Data Center Logistics Specialist, DCC Communities
About the role
Join our dynamic team and become a critical enabler of the world's most advanced cloud computing infrastructure. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in maintaining the heartbeat of our data center operations by ensuring seamless logistics and inventory management that directly support our technology deployment and maintenance efforts.
The Logistics Specialist plays a critical role in inventory management, ensuring optimal stock levels are maintained to support data center build and repair operations. This position serves as the primary point of contact for parts management, including receiving, inventory control, and distribution to Data Center Technicians and Engineers.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that all billing associated with the Inventory supply chain is accurate, validated and ready for processing
- Assembling, addressing, stamping and arranging for the shipment of merchandise and materials
- Assist in daily scheduling of deliveries and pick-ups to and from production locations
- Keep precise records of all commodities going in and out of company
- Understand all aspects of production, adhere to strict safety standards, maintain very high quality, and be willing and able to work on powered equipment (i.e. forklift or cherry picker)
Physical requirements
- Requires standing, sitting, and walking for prolonged periods of time
- Typically, work is in a warehouse or data center environment where the noise level is moderate to loud
- Occasionally assist in loading and unloading shipments
- Occasionally exposed to cold or hot weather
Work environment
- Work with and/or around moving mechanical parts
- Noise level varies and can be loud
- Temperatures are between 60 and 90 degrees, and will occasionally exceed 90 degrees
Basic qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1+ years of logistics operations experience
- 1+ years of shipping & receiving, inventory and warehousing practices experience
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration and cloud infrastructure
- Experience managing inventory in warehousing, retail or distribution setting
- Experience in transportation operations and industry knowledge
- Experience managing work and priorities through a ticketing system
- Experience with computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Pay
Starting pay: $24.00 - $42.00 USD hourly. Final starting pay will be based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
Starting Day 1 of employment, Amazon offers EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, 401(k) matching. Learn more about our benefits at https://hiring.amazon.com/why-amazon/benefits.
Schedule
Must be available to work on weekend shifts.