Senior Industrial Designer, Worldwide Grocery Stores

About the role

The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is seeking an experienced Senior Industrial Designer to join our Design Engineering team. Our team leads building design for large-scale industrial grocery facilities, including fulfillment and distribution centers, middle mile facilities, and other industrial grocery buildings across Amazon Grocery's network.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design support for large-scale industrial grocery facilities across the full project type spectrum: ground-up greenfield development, building shell design, and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing industrial facilities
• Work with vendors to develop, manage, and maintain composite drawing packages and construction document sets for large-scale industrial grocery facilities
• Lead shell design coordination, including site civil interface, structural systems, building envelope, and core-and-shell documentation for large-scale industrial facilities
• Manage tenant improvement design and documentation, adapting existing industrial shells to accommodate grocery fulfillment operations, automation systems, and food safety requirements
• Lead permitting processes across multiple jurisdictions, coordinating with local authorities, landlords, and regulatory bodies to ensure timely approvals for ground-up, shell, and TI scopes
• Partner with Real Estate, Pre-Construction, Construction, Program Management, and Operations Engineering teams throughout all project phases to align design with business requirements, schedule, and budget
• Collaborate with external architects and engineers to develop, coordinate, and finalize construction document and permitting packages
• Partner with internal and external engineering, operations, and construction teams to streamline site layouts, workstation configurations, and material flow for maximum efficiency and value
• Create scalable design solutions and execute them with clear communication and documentation, ensuring designs can be replicated and adapted across the network
• Maintain and enforce drawing standards across multiple business lines, and establish new standards for emerging building types and confidential strategic programs
• Support value engineering efforts on existing network sites, identifying opportunities to improve throughput, safety, and cost efficiency
• Drive programmatic rollouts for key design initiatives across the distribution center network
• Manage consultant and vendor relationships throughout all phases of design and construction administration
• Identify and mitigate design risks proactively, escalating to leadership when appropriate
• Communicate complex design concepts effectively to business partners at all levels, including senior leadership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development
• Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software
• 4+ years of reading and understanding schematics and building drawings experience
• Demonstrated experience managing construction documents and permitting processes across complex, multi-phase projects
• Proven track record of maintaining drawing standards and creating new standards for novel building types

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
• Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience with grocery logistics, food safety requirements, and automation systems in the food handling space
• Experience on ground-up greenfield industrial developments, building shell design and delivery, and tenant improvement (TI) scopes within large-scale industrial or fulfillment facilities