The Amazon delivery station in Orpington is celebrating its first Christmas. The 9,000 square metre building is now fully operational, serving customers across Orpington.
The delivery station at Cray Avenue, Orpington, has created around 30 permanent jobs since opening, offering competitive pay, comprehensive benefits and leading training and development opportunities in a safe, modern and engaging work environment.
The opening of the delivery station in Orpington has also created new driver opportunities for independent delivery service partners and Amazon Flex delivery partners.
Speaking ahead of the site’s first Christmas, Amazon Orpington Delivery Station Manager, Elliot Jenkins, said:
“We’re excited to celebrate our first Christmas in Orpington. The team at Amazon in Orpington is ready to deliver for our customers ahead of a great festive shopping season, having also created local job opportunities across a wide range of disciplines in a safe and welcoming environment.”
One of Amazon Orpington’s employees who’ll be helping deliver for customers this Christmas is Leiam Watkis. Leiam, a former professional footballer with Spanish LaLiga2 side Real Valladolid, enjoys working at Amazon because of its friendly environment, culture, and structure.

He said:

“I joined Amazon because the company offers competitive pay, fantastic benefits and a host of training and development programmes to help me further my career. In the time I have been here, I have really been able to push myself while enjoying the work I do. I’m excited that our delivery station in Orpington is now open and I’m looking forward to helping put smiles on our customers’ faces this Christmas.”

Festive food giveaways and Christmas-themed games to win prizes are just some of the things taking place throughout November and December as the delivery station team delivers for customers this Christmas.

Delivery stations power the last mile of Amazon’s order process and help speed up deliveries for customers. Packages are shipped to a delivery station from neighbouring Amazon fulfilment and sortation centres, loaded into delivery vehicles and delivered to customers.
Amazon is also offering entrepreneurs the opportunity to build their own business delivering Amazon packages, as well as independent contractors the flexibility to be their own boss and create their own schedule delivering for Amazon Flex. To learn more, visit www.logistics.amazon.co.uk and flex.amazon.co.uk.
Amazon employees receive competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Pay starts at £10.00 or £11.10 per hour depending on location and employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection and an employee discount – which combined are worth more than £700 annually – as well as a company pension plan.
Amazon also offers employees Career Choice, an innovative programme which pre-pays 95% of tuition for courses in high-demand fields, up to £8,000 over four years, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.
Amazon prioritises the safety and health of its people above all else, and the company invested more than $10 billion globally to help keep its people safe and deliver products to customers throughout 2020.