Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager , RME

Amazon; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking an experienced Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager to lead a skilled technician team focused on equipment reliability across our European facilities.

You will mentor staff, drive preventative maintenance plans and ensure high technical availability. The role requires coordinating with site teams, analyzing data to improve processes, and delivering both site-based and network-level projects in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial or Civil Engineering
• Willing to work a flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays
• Experience with computers, including MS Excel, Word and Office
• Experience supervising teams
• Experience in practical engineering

Responsibilities

• Support site safety compliance and procedures
• Plan preventive maintenance and ensure equipment availability
• Collaborate to collect and analyse data to improve processes
• Deliver site-based and network-level projects
• Lead, support and mentor your team to develop their career
• Manage performance and development of team

Skills

Experience supervising teams

Experience in practical engineering

Experience with computers

Willing to work flexible schedule

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial or Civil Engineering

Master's degree or Six Sigma Black Belt

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Description

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.

Key job 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

A day in the life

You'll be based at one of our operational sites, which allows you to give practical guidance to your team and get a clear vision of what's happening at your site. This involves collecting data and solving problems in a fast-paced environment. You'll also have a chance to create an operational plan to make the site more productive and efficient. That will involve setting up new projects that improve everything from operational processes to equipment maintenance. After safety, the most important part of the role is leading your team and managing their performance and development, including organising additional training.

About The Team

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 advanced tech like Amazon Robotics and our Complex Item Sorter.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial or Civil Engineering
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays
• Experience with computers, including MS Excel, Word and Office
• Work a flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays
• Work flexible schedules including weekends, nights, and holidays
• Experience supervising teams
• Experience in practical engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• Experience with preventive maintenance procedures, industrial electrical, industrial controls, and industrial electronics & robotics
• Experience working with Material Handling Equipment (MHE) integrators
• Experience maintaining material handling equipment and integrated systems
• Experience in project management
• Experience with statistical analysis

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Company

Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A10475198