Engineer , Material Handling Equipment Engineering, Amazon Logistics, JP MHE Engineering - Tokyo | Amazon Job

Job Description

The Japan Amazon Logistics (AMZL) team is looking to hire an experienced, innovative, hands-on, and customer-obsessed Engineer for the Material Handling Equipment Engineering team to lead the team responsible for defining specifications and monitoring performance of the Material Handling Equipment in our Japanese Delivery Station Network to build a world class last mile operation.

This role requires an experienced Engineer with experience to lead a technical team with responsibility for automation, engineering, planning and analysis of the Material Handling Equipment in AMZL Delivery Stations. This individual will own the team that partners with Process Engineering teams, Operations leaders, Facilities and Engineering teams to effectively operate deploy Material Handling Equipment across Amazon's last mile network.

This role will be based in Tokyo, Japan and involves frequent domestic travel. You will also partner with European and Worldwide counterparts to support parallel development projects.

More Information (Japanese Only)
・Department: Last Mile(AMZL)
・Job:Engineer
・Location:Tokyo Office

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Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities

Lead Material Handling Equipment automation projects
Update equipment specifications based on various factors; labor, cost, safety, performance, etc. working with Process Engineering and Operations partners
Support field engineering teams in deploying the specified equipment at sites across Japan
Monitor performance of the installed equipment in JP by measuring success criteria for meeting metrics for safety, productivity and quality
Support lessons learnt program for to understand improvements needed for specifications iterations
Work with Worldwide teams to understand development plans in other regions and opportunities for bringing new ideas to Japan
Support development and implementation of Service and Maintenance concepts for AMZL Field teams

Basic Qualifications:

- 5+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
- Business level proficiency in English
- Business level proficiency in Japanese

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Experience in PLC programming
- Experience with Asset Management Tools
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Experienced in supporting complex technical discussions with a variety of groups including software engineers, hardware engineers, technicians, and operators

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