Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

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

Job summary

A leading global logistics provider in Rugby seeks a Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician. The role involves supervising teams, ensuring equipment performance, and implementing improvements across operations. Candidates should possess an NVQ Level 3 qualification and experience in technical leadership, as well as both electrical and mechanical expertise. This shift-based position provides opportunities for advancement within the company.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate best practice on using equipment safely.
• Supervise technicians on shift to support their development.
• Solve equipment issues to reduce downtime.

Skills

Technical leadership

Problem-solving in equipment issues

Monitoring processes

Team supervision

Equipment performance tracking

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in relevant Engineering subject

Full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship

Degree in technical discipline or operations

Tools

Computerised maintenance management systems

Scada

Job description

Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Job ID: 3141970 | 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.

Key job 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 make sure everyone has the equipment they need and that it’s running properly. That involves monitoring processes so that regulations and policies are followed and ensuring that preventative maintenance is carried out to increase equipment uptime.

With everything you observe on your shifts, you’ll suggest improvements to make our systems more efficient and productive and then implement those improvements across an EU-wide function. You’ll also be monitoring processes with tools like Scada to guarantee their performance, as well as working closely with your line manager to assist with admin tasks.

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.

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 environmentsAdvanced 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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