Amazon To Open 3rd Oregon Fulfillment Center, Create 1,000 Jobs

PORTLAND, OR — While Intel and Nike announce job cuts, Amazon on Monday announced its plan to open a third fulfillment center in Portland by 2018, creating more than 3,500 full-time positions across all Amazon's Oregon facilities.

The new location in Portland will reportedly create more than 1,000 jobs on its own, while new fulfillment facilities in Troutdale and Salem will also add to the existing employee numbers at a sortation center in Hillsboro and the Prime Now hub also in Portland.

"We announced our second fulfillment center in late August and today it's exciting to announce our third fulfillment center in Oregon," Sanjay Shah, Amazon's vice president of North America Customer Fulfillment, said in a statement. "Our quick growth in the Beaver state is our drive to continue growing and innovating on behalf of customers. Fulfillment centers in the state will increase speed of delivery, expand inventory selection, and provide great Prime membership benefits. We are excited to better serve customers, and create 3,500 full-time jobs in Oregon."

The new facility, said to be one million square feet, will provide packing and shipping services, Amazon officials said.

With other industry jobs leaving the metro region, Portland officials celebrated the news of so many new incoming positions.

"Amazon has embraced the value of our region as a great business environment, and we welcome the 1,000 quality jobs and benefits this new facility brings to Portland," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a statement. "Portland's innovation and talented workforce are a perfect match for Amazon's cutting-edge approach to customer service and support."

"Amazon's continued growth in our region is a good signal for Oregon's economic growth," said Keith Leavitt, chief commercial officer at the Port of Portland. "We're excited to work with Amazon to create more job opportunities in Portland and build on this momentum."

"Three Amazon fulfillment centers announced in three months adds to the company's already robust presence in Oregon, which includes Amazon Web Services, Prime Now, and sortation centers," said Business Oregon Director Chris Harder. "Amazon could invest anywhere in the world, and they are showing over and over again that they believe Oregon is the place to build, innovate, and grow."

To apply for a position at one of Amazon's new Oregon fulfillment centers, visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.

Top Photo Caption: SACRAMENTO, CA - AUGUST 10: A worker makes repairs to a wall at a new Amazon fulfillment center on August 10, 2017 in Sacramento, California. Amazon is preparing to open a new 855,000-square-foot warehouse, the tenth in California, by early October and is expected to hire nearly 1,500 people. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)