Amazon hiring 2,500 people for Houston fulfillment center

Amazon is hiring 2,500 full-time employees to staff its first distribution center in Houston, now under construction in the Pinto Business Park at the southwest corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8. Scroll through the gallery to see which Fortune 100 companies call Texas home less Amazon is hiring 2,500 full-time employees to staff its first distribution center in Houston, now under construction in the Pinto Business Park at the southwest corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8. Scroll ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Amazon hiring 2,500 people for Houston fulfillment center 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

Amazon is hiring 2,500 full-time employees to staff its first distribution center in Houston, now under construction in the Pinto Business Park at the southwest corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8.

That's substantially more than the 1,000 people it expected to hire when it announced the project last year. The facility will be equipped with robotics technology, which requires more workers to keep up with fast-moving inventory and increased demand, said spokeswoman Ashley Robinson.

The company's robotics technology delivers inventory to warehouse workers for packing and shipping. It has more than 80,000 robotics units in about 25 fulfillment centers nationwide. Story continues below.

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Amazon is investing $136 million in the facility, an 855,000-square-foot warehouse expected to open this summer. Harris County commissioners last year granted the company a 10-year tax break expected to save it nearly $180,000 annually.

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