Operations Engineer, Freight Tech Robotics

Rapid and Rural Logistics is looking for a Ops Engineering role with a delivery record and proven project management experience to own and execute strategic cross-functional operations and technology projects for our faster than Same Day operations. Robust understanding of fulfillment operations including under-the-roof processes inventory flows constrained FC assets (capacity and labor) quality and long term roadmaps will help develop new innovations. This role will play a critical role in the expansion of the sub-same day program through partnership with Maintenance Design and Innovation Engineering team to integrate key material handling equipment to expand network coverage. It requires a high-level of ownership over the end-to-end process the ability to think outside of the box willingness to disrupt the current processes to create a new process the ability to design sustainable solutions and influence stakeholders. This role requires scoping large ambiguous projects managing to project timelines and communicating to senior management on status risks and process/product changes. Cross-team coordination project management and executive presentation skills are essential.

Key job responsibilities
* Manage high visibility automation programs quality capacity and future design innovations to continue to scale the SSD network
* Work cross functionally with Reliability Maintenance Design and Innovation Engineering teams to deliver high complexity solutions
* Execution of key deliverable timelines for Engineering programs and meeting specific operational goals determined and aligned with stakeholders
* Dive Deep into dashboards automation logs and resources that provide insight to next steps and problem solving
* Driving weekly quality and capacity performance of Material Handling Equipment (MHE) in the network partnering with operations teams to meet customer promise and cost goals

A day in the life
An Ops Engineer in R2L will have flexibility in how their day looks based on program actions launch date implementation pilots and testing and execution during peak periods for Amazon including Prime Day Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as the overall holiday season. Some days will focus on execution of program structure and deep dive others heavier in meetings and cross collaboration with stakeholders. There is expected travel for the role but will be cyclical based on program goals and key execution dates.

About the team
The R2L team is a diverse group of managers from various backgrounds and job families all looking to achieve one goal the Expansion and Optimization of Sub Same Day Delivery to Amazon customers. With Product Supply Chain and Ops Engineering backgrounds The R2L team delivers through solutions in partnership with Operations to scale and optimize performance real time and in future network initiatives. The team is based on both Seattle and Nashville allowing cross collaboration with multiple business lines. While the team makes history we have fun doing it focusing on diversity and inclusion cross collaboration kaizen and summit events to build out thoughtful solutions and to think big. Additional information can be provided by interviewers directly on the team.

- 5 years of industrial engineer operations engineer manufacturing engineer or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
- 3 years of maintenance or engineering experience
- 3 years of refrigeration industry experience
- Bachelors degree
- Associates degree in a technical field or 2 years of Amazon RME (Reliability Maintenance Engineering) BB/3P Full Time Exempt experience
- Work a flexible schedule including weekends nights and holidays
- Experience in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments or experience in reliability/maintenance environments
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering operations and field execution through launch readiness and go-live phases

- 1 years of commercial CO2 refrigeration applications experience
- Refrigeration Trade School certificate
- Knowledge of AutoCAD VBA and SQL at the intermediate level
- Knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs for commercial refrigeration systems
- Knowledge of performance metrics such as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) downtime throughput or quality
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Experience with Six Sigma lean manufacturing
- Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
- Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Experience in Amazon RME (Reliability Maintenance Engineering) or fulfillment operations or experience in similar environments
- Experience with retrofits launches or automation deployments
- Experience building launch readiness frameworks standard work playbooks and scalable deployment mechanisms across multiple concurrent sites

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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 NY New York - 84300.00 - 126400.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 68900.00 - 103400.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 82700.00 - 114900.00 USD annually