Sr. Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, LCY3 RME
Sector: Engineering, Operations and Facilities Management
Role: Manual Skilled
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
DESCRIPTION
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is central to Amazon's commitment to innovation. As Amazon evolves and adapts, this team ensures that the tools and technologies we use do as well. As a Senior RME Technician, you'll help us stay one step ahead, adopting the latest technologies and identifying new and efficient ways of working. In this role, you'll pay close attention to our processes to help maintain our high standards and implement upgrades to elevate that standard even higher.
Key job responsibilities:
1. Demonstrate best practices on using equipment safely and monitor teams to ensure everyone follows the correct processes.
2. Keep track of equipment performance through visual checks, condition-based monitoring, and preventative maintenance tasks; schedule additional servicing when required.
3. Supervise technicians on shift to support their development and act as the first point of contact for Reliability Maintenance Engineers.
4. Solve issues in equipment to reduce downtime for operations so they can process packages as quickly as possible.
5. Support in finding ways to continually improve systems and standardize processes across the EU network.
A day in the life:
In every shift, you'll lead a team to ensure everyone has the equipment they need and that it's running properly. This involves monitoring processes to ensure regulations and policies are followed and ensuring that preventative maintenance is carried out to increase equipment uptime. With everything you observe on your shifts, you'll suggest improvements to make our systems more efficient and productive, implementing those improvements across an EU-wide function. You'll also monitor processes with tools like Scada to guarantee their performance and work closely with your line manager to assist with admin tasks.
This role is located at one of our operational sites. You'll work shift patterns, which may include some weekends and nights. As you develop your experience within this exciting part of Amazon, you'll be well-placed to progress into more senior roles.
About the team:
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team keeps our equipment performing at its best. We're a technically minded team made up of excellent team players and guided by experienced leaders. We work together to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair equipment across our global network of fulfilment centers. Some of our people are leaders who oversee the team as they work on exciting technology—some of which only exists at Amazon.
From installing automated packaging systems to overseeing general maintenance of a site to repairing key distribution equipment, our team handles most aspects of Amazon's technical side. This includes keeping buildings legally compliant, ensuring safety, and maximizing operational efficiency. There are numerous opportunities for progression, both within the RME team and more widely across Amazon.
Everything we do focuses on reducing downtime in Amazon's crucial operations sites, so customers get their orders on time. We often work during early or late hours to carry out maintenance with minimal disruption, including night shifts. If we spot a better way to do something, we have the skills and the opportunity to develop and introduce completely new processes or cutting-edge tech like Amazon Robotics and our Complex Item Sorter.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1. Apprentice trained with HNC, HND, NVQ level 3.
2. Relevant experience in a technical leadership role.
3. Relevant experience working in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
4. Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments.
5. Advanced proficiency in verbal and written local language and basic proficiency in English.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Experience working in a multi-contractor and multi-site working environment.
2. Understanding of PLC-based control systems and statutory compliance requirements.
3. Experience using computerized maintenance management systems to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks.
4. A degree preferably in a technical discipline, operations, or business administration.
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