Build November_2016

Build Magazine 47 Transport types of roles from software engineers, computer programmers and corporate managers in our R&D centres and head office, to operations managers, engineers, service technicians, HR roles and order fulfilment roles in our fulfilment centres.” The rollout of new offerings includes an ultra-fast Prime Now service, which is now celebrating its one-year anniversary and available to more than 30 per cent of the UK population. Prime Now launched in London in June 2015 and has spread rapidly across the capital and beyond to Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Portsmouth, South Yorkshire and Surrey. Prime Now is a mobile app available to Prime members and offers one-hour delivery on more than 15,000 popular items for £6.99, or delivery at no extra charge within a choice of two- hour, same-day delivery slots between 8am and midnight, seven days a week. As an example of the efficiencies that Amazon’s robust organisation is capable of, one of the fastest Amazon Prime Now deliveries to date was the PlayStation 4 gaming title Call of Duty: Black Ops III – ordered at 10:06am, sent out from Amazon’s Erdington delivery station in Birmingham and delivered at 10:21am to a postcode in Castle Vale, Amazon’s record delivery took just 15 minutes from the customer clicking ‘Order’ to playing the game. The engineers of Amazon Fulfilment are creative thinkers that are eager to roll up their sleeves and solve problems. They have the opportunity to work with the latest and greatest technologies and are expected to continuously develop and invent ways to improve current processes. They don’t waste a lot of time stewing over making decisions. The culture is very fast paced and fast moving. Our core Engineering teams are supported by Technicians, Engineers and Engineering departments at each Amazon location. These innovative Engineering departments design, implement, and maintain our Fulfilment Centres. This encompasses several different areas – process engineering, capacity/demand planning, material handling equipment design and implementation, fulfilment centre project management, construction management, packaging engineering, reliability maintenance, controls logic and advanced technologies. In turn, there is opportunity for professional growth. These are not the typical maintenance jobs or simple project management jobs given the scale, speed and technology at Amazon. As the number and complexity of the Fulfilment Centres and Customer Service Centres grow continuously, we are quickly growing our Engineering teams in Europe. Your career can progress in Engineering or with transfer to other Departments like Operations, Capacity Planning or Program Management. As we open more Fulfilment Centres, there are opportunities to relocate to different locations and have diverse experiences in Europe. “One year ago we reinvented fast delivery with the launch of the Prime Now app that makes it easy for customers to discover over 15,000 items for one- hour delivery, or select a same-day delivery slot at no extra charge,” said Amazon. “We’ve delivered on our promise to rollout quickly with the service available to millions of people from Newcastle to Portsmouth, and we’re continuing to invest to bring ultra-fast delivery to more and more of the UK.” For more information about working at Amazon, visit www.amazon.co.uk.