They will work across multiple projects with varied timelines while influencing negotiating and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders contractors engineers and vendors.


Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end design support for large-scale industrial grocery facilities across the full project type spectrum: ground-up greenfield development building shell design and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing industrial facilities
Work with vendors to develop manage and maintain composite drawing packages and construction document sets for large-scale industrial grocery facilities
Lead shell design coordination including site civil interface structural systems building envelope and core-and-shell documentation for large-scale industrial facilities
Manage tenant improvement design and documentation adapting existing industrial shells to accommodate grocery fulfillment operations automation systems and food safety requirements
Lead permitting processes across multiple jurisdictions coordinating with local authorities landlords and regulatory bodies to ensure timely approvals for ground-up shell and TI scopes
Partner with Real Estate Pre-Construction Construction Program Management and Operations Engineering teams throughout all project phases to align design with business requirements schedule and budget
Collaborate with external architects and engineers to develop coordinate and finalize construction document and permitting packages
Partner with internal and external engineering operations and construction teams to streamline site layouts workstation configurations and material flow for maximum efficiency and value
Create scalable design solutions and execute them with clear communication and documentation ensuring designs can be replicated and adapted across the network
Maintain and enforce drawing standards across multiple business lines and establish new standards for emerging building types and confidential strategic programs
Support value engineering efforts on existing network sites identifying opportunities to improve throughput safety and cost efficiency
Drive programmatic rollouts for key design initiatives across the distribution center network
Manage consultant and vendor relationships throughout all phases of design and construction administration
Identify and mitigate design risks proactively escalating to leadership when appropriate
Communicate complex design concepts effectively to business partners at all levels including senior leadership


A day in the life
If you thrive in an ever-changing high-ambiguity environment then we want to talk to you. This position works closely with cross-functional teams external consultants engineers and vendors throughout the full development lifecycle of large-scale industrial facilities. You will serve as the primary design point of contact on complex projects while maintaining the confidence and judgment to know when to escalate. This candidate must have a professional and positive demeanor and be able to communicate effectively with business partners at every level including leadership.

About the team
The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is a fast-growing part of the larger Worldwide Grocery organization responsible for all Grocery retail and industrial buildings. We work on a portfolio of strategic high-impact projects across retail locations greenfield developments and retrofit of existing stores and facilities. We are an ambitious innovative and customer-obsessed team where everyone is entrepreneurial wears many hats and moves quickly. Our goal is to design and deliver world-class buildings that get the highest quality food to our customers as fast as possible.

- 5 years of design & innovation research & development work experience
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (any domain) Operations Business Administration or a related field
- Experience with design & innovation and research & development
- Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel MS Project and CAD software
- 4 years of reading and understanding schematics and building drawings experience
- Demonstrated experience managing construction documents and permitting processes across complex multi-phase projects
- Proven track record of maintaining drawing standards and creating new standards for novel building types

- 5 years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
- Masters degree in Engineering (any domain) Operations Business Administration or a related field
- Experience with grocery logistics food safety requirements and automation systems in the food handling space
- Experience on ground-up greenfield industrial developments building shell design and delivery and tenant improvement (TI) scopes within large-scale industrial or fulfillment facilities

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 132100.00 - 178800.00 USD annually