Q-Express Documents Transport Hiring for Engineering Project Manager – Retrofit, Operations Engineering Job at Dubai Full Time

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 environment, 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 UAE 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 team such as Operations, change, safety, maintenance, IT, software, finance…
• Assess and communicate project status, 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 delivery of retrofit projects for our Fulfillment Centers in MENA, with a primary focus in UAE.

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.