Maintenance Area Manager, Reliability Maintenance Engineering

Amazon.com, Inc; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Crawley is seeking a Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager to lead a team of technicians. You will ensure compliance with safety policies, manage project deliveries, and oversee maintenance tasks in a complex engineering environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background and experience in managing maintenance operations. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Experience managing people in an engineering team.
• Relevant experience in an industrial/production environment.
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Support colleagues in compliance with safety policies.
• Plan preventative maintenance to ensure technical availability.
• Deliver and support site-based and network-level projects.

Skills

Experience in maintenance team

People management experience

Stakeholder management

Data analysis skills

FMCG experience

Project management experience

Education

Degree in Engineering or technical field

UK HND/HNC/BTEC/OND

Tools

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Data analysis tools

PLC-based control systems

Job description

Overview

At Amazon, we have hundreds of facilities across Europe. They're not just workplaces - they're our hubs where teams meet and collaborate to make sure we're always delivering the best we can for our customers. As a Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager, you'll bring together the elements that make our working environment as supportive and efficient as possible. Your focus will be to lead and mentor a team of expert technicians dedicated to equipment reliability.

Responsibilities

• Support colleagues in site compliance with safety policies and procedures
• Implement EU network standards, plan preventative maintenance and ensure technical availability
• Collaborate with colleagues to collect and analyse data to improve processes
• Deliver and support both site-based and network-level projects
• Lead, support and mentor your team to develop their career

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as part of a maintenance team in an industrial or production environment that handles a variety of complex business processes
• Relevant experience in managing people in an engineering team
• Relevant experience in liaising and managing relationships between a variety of stakeholders including third-party vendors
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English and upper intermediate proficiency in local language
• Experience in Refrigeration and/or FMCG (Food)
• A degree in Engineering or another technical field
• A UK Higher National Diploma (HND), Higher National Certificate (HNC), BTEC National Diploma (OND), Ieng, CEng or ILM L4+
• Experience of working with statutory regulations such as compliance checks and machine safety protocols
• Experience in automated equipment, including packaging machinery, sortation and conveyor systems
• Experience of using data analysis tools and PLC-based control systems
• Experience with project management or Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma processes
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Note: Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we'd love to hear from you.

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