A dynamic, fast paced, program guiding role focused on Mechatronic Engineering for the Amazon Account, with a Mechanical Engineering background. The Amazon Principal Engineering Team (APET) is charged with ensuring development of tools and processes to drive excellence in execution for the Amazon Project Teams both in quality and efficiency. The candidate for this role will act as a trusted advisor to our external Customers at Amazon and our internal execution team partners (engineering, installation, and management). This position will require real time collaboration with the Performance Excellence team, R&D, Customer Service and our Global Engineering partners.We offer:
Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $100,500 - 147,400 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:What We Are Looking For:
Drive process, product, tool and solution innovation in the Amazon program.
Engage with holistic initiatives, research and development of new ideas.
Proactively create/conceptualize/identify improvements.
Identify program risks and develop mitigation plans.
Mentor/engage with others to create program wide lean and continuously improvement culture.
Keep standard documents updated and easily accessible.
Collaborate with the Performance Excellence team, to ensure the Amazon program is aligning with Global Dematic Standards wherever possible.
Capture lessons learned and provide continuous communication and training opportunities to affected groups.
Regularly facilitate kaizen events and act as an advisor that troubleshoots and resolves extremely complex problems within multi-departments across regions and/or cross-functional areas.
Direct process measurement, program scorecards and other metrics, which can also be used to drive process improvements in the end-to-end project lifecycle.
Support sales level concept and Solution Development technical reviews. Helping drive consistent solutions and proven designs.
Support project level technical reviews, including the review of drawings, maintenance access, and rates, to name a few.
What You Will Do In This Role:
8+ years of mechanical application engineering experience.
Ability to innovate and create solutions that significantly improve opportunities to achieve business and technical results.
Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership skills at all levels.
Competence in making timely, effective, pragmatic decisions.
Ability to build credibility and confidence, as a trusted advisor, with internal and external Customers of varying backgrounds.
Function as a change agent by demonstrating past successes while driving and supporting change within the organization.
Demonstrate outstanding team building skills with the ability to improve interaction and efficiency as well as the ability to break down roadblocks and silos.
Demonstrated the following qualities:
Work with sense of urgency, passionate, and self-motivation.
Personal responsibility and pride in work.
Does the right things to make teammates feel appreciated, understood, and included.
Takes ownership, willing to admit mistakes and gladly shares credit for team accomplishments.
Ability to offer and receive apologies graciously.
Often does more than is required, looking for opportunities to contribute outside of their area of responsibility.
Eager to take on all challenges presented.
Strives to understand what teammates are feeling during meetings and interactions. Showing empathy to and interest with others on the team.
Attentive listener and awareness of how words and actions impact others on the team.
Ability to adapt behavior and style to fit the nature of the situation, conversation, or relationship.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa now or in the future.
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Skills Required
- Mechanical engineering background (mechatronic experience preferred)
- 8+ years of mechanical application engineering experience
- Experience driving process, product, tool and solution innovation
- Experience with lean and continuous improvement methodologies (Kaizen facilitation)
- Proven ability to identify program risks and develop mitigation plans
- Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership skills at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and build teams, break down silos, and drive change
- Experience supporting technical reviews, including drawing review and maintenance/access considerations
- Competence in making timely, pragmatic decisions and driving measurable program improvements
- Authorized to work for any employer in the United States (no visa sponsorship available)
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
