Hundreds of jobs created as Amazon expands operations in Doncaster and Sutton

A hundred new jobs will be created at the Amazon warehouse in Doncaster and a new facility in Sutton-in-Ashfield as part of a nationwide expansion of the online retail giant.
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The extra roles are for permanent employees at the ‘fulfilment centres’ in the town, and are set to be available by the end of the year.

Amazon, which has been heavily criticised for its working conditions, will also be hiring for more than 300 seasonal roles.

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The delivery station in Doncaster will have also increased its permanent headcount from around 90 at the beginning of 2020, to around 140 by the end of the year and is also recruiting for more than 120 seasonal roles.

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Nationwide, Amazon is aiming to employ around 10,000 new people across its dozens of operations thsi year taking the company’s total permanent UK workforce to more than 40,000.

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.

At the centre of the job creation programme are three new, state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in Darlington, Durham and Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, each fitted out with advanced Amazon Robotics technology and each creating more than 1,000 new permanent roles.

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Construction of these new fulfilment centres began last year.

Darlington started operations in May and the sites in Durham and Sutton-in-Ashfield will launch later this autumn.

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.”

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Stefano Perego, Amazon’s Vice President of European Customer Fulfilment, said: “The new state-of-the-art robotics fulfilment centres in the North East and the Midlands, as well as the thousands of additional roles at sites across the country, underline our commitment to the people and communities in which we operate.

"We are employing thousands of talented individuals in a diverse range of good jobs from operations managers and tech professionals through to people to handle customer orders.”

Amazon says 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.

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