Amazon Banbury delivery station set to add nearly 100 new permanent positions

The delivery station in Banbury is looking to increase its full-time employees from more than 60 at the beginning of 2020, to more than 150 by the end of the year.

The company will also be looking to fill more than 120 seasonal roles for the upcoming festive holiday period within Banbury Amazon.

Amazon is also looking for people wanting to turn their free time into supplementary income by working to their own schedule to deliver Amazon packages for between £13 and £15 per hour. For more information about the Amazon Flex scheme see the following website: to https://flex.amazon.co.uk

Amazon Logistics is helping independent local delivery companies to grow their businesses and adds capacity and flexibility to Amazon’s delivery network to meet increasing customer demand. Packages are shipped to the delivery station in Banbury from Amazon fulfillment and sortation centres and loaded onto vehicles to get delivered to customers.

The recent announcement of 10,000 new permanent roles created across the UK in 2020 will take the company’s total permanent UK workforce to more than 40,000.

Amazon has already added 3,000 new permanent roles to its workforce across its UK network of fulfillment centres, sort centres and delivery stations – including at a new hi-tech fulfillment centre in the North East of England which opened in May. The company will add a further 7,000 new permanent roles by the end of 2020 across more than 50 sites, including corporate offices and two new fulfillment centres launching in the autumn in the North East and in the Midlands.

The new roles, including engineers, graduates, HR and IT professionals, health and safety and finance specialists, as well as the teams who will pick, pack and ship customer orders, will help Amazon meet growing customer demand and enable small and medium sized enterprises selling on Amazon to scale their businesses.

Amazon has already offered temporary roles to thousands of people whose job was impacted at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of whom will now be able to transition into a permanent role with the potential for a career within Amazon.

In addition, Amazon has recruited more than 700 apprentices during 2020, helping young people begin their careers in fields ranging from automation engineering and IT to digital marketing and fashion buyers, with pay of up to £30,000 a year for degree-level apprenticeships. A typical apprenticeship combines theoretical learning with hands-on training, enabling participants to obtain qualifications and degrees and earn money in the process.

Pay starts at a minimum of £10.50 p/h in the London area and £9.50 p/h in other parts of the UK for all full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal roles in Amazon’s fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations. Employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, subsidised meals and an employee discount – which combined are worth more than £700 annually – as well as a company pension plan.

Amazon also offers employees an innovative programme called Career Choice that provides funding for skills development through nationally recognised courses of up to £8,000 over four years.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma said: “While this has been a challenging time for many businesses, it is hugely encouraging to see Amazon creating 10,000 jobs in the UK this year.

“This is not only great news for those looking for a new job, but also a clear vote of confidence in the UK economy as we build back better from the pandemic. The government remains deeply committed to supporting retailers of all sizes and we continue to work closely with the industry as we embark on the road to economic recovery.”

People interested in applying for both permanent and seasonal roles at Amazon should visit the following website in the coming weeks: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/midlands