Max Dollon

Sr. Regional Engineering Manager & Bar Raiser at Amazon

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Senior Leader, Regional Engineering Manager with > 15 years experience in Project & Program Management at worldwide leading companies in Nuclear and E-commerce industries. Global experience (EU, North America, Middle East). I build and lead high performing engineering teams. Ex Firefighter. _______________________________________ Key skills: - Hire and develop engineering teams - Manage performance: Promote and coach. - Build and develop Program Management Office - Assess project feasibility and scope - Lead technical procurement (RFQ, offers review, vendor selection, contracts, work order) - Request and manage budgets (€2-100MM) - Lead detailed design engineering - Manage project execution - Manage vendors (up to 400 individuals on-site) - Lead cross functional teams including operations, process, maintenance, procurement, safety, IT, and software - Enforce highest safety standards and minimum Operations disruptions during project execution - Build and lead Change Management process - Test, qualify and sign off on deliverables - Report and communicate to Senior leadership _______________________________________ Background: Currently leading a team of Project Managers, delivering new Amazon Fulfillment Centers in middle east, as well as improvement of existing ones. Based in Dubai. Former Sr Engineering Project Manager, delivering new Amazon Fulfillment Centers in Europe and in Middle east, as well as improvement of existing ones. Based in Luxembourg & Dubai. Former Program Manager for the Amazon Print-on-Demand business. Management of Technical Operations strategy, roadmap, projects and resources. Based in Seattle. Former Business Continuity Analyst in the Amazon's EU Crisis Center. Support Operations during high severity crisis event, and streamline communication to enable decision making process from global leadership. Based in Czech Republic. Former Program Manager in the nuclear industry. Based in France. Deliver security and fire fighting projects in a nuclear plant. Based in France. Former Firefighter and EMT. Based in France.

Experience

  • Amazon (10 yrs 5 mos)
    • Sr. Regional Engineering Manager (Middle East, Turkey, Africa)
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Regional Engineering Manager (MENA)
      Jan 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Build, lead and develop the Operations Engineering team in the MENA region. Delivering capacity (conveyors + storage system) to new and existing fulfillment centers, sort centers, and delivery stations, from concept design to launch.

    • Senior Engineering Project Manager (EMEA)
      Apr 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Project Manager: - Greenfield : Deliver intralogistic system and storage system for new Amazon Fullfilment centers in EU and Middle East (up to €70MM CAPEX / project). Ownership from end to end, including design, procurement, budgeting, engineering, execution, launch. - Buildout : Deliver complete capacity/expansion projects within live Amazon fulfillment centers in EU and Middle East (€2.5MM CAPEX / project). End to end ownership. Program Manager: - Lead the expansion program (39 buildout projects across 7 countries, over 2 years, €100MM CAPEX, 10 project managers) and report to the Leadership team. - Create MENA PMO cell and manage program (greenfield and buildout projects from $50k to >$100MM) covering end-to-end aspect of FC projects and reporting to seniors leadership. SME: - Act as Subject Matter Expert for MHE sorter technologies. Train new hires, advise peers, and lead EU-wide reliability action with mhe vendor and maintenance team. - Act as Technical Subject Matter Expert in MENA. Train and coach peers to Amazon standards in greenfield and buildout, leveraging best practices, and introducing world class engineering tools and processes in the region. - Lead the introduction of automation in Middle-East fulfillment centers from scratch. Change Manager: Create and manage Change Management process for greenfield projects under execution.

  • Program Manager (FR) at Orano
    Sep 2012 - Oct 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Program Manager for the nuclear safety of a plutonium-based fuel production plant (Melox). -Assist the Senior Program Manager to lead the implementation of 100+ risk management projects required by French nuclear authority - Create tools and kpi to monitor all projects, follow up with 30+ stakeholders to track deadlines and costs, report progress to leadership and nuclear authority - Deliver 14 projects (project management), within a production environment, related to fire risk management and processes change, from initiation to delivery (€0-200k CAPEX per project)

  • Environmental Technician (CA) at Ville de Montréal
    Mar 2012 - Aug 2012 · 6 mos

    Collect effluents from various industries (i.e. Coca-Cola) for compliance analysis

  • Firefighter & EMT at French fire department (SDIS)
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2011 · 4 yrs

    Urban fires, Forest fire, Emergency first cares, Road accidents, Rescue and clearing, Prevention