Senior Automation Engineer (M/F/X)

New Technology-Automation-Robotics

SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEERS! help to shape Wayfair’s European Innovation & Test Centre for industrial engineering, focused on driving continuous improvement, ingenuity through the exploration, piloting and implementation of new technology into our fulfilment operations.

Do you wish for a career platform where you can fully immerse into a business that embraces technology, that enables you to push engineering boundaries through designing and enhancing operations capabilities and efficiencies? This could be the adventure you are looking for.

What You'll Do

• Support the material flow and area planning for our warehouse operations in Europe
• Conduct analyses to select warehousing technology for our European sites
• Assist the procurement of various supply chain solutions including hardware, software & supporting technology
• Support the implementation of material handling systems that enable capacity and productivity improvements
• Contribute to process development and improvement initiatives to achieve Operational Excellence
• Conduct Motion and Time(MTM) Studies for the development of future engineered labour standards
• Develop and document the processes and the concepts of the projects
• Plan processes and design warehouse layouts (AutoCAD, SketchUp)

What You'll Have 

• Proven experience successfully operating within an Industrial, Automation and or Process Engineering role.
• Ideally, both German and English language fluency (we will consider one language at B2 level).
• Demonstrable material handling equipment experience including design, business case creation, and piloting of equipment.
• Educated within an engineering discipline (industrial/ mechanical/ robotic/ automation), or qualified by experience.  Any knowledge of logistics, manufacturing or supply chain operation but not essential. 
• Effective project and stakeholder management skills; someone who can effectively leverage collaborative partnerships with cross-functional teams & 3rd party vendors whilst maintaining focus and momentum to deliver impactful change 
• A detail oriented mindset with strong analytical and organizational prioritization to meet tight timeframes.
• Intermediate user knowledge of IT systems (Microsoft Office/ Google), AutoCAD, SketchUp and data technologies (for example: SQL, Data Studio, Big Query, Tableau)
• Ideally, knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems and ecommerce fulfilment, although this is not essential and can be learnt on the job.

Ultimately if you thrive within technology, driving innovation through identification, creation and  implementation, harnessing best practices and embracing resourceful techniques we have the testing platform for you to flourish.  

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