Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager, Fulfillment & Operations Management

Amazon; Redditch; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager, where you'll lead a team focused on safety and efficiency in a dynamic environment. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing technologies within the global warehouse and delivery network. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge automated equipment while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. If you're passionate about engineering and team leadership, this role provides a chance to make a significant impact on operational excellence and customer satisfaction in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience in a supervisory role managing teams.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team, ensuring safety and efficiency.
• Implement preventative maintenance for high equipment availability.
• Support safety compliance programs and organize training.

Skills

Engineering Management

Safety Standards Compliance

Preventative Maintenance

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Technical Discipline

Tools

MS Office

CAD

CMMS

Job description

Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager, Fulfillment & Operations Management

Job ID: 2955588 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

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. 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 to ensure 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 to 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.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

We are looking for motivated, customer-focused people who want to join our team as a Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager. The Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager is the line manager for a team of engineering technicians. They maintain the focus on safety by training, developing, and coaching their team. They deliver a high level of equipment availability by ensuring all preventative maintenance is conducted and internal processes and procedures are followed.

Key job responsibilities

1. Lead, support, and mentor the team, ensuring they are working in a safe, standard, and efficient manner.
2. Work with the team and the wider network to harness the technical expertise available and build solutions.
3. Support the Reliability Engineering Manager as they work with the Site Safety department & Site Leadership to implement, record, and audit safety and statutory compliance programs to provide a safe working environment for all staff.
4. Implement network standards and focus on preventative maintenance to provide a high level of equipment availability to our internal customers.
5. Ensure sufficient technical coverage is available for the shifts they own by organizing and directing the training program for the team.
6. Organize local projects or support EU level projects as assigned by the manager.
7. Be prepared to work on shift to maintain a strong connection to the team and daily work.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Significant practical engineering experience including a supervisory role managing people.
2. A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil) from an accredited university or equivalent experience.
3. Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
4. Experience of automated equipment including packaging machinery, sortation, and conveyor systems.
5. Ability to communicate (written & verbal) in English and the local language at CEFR Level B2 or higher.
6. Experience of working to appropriate health & safety standards and regulations.
7. Solid computer skills (MS Office, CAD).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Full working knowledge of all specialized engineering and facilities equipment within the Fulfillment Center (FC) as well as maintenance and safety procedures.
2. Experience working with PLC-based control systems.
3. Project Management experience.
4. Knowledge of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) programs.
5. Experience with Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Process.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.