Amazon announce 500 jobs at new Baldonnell centre

AMAZON has announced plans to open their first fulfilment centre in Ireland, creating 500 new permanent jobs. 

The new site at Baldonnell Business Park will open in spring 2022.

According to the e-commerce giant, the state-of-the-art fulfilment centre will provide faster delivery for customers across Ireland seven days a week, including one-day delivery on hundreds of thousands of items.

The 630,000 square foot centre at Baldonnell will hold millions of items to be picked, packed and shipped to customers across Ireland as well as the rest of Europe.

Recruitment has started for a range of new roles for the fulfilment centre, including engineers, HR and IT professionals through to health & safety and finance specialists and operations managers.  Recruitment for the Amazon teams who will pick, pack and ship customer orders will begin next year.

A second delivery station and 20 new jobs will also open at Northwest Logistics Park, Ballycoolin, serving customers in Dublin and the surrounding areas.

The first delivery station in Ireland opened last October in Rathcoole, creating more than 20 permanent jobs and working with 10 independent delivery companies who hired more than 150 drivers.

Last year Amazon also announced plans to create another 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years bringing Amazon’s total permanent workforce in the country to over 5,000 people by 2022.

Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland, said: “Amazon has had a presence in Ireland for 17 years now, growing and expanding its range of activities which has contributed significantly to Ireland’s tech ecosystem and our reputation as a global tech hub.”

Stefano Perego, VP Amazon’s Fulfilment Centre Operations in Europe, said: “We are delighted to be opening our first fulfilment centre in Dublin enabling us to provide faster delivery times for customers across Ireland. 

“We are excited to be creating 500 new permanent roles which offer competitive wages, excellent benefits and a modern, safe and engaging work environment for our employees.

“The new state-of-the-art fulfilment centre and delivery station are a further sign of our commitment to the communities in which we operate.

“The new teams will play a crucial role in providing faster delivery to customers across Ireland including one-day delivery on hundreds of thousands of items.”

As part of Amazon’s commitment to be net-zero carbon across its business by 2040, the fulfilment centre will be 100 per cent electric.

The building will be fitted with solar panels in 2022 and associates will have access to electric vehicle charging and bicycle storage.