Military Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Amazon; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and inclusive team at a leading global company, where you will play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing technologies within the Amazon Warehouse & Delivery Network. This position is ideal for those with military backgrounds or experience, focusing on preventative maintenance and ensuring equipment reliability. You will work in a fast-paced environment, supporting operational teams while adhering to the highest safety standards. If you are a motivated technician who enjoys teamwork and problem-solving, this opportunity could be your next step in a rewarding career.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled technician with electrical and mechanical expertise.
• Experience in planned preventative maintenance and fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health & safety standards in all work.
• Carry out planned maintenance and react quickly to breakdowns.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and manage contractors.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Fault Finding

Preventative Maintenance

Health and Safety Compliance

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Engineering Apprenticeship

HNC/HND/BSc/BEng

Tools

MHE (Material Handling Equipment)

Automation Systems

Conveyor Systems

Job description

Military Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Job ID: 2884054 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

This role focuses on those who have military experience and/or are military spouses/children interested in working in the private sector.

Amazon’s military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon. At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience.

Amazon Operations sits at the heart of the Amazon customer experience. We look after everything from the moment a customer clicks buy, to the moment their item is delivered – from desktop to doorstep.

Across Europe we have more than 50 Fulfillment Centers, hundreds of Delivery Stations, thousands of machines, and tens of thousands of employees, all working together in harmony to make sure the right item gets delivered to the right person, in the right place, at the right time.

Working in Amazon Operations is for people who like to be active and give their all. We work in a busy, dynamic environment and are part of a bigger team delivering on the expectations of millions of customers every single day.
We are open, inclusive and welcome individuality and diversity. The culture in our Operation is built on the way teams bond and the work ethic that enables our business run like clockwork. Our teams take pride in a job well done, looking out for one another, ensuring the highest safety standards and playing their part in delivering the quality service Amazon is known for around the world.

Join us in the Amazon Reliability Maintenance Engineering team. We maintain and optimize technologies in the Global Amazon Warehouse & Delivery Network.
We are looking for a motivated technician who enjoys working in a team. The job is about maintaining our equipment in a safe way to a high standard. Focusing on planned preventative maintenance you will engage in mitigation of risks by proactively addressing and resolving issues. Raising the availability and quality of the equipment is the daily job. Our technicians focus in on our operational team, their customers, with support from the team and their leaders.

Shift Pattern: This role includes working in non-traditional shift pattern, which may include nights and weekends.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Put health & safety best practices first in all work carried out ensuring compliance with all health & safety standards and regulations.
2. Carry out planned preventative maintenance on the full range of equipment within the site.
3. React quickly to breakdowns, communicate clearly with affected parties and work efficiently to fix the issue.
4. Support continuous improvement by learning from breakdowns and sending feedback and suggestions for improvements through the line manager.
5. Provide high levels of equipment availability to our internal customers.
6. Support and learn from Senior Reliability Engineering Technicians.
7. Management of contractors.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Multi skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
2. Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems.
3. Experience fault finding within MHE (Material Handling Equipment)/Automation systems.
4. Experience in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings.
5. Experience of conveyor maintenance, motor controllers/inverters.
6. Served a full Engineering indentured apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject (City & Guilds Level 3, SVQ/IVQ).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience of high voltage switching.
2. Experience of sortation machines.
3. Experience of maintaining/configuring bar code scanners.
4. Experience of print and apply machines.
5. HNC, HND, BSc, BEng.

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