ONLINE retailer Amazon is still recruiting to fill a number of roles as it prepares to turn on its first distribution centre in the North-East.
The international retailer, which promises to deliver most of its items within two hours in areas served by 'fulfillment centres', is set to open the region's first in Darlington later this year.
Among the jobs the retailer is asking people to apply for, a maintenance technician, IT support specialist and automation engineer are still areas the retailer is hoping to fill.
Maintenance Technician
'The focus of this role is to ensure safety regulations and policies are adhered to, to ensure preventative maintenance is conducted on time to a high standard and to provide high levels of equipment availability through continuous improvement.'
Senior Maintenance Technician
'The Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Technician will have a significant impact on customer experience. The Senior RME Technician will have the ability to lead other Engineering Technicians, design solutions for challenging problems, able to manage outside contractors, be on call for emergencies, to handle multiple projects and daily activities, and meet tough time lines. The Senior Technician will develop plans on how to accomplish engineering departmental goals.'
IT Support Technician
'As an IT Support Technician you will report to the IT Manager in your home site and will be responsible for working closely with the business, fellow technicians and engineers to implement and maintain critical infrastructure elements as well as day to day support to meet our operations present and future business needs.'
Senior Automation Engineers and Automation Engineers
'The Amazon Reliability Maintenance and Engineering team keeps all our equipment in excellent working order, from printers to fully automated sortation systems. You will be looking after the automated systems within our Fulfilment Centres (FCs), helping with fault finding, leading process improvements and will be involved in the installation and commissioning of new equipment.'
Before New Year, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said Amazon had guaranteed that none of its employees in Darlington would be paid less than £9.50 an hour, or placed on zero-hour contracts.
At the time he told The Northern Echo: "But the big difference with the announcement today is that Amazon are now coming in and people can go on the website today – they can apply for jobs to start in the coming weeks.
“Amazon have guaranteed the lesser qualified jobs are going to be a minimum payment of £9.50 an hour so not minimum wage and not zero-hour contracts."
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