Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, Amazon

• A full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject
• Relevant experience in a technical leadership role
• Relevant experience working in both electrical and mechanical disciplines
• Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

Desirable

• Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is central to Amazon's commitment to innovation
• As Amazon evolves and adapts, this team makes sure 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 you’ll put in place upgrades to take that standard even higher
• Demonstrate best practice on using equipment safely and monitor teams to ensure everyone follows the correct processes
• Keep track of equipment performance through visual checks, condition-based monitoring, and preventative maintenance tasks and schedule additional servicing when required
• Supervise technicians on shift to support their development and act as the first point of contact for Reliability Maintenance Engineers
• Solve issues in equipment to reduce downtime for operations so they can process packages as quickly as possible
• Support in finding ways to continually improve systems and standardise processes across the EU network
• In every shift, you’ll be leading a team to make sure everyone has the equipment they need and that it’s running properly
• That involves monitoring processes so that 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 and then implement those improvements across an EU-wide function
• You’ll also be monitoring processes with tools like Scada to guarantee their performance, as well as working 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
• Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering or RME team keep 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 centres
• 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 the 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, so everyone is safe, and our sites are operating at maximum efficiency
• There are lots of 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