Amazon adds three DCs

SEATTLE, Washington—Amazon.com, Inc plans to open its second fulfillment centre in Joliet, Illinois and two in California.

The company will create more than 2,000 full-time jobs at the facility in addition to the 1,500 full-time employees currently working at its existing Joliet facility.

Amazon employees at the new 700,000 square-foot Joliet fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller items to customers like books, toys and electronics.

As well, the e-commerce giant is opening two fulfillment centres in Tracy and Eastvale, California, creating more than 1,500 new full-time jobs. These new facilities will increase Amazon’s California presence to nine fulfillment centres, nine million square feet of operations and approximately 14,000 full-time hourly associates.

Amazon currently fulfills customer orders at its existing seven Golden State Amazon fulfillment centers located in Tracy, Patterson, Moreno Valley, Redlands, Rialto and San Bernardino. The company also operates sortation centers in Newark and San Bernardino.

Both California facilities are approximately one million square feet in size and will each employ hundreds of full-time associates.

At the Eastvale location, Amazon associates will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys.

While at the Tracy facility, the second in the city, associates will pick, pack and ship larger customer items, such as big-screen televisions, sports equipment and patio furniture.