Senior Industrial Designer, Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design
Amazon · Seattle, Washington, USA ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Design
Senior Industrial Designer on Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores Design Engineering team, owning composite drawing packages, construction documents, and permitting for large-scale industrial grocery facilities (fulfillment/distribution centers) across greenfield builds, building shell design, and tenant improvements, while coordinating vendors, architects, and internal stakeholders.
The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is seeking an experienced Sr. 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. We support ground-up, greenfield developments as well as the retrofit of existing facilities.
This individual will own composite drawing packages, construction documents, and permitting processes for large-scale industrial grocery facilities. The role spans the full spectrum of industrial development project types, including ground-up greenfield development, building shell design and delivery, and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing industrial facilities. The role requires deep industrial design expertise, technical precision, the ability to manage complex, multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters, and the judgment to drive design decisions that balance operational efficiency, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, collaborating with internal and external teams to generate high-quality, cost-effective design solutions. They will work across multiple projects with varied timelines while influencing, negotiating, and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders, contractors, engineers, and vendors.
Key job 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
A day in the life
If you thrive in an ever-changing, high-ambiguity environment, then we want to talk to you. This position works closely with cross-functional teams, external consultants, engineers, and vendors throughout the full development lifecycle of large-scale industrial facilities. You will serve as the primary design point of contact on complex projects while maintaining the confidence and judgment to know when to escalate. This candidate must have a professional and positive demeanor and be able to communicate effectively with business partners at every level, including leadership.
About the team
The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is a fast-growing part of the larger Worldwide Grocery organization, responsible for all Grocery retail and industrial buildings. We work on a portfolio of strategic, high-impact projects across retail locations, greenfield developments, and retrofit of existing stores and facilities. We are an ambitious, innovative, and customer-obsessed team where everyone is entrepreneurial, wears many hats, and moves quickly. Our goal is to design and deliver world-class buildings that get the highest quality food to our customers as fast as possible.
This individual will own composite drawing packages, construction documents, and permitting processes for large-scale industrial grocery facilities. The role spans the full spectrum of industrial development project types, including ground-up greenfield development, building shell design and delivery, and tenant improvement (TI) work within existing industrial facilities. The role requires deep industrial design expertise, technical precision, the ability to manage complex, multi-phase projects with ambiguous parameters, and the judgment to drive design decisions that balance operational efficiency, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, collaborating with internal and external teams to generate high-quality, cost-effective design solutions. They will work across multiple projects with varied timelines while influencing, negotiating, and communicating effectively with internal stakeholders, contractors, engineers, and vendors.
Key job 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
A day in the life
If you thrive in an ever-changing, high-ambiguity environment, then we want to talk to you. This position works closely with cross-functional teams, external consultants, engineers, and vendors throughout the full development lifecycle of large-scale industrial facilities. You will serve as the primary design point of contact on complex projects while maintaining the confidence and judgment to know when to escalate. This candidate must have a professional and positive demeanor and be able to communicate effectively with business partners at every level, including leadership.
About the team
The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Design team is a fast-growing part of the larger Worldwide Grocery organization, responsible for all Grocery retail and industrial buildings. We work on a portfolio of strategic, high-impact projects across retail locations, greenfield developments, and retrofit of existing stores and facilities. We are an ambitious, innovative, and customer-obsessed team where everyone is entrepreneurial, wears many hats, and moves quickly. Our goal is to design and deliver world-class buildings that get the highest quality food to our customers as fast as possible.