Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician (Fulfillment & Operations)

Amazon; Dartford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician to maintain a wide range of site equipment and workspaces, ensuring health and safety standards are met and downtime is minimised.

The role covers proactive and reactive maintenance across a live distribution warehouse, using the latest tools to maximise equipment effectiveness and supporting on-site apprentices, with opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement and roll out best practices.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and completed an engineering apprenticeship or NVQ3 in a relevant engineering subject.
• Qualified engineer with hands-on experience in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance.
• Strong problem-solving skills with fault diagnosis and corrective actions.
• Experience with robotic operation and maintenance is a plus.
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to communicate safety policies clearly.

Responsibilities

• Perform proactive and preventative maintenance on site equipment.
• Carry out reactive repairs and fault diagnosis in a live distribution warehouse.
• Use advanced tools to maximise equipment effectiveness and uptime.
• Uphold health and safety policies and practices at all times.
• Support the development and progression of on-site apprentices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and roll out best practices across sites.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Robotics operation

Fault-finding & automation

Verbal/written English proficiency

Education

High school or equivalent diploma

Engineering indentured apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Engineering

Tools

Automation & control tools

Job description

Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Job ID: 10396003 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

The Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team at Amazon is fundamental to our operations – they’re the ones keeping 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. You'll help to keep your colleagues safe and prevent machine downtime. Our RME Technicians boost the availability and quality of our equipment and work to enhance the operational environment too.

• 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 our sites’ equipment to make sure it’s working safely. As an RME Technician, you’ll also respond promptly to breakdowns, investigating, finding, and implementing solutions as quickly as possible. You’ll also make suggestions for long-term improvements.

Working alongside senior colleagues, you’ll undertake day-to-day maintenance tasks and will liaise with contractors if you need external expertise. You’ll work on a range of shifts to make sure our sites are supported around the clock – allowing Amazon to deliver at the speed we’re known for.

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 cutting-edge tech like Amazon Robotics and our Complex Item Sorter.

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Basic Qualifications

• High school or equivalent diploma
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with robotic operation and maintenance
• Experience in condition-based monitoring
• Experience working with print and apply machines
• Experience in fault-finding and maintaining conveyor or automation systems