Military & Veterans Engineering Planner

Amazon; Northampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is hiring an experienced Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner. This role involves managing asset and maintenance planning in a fast-paced Fulfilment Center. Key responsibilities include being the subject matter expert on CMMS software, ensuring accurate preventative maintenance assignment, and managing spare parts stock levels. Candidates should have experience with maintenance systems, proficiency in Microsoft Projects, and a relevant educational background. Join a diverse team committed to innovation and customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience of maintenance planning systems either as a planner or an engineer/technician.
• Time served apprenticeship is required.
• Several years' experience planning, scheduling and auditing maintenance activities required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site level Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the CMMS software.
• Compile equipment information, performance metrics and recommend improvements.
• Manage spare parts stock levels and work with procurement for savings.

Skills

Maintenance planning systems

Microsoft Projects

Engineering or IT knowledge

Education

HNC/D or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or IT

BTEC or equivalent

5 GCSE at C or above or equivalent

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Job ID: 3125411 | 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.

Here at Amazon we are looking to hire an experienced Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner to join the team in one of our highly automated and fast paced Fulfilment Centers (FC).

Purpose of the Job

The Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner is responsible for asset and spares management, preventative maintenance planning and machine history data. He or she is the site lead for the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) software and is required to extract information from it to support the decision making of the site engineering manager.

Responsibilities

• Be the site level Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the CMMS software, train the local engineering team in its use and elevate issues as required to the EU team.
• Ensure the system is run in line with EU standards and participate in EU led projects and improvement programmes to roll out new functionality, procedures, scheduling or reports.
• Ensure site level equipment, spare parts and minimum holding levels are correctly recorded in the system in order to ensure technicians are never without the parts they need.
• Ensure the system accurately forecasts and assigns all required preventative maintenance to technicians within the team to provide a high level of equipment availability to our internal customers.
• Compile equipment information, performance metrics and machine histories and make recommendations for improvements based on their findings.
• Manage spare parts stock levels, place and track orders as required. Work with procurement and the wider EU network to find savings or efficiencies.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience of maintenance planning systems either as a planner or an engineer/technician
• Time served apprenticeship
• BTEC, or equivalent
• 5 GCSE at C or above, or equivalent
• Several year's experience planning, scheduling and auditing maintenance activities either as a hands on engineer or as a maintenance planner
• Proficient with Microsoft Projects software
• Ideally with previous experience of rolling out a new CMMS system

Preferred Qualifications

• HNC/D or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or IT
• Experience leading the rollout of a new EAM/CMMS system

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