Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Amazon Jobs; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Doncaster is seeking an RME Technician to ensure the reliability of equipment through proactive maintenance and repairs. Responsibilities include performing diagnostics and supporting apprentices. Candidates should have relevant engineering qualifications and experience in mechanical or electrical maintenance. This role offers opportunities for growth within a dynamic team focused on operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Served a full Engineering indentured apprenticeship.
• Relevant experience working in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance.
• Experience in fault-finding and maintaining conveyor or automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform proactive and preventative maintenance on site equipment.
• Carry out reactive repairs and diagnose faults in a live warehouse environment.
• Support the development of on-site apprentices.

Skills

Proactive and preventative maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Health and Safety adherence

Mechanical and/or electrical maintenance

Condition-based monitoring

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Engineering

Job description

Overview

The Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team at Amazon keeps vital machinery running at all times. As an RME Technician, you’ll maintain a wide range of equipment and workspaces while upholding Health and Safety best practices to keep colleagues safe and prevent machine downtime. Our RME Technicians boost the availability and quality of our equipment and improve the operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Proactive and preventative maintenance tasks on a wide range of site equipment
• Carry out reactive repairs and fault diagnosis in a live distribution warehouse
• Use the latest tools to maximise equipment effectiveness
• Uphold all health and safety policies and practices
• Support the development and progression of on-site apprentices
• Work on continuous improvement projects and roll out best practices across a range of EU sites

A day in the life

Our RME Technicians are based on-site, so they can respond quickly to any machinery issues. You’ll carry out a range of planned preventative maintenance to the sites’ equipment to ensure it’s working safely. You’ll also respond promptly to breakdowns, investigating, finding, and implementing solutions as quickly as possible, and you’ll make suggestions for long-term improvements.

Working alongside senior colleagues, you’ll undertake day-to-day maintenance tasks such as painting and plumbing and will liaise with contractors if external expertise is needed. You’ll work on a range of shifts to support our sites around the clock, enabling Amazon to deliver at speed.

About the team

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team keeps equipment performing at its best. We are a technically minded team, made up of excellent team players and guided by experienced leaders. We maintain, troubleshoot and repair equipment across our global network of fulfilment centres. Some team members are leaders who oversee the work on exciting technology, some of which only exists at Amazon.

From installing automated packaging systems to overseeing the general maintenance of a site and repairing key distribution equipment, our team handles many aspects of Amazon’s technical operations. This includes keeping buildings legally compliant so everyone is safe and sites operate at maximum efficiency. There are ample opportunities for progression within the RME team and across Amazon.

Everything we do focuses on reducing downtime in Amazon’s crucial operations sites, so customers receive their orders on time. We may work during early or late hours to perform 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 new processes or cutting-edge tech like Amazon Robotics and our Complex Item Sorter.

Qualifications

• Served a full Engineering indentured apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject
• Relevant experience as a qualified engineer
• Relevant experience working in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance
• Advanced proficiency in the local language verbally and in writing
• Experience in condition-based monitoring
• Experience working with print and apply machines
• Experience in fault-finding and maintaining conveyor or automation systems

Equal opportunities

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