It appears Amazon Australia's first retail operations centre will be located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, with warehouse job vacancies currently being advertised for Dandenong South.

Amazon advertised for an operations manager in mid-June, to manage between three and seven "front-line supervisors". The job description also requires the employee to undertake "physical warehouse activities", including "lifting and moving material up to 16 kilos each" and "standing and walking for up to 10-12 hours a day" in a building more than 400 metres long.

The Dandenong South branch has also advertised for a site safety manager, which explicitly refers to the location as a "fulfilment centre" – a term that Amazon uses for its retail operations facilities.

"This will be a new site, so we'll expect you to drive our Amazon EHS [employee health and safety] culture with the site leaders, and be instrumental in embedding Amazon EHS policies and processes and ensure compliance to all applicable local legislative obligations," the ad reads.