Amazon Announces Ninth Fulfillment Center in Texas; New Robotics Site Will Create 1,000-Plus Full-Time Jobs
January 18 2017 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
The new Coppell site will be the sixth
fulfillment center in the DFW metroplex
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open
its ninth Texas fulfillment center in Coppell. Amazon currently
employs more than 10,000 full-time associates at its seven
currently operating fulfillment centers across the state and plans
to create 1,000 more full-time positions at its third Coppell
facility.
Elsewhere in the Lone Star State, Amazon currently operates
fulfillment centers in Coppell (two facilities), Haslet, Dallas,
Fort Worth, Schertz and San Marcos with a facility currently under
construction in Houston. Amazon also has sortation centers in
Irving, San Antonio and Houston.
“This building will be a new addition to the Amazon Robotics
fulfillment network, which already has a robust presence in the
metroplex,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North
American Operations. “Because of our ability to have more inventory
on-hand and increased speed of fulfillment, we are able to better
meet customer demand and create thousands of associate roles, which
receive competitive wages and benefits. We are proud of our ability
to create jobs, spur innovation and provide excellent Prime service
to members.”
Amazon employees at the one million-square-foot Coppell
fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items,
such as books, electronics and toys. Amazon’s first Coppell
fulfillment center began fulfilling customer orders in 2013 and its
second facility launched during the 2016 holiday shopping
season.
“Amazon’s continuing growth and job creation in Dallas County is
a testament to the dedicated workforce and healthy business
environment here in the region,” said Dallas County Commissioner
Mike Cantrell.
“When I toured the first Coppell fulfillment center two years
ago,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, “I was impressed by
just how quickly the company was growing and the number of jobs it
could create. Here we are in 2017, and Amazon employs thousands of
full-time employees in Dallas County alone.”
“We are so excited to see the Amazon team grow by the thousands
here in Coppell,” said Coppell Mayor Karen Hunt. “To have a company
that provides good compensation and furthering education tuition to
its employees flourish in our city is a point of pride at Coppell
City Hall.”
Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive
hourly wages and a comprehensive benefits package, including
healthcare, 401(k) and company stock awards, starting on day
one. Amazon also offers regular full-time employees
maternity and parental leave benefits and access to innovative
programs like Career Choice, where it will pre-pay up to 95 percent
of tuition for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of
whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon. Since
the program’s launch, over 9,000 employees have pursued degrees in
game design and visual communications, nursing, IT programming, and
radiology, to name a few.
To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment center,
visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.
The project is being developed jointly by Hillwood Investment
Properties and Perot Development Company.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
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