Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Amazon; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician to lead a team ensuring proper equipment functionality across operations. Responsibilities include monitoring processes, scheduling maintenance, and supervising a team. Ideal candidates will have an engineering apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 and relevant technical leadership experience. This role requires advanced proficiency in English and offers opportunities for career progression in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in relevant Engineering subject.
• Relevant experience in technical leadership roles.
• Experience in automation or material handling equipment environments.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate best practice in using equipment safely.
• Keep track of equipment performance and schedule maintenance.
• Supervise technicians to support their development.

Skills

Technical leadership

Electrical discipline

Mechanical discipline

Automation expertise

Advanced English proficiency

Education

Engineering indentured Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3

Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Computerised maintenance management systems

Job description

Overview

Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician – Job ID: 2915839 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is central to Amazon's commitment to innovation. As Amazon evolves and adapts, this team makes sure that the tools and technologies we use do as well. As a Senior RME Technician, you'll help us stay one step ahead, adopting the latest technologies and identifying new and efficient ways of working. In this role, you’ll pay close attention to our processes to help maintain our high standards, and you’ll put in place upgrades to take that standard even higher.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate best practice on using equipment safely and monitor teams to ensure everyone follows the correct processes
• Keep track of equipment performance through visual checks, condition-based monitoring, and preventative maintenance tasks and schedule additional servicing when required
• Supervise technicians on shift to support their development and act as the first point of contact for Reliability Maintenance Engineers
• Solve issues in equipment to reduce downtime for operations so they can process packages as quickly as possible
• Support in finding ways to continually improve systems and standardise processes across the EU network

A day in the life

In every shift, you’ll be leading a team to ensure everyone has the equipment they need and that it’s running properly. This involves monitoring processes so that regulations and policies are followed and ensuring that preventative maintenance is carried out to increase equipment uptime. You’ll observe and suggest improvements to make our systems more efficient and productive, then implement those improvements across an EU-wide function. You’ll also monitor processes with tools like Scada to guarantee their performance, and work closely with your line manager to assist with admin tasks.

Location and Schedule

This role is located at one of our operational sites. You’ll work shift patterns, which may include some weekends and nights. As you develop your experience within this exciting part of Amazon, you’ll be well-placed to progress into more senior roles.

About the team

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team keeps 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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• A full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject
• Relevant experience in a technical leadership role
• Relevant experience working in both electrical and mechanical disciplines
• Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a multi-contractor and multi-site working environment
• Understanding of PLC based controls systems and statutory compliance requirements
• Experience using computerised maintenance management systems to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks
• A degree preferably in a technical discipline or operations

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