Lead, Auditor @ Amazon

Northwest Center Services @ Amazon is hiring!
  

The Northwest Center @ Amazon team operates in a fast-paced and demanding corporate environment where we provide professional 5-star customer service across several program divisions. The Audit team works in partnership with Facilities Management to audit Amazon corporate spaces in the Puget Sound region. Completing audits focusing on building operation readiness and full building inspection. These audits capture workspace and building data, and findings are shared with FM to resolve any discrepancies. The Audit team is also occasionally leveraged to complete special projects for the Real Estate and Facilities teams.

The Lead Auditor is an independent contributor who will provide operational oversight, performance insight, project coordination, and audit execution. The Lead assigns and monitors workload, ensures team completion of assignments, and supports quality assurance, metrics tracking, and program document creation. This individual must coordinate closely with Facilities Management, other stakeholders or vendors, and Auditors to appropriately escalate identified risks and resolve roadblocks.

The ideal candidate is an effective communicator, values accuracy and efficiency, embraces the challenge of a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, possesses strong attention to detail, can proactively identify challenges posed to the team, and can operate both autonomously and as part of a team.

Location: Seattle, Bellevue $ Redmond
Starting Hour Rate:  $29.19 per hour 
Schedule: Monday - Friday between 6am - 430pm (8hr shift) 

What we can offer:      

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance, effective the month after 30 days of employment
• 17 Accrued Paid Time Off Days Annually
• Additional 10 Annual Floating Holidays, Parental Leave, and Paid Compassion Leave
• Retirement 401(K) with a company match
• Company-Provided Orca Pass – Unlimited use
• Employment Assistance Program (EAP) via Spring Health
• Mental Wellness Program including six free therapy sessions per year
• Opportunity for career development with our NWC Mentorship Match program
• Physical Wellness Reimbursement Program - $25/month
• Student Loan Contribution Program - $50/month
• Pet Insurance Discount Program

Check out the entire list of benefits Northwest Center has to offer: 

 

https://nwcbenefits.hrbenefits.net/     

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions 

Operational and Administrative Coordination

• Coordinate administrative personnel responsibilities for the team including but not limited to assigning audits/projects, monitoring team completion, and tracking team metrics.
• Review audit schedule, evaluate and prioritize ad hoc requests, and assign to appropriate personnel, ensuring the best use of resources.
• Communicate with leadership, stakeholders, vendors, and customers regarding audit rotations, project schedule, status and/or progress.

• Oversee the daily activities required to complete individual or large-scale tasks within established timelines.

• Identify potential challenges or project risks. Understand the root cause of issues and associated impacts to the team or customer served. Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement timely solutions.  
• Become a subject matter expert of all building operations including but not limited to security access levels, facility procedures, vendor points of contact, and escalation processes.  
• Oversee on-site activity for active assignments and address any issues necessary to achieve quality and timeline standards. 
• Create instructional documentation and related resources for current program practices. 

Team Support 

• Ensure Auditors abide by audit and project guidelines; provide feedback or training to team on quality and timeliness of work. 
• Communicate changes and updates to Auditors, ensuring team and program alignment for timely completion of tasks or deliverables. 
• Work closely with the Assistant Manager to bring attention to team members’ performance and collaborate on coaching. 
• Conduct quality control inspections during and after audits/projects to evaluate the quality of work and effectiveness of team members. 
• Participate in interviewing Audit candidates and training new and existing team members.  

Audit Support 

• Conduct building audits and inspections per Amazon’s Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) Site Inspection Program (SIP). Ensure timely submission of audit findings within expected time frames.
• Proactively identify and log facilities issues in the client’s ticket/work order system for timely resolution prior to occupant or onsite user impact.
• Assume day-to-day responsibility for assigned work and successful task completion.
• Provide hands-on support by auditing, potentially focusing on highly visible buildings or those with key activity.
• Communicate with stakeholders according to established processes in case of Auditor call-outs. Potentially complete additional audits to supplement coverage.
• Assist with new tasks, processes, or projects as needed to support evolving team requirements, other NWC divisions, and Amazon partners. 

Needed Experience & Requirements 

Education: 

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of customer service, facilities/real estate support, or administrative experience.
• Proficiency with Windows-based systems, web browsers, and professional email communication (Outlook).
• Experience Preferred:
  • Use of Excel or Smartsheet spreadsheet programs for data analysis
  • Experience using workplace communication tools (i.e. Slack, Zoom, Teams)
  • High mobility: ability to switch between sitting and standing for different tasks

Demonstrable Skills

• Trustworthy; ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively in a team setting.
• Highly attentive to details with a focus on adhering to project guidelines, quality, and upholding existing standards. Consistently thorough and accurate in work requiring keen attention to detail across a broad range of information.
• Proactive identification of gaps or areas for improvement with problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to pivot and adapt to changes quickly, including meeting tight deadlines.
• Fosters positive dynamic regarding changes to systems or operational processes with team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written. Inclination for leadership and effective interpersonal skills to effectively motivate others.
• Ability to clearly communicate with multiple team members of operational tasks.
• Effective time management, balancing multiple projects at any given time while supporting team members through organizing their work.
• Responds calmly and professionally to emergencies, angry customers, or other stressful situations in the workplace.
• Exercises good judgment in areas of responsibility. Assists in identifying alternative solutions to problems or situations.
• Displays flexibility in an ever-changing environment, adapting to changes in priority and/or project requirements. Maintains good judgment in fast-paced, high-stress environments.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common documents and reports.
• Proven ability to significantly contribute to or lead operation initiatives with a results-oriented approach.
• Manages confidentiality without exception.
• Commitment to work in an inclusive and diverse environment.
• Ability to understand, interpret and follow Northwest Center (NWC) and Amazon policies and procedures.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

 

• Must be able to frequently carry and lift a backpack containing a laptop and other supplies, up to 50 pounds.
• May need to carry supplies to other buildings.
• Ability to walk consistently within a 1.5-mile radius is required.
• Ability to read, write, speak and comprehend the English language.
• Ability to see both distance and details at close range, within a few feet of the observer (with or without corrective lenses).
• Ability to identify and understand the speech of another person (with or without a personal auditory hearing device).
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including arriving early, staying late on a moment’s notice and occasional evening and weekend shifts.
• This is a dog friendly environment with over 1000 dogs on campus. Individuals with dog allergies or those who do not particularly care for dogs may not be the best fit.

Northwest Center is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at jobs@nwcenter.org.

At Northwest Center, we do not just accept diversity and inclusion — we celebrate it, support it, live it, and flourish in it to benefit our employees, the community, and our clientele. We believe that our strength lies within our diversity and the forward motion towards a day when people of all abilities can learn and work together.

We believe that curiosity and critical thinking are essential to the dialogue and improving decision-making, planning, resource allocation, and how we treat others. Our goal is to create and implement more equitable practices, policies, and culture. To be equitable means to value and respect individuals from all cultural backgrounds, genders, races, identities, and abilities. Northwest Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veterans’ status.