Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician

Construction; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team keeps equipment performing at peak levels across global fulfilment sites. As a Senior RME Technician, you will lead shifts, ensure safe operation, and drive upgrades to boost uptime and efficiency.

You’ll observe processes, suggest improvements, and help implement them across an EU-wide function, using tools like SCADA and collaborating with your line manager on admin tasks.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics or 4-year UK apprenticeship.
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead.
• Experience in electrical or mechanical engineering and in automation environments.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate best practice on equipment safety and monitor teams to ensure correct processes.
• Track equipment performance via visual checks and preventive maintenance tasks.
• Supervise on-shift technicians and support development of Reliability Maintenance Engineers.
• Solve equipment issues to reduce downtime and improve packaging throughput.
• Help standardise processes across the EU network and drive continuous improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

MHE/Automation

SCADA

English Communication

PLC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

NVQ Level 3 or UK apprenticeship

Tools

CMMS software

SCADA

PLC-controlled automation

Job description

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.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics, or completed a 4-year UK certified apprenticeship
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays
• Experience in electrical or mechanical engineering
• Experience in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments, or experience in similar environments
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with robotic maintenance
• Experience of multi-contractor management
• Experience with PLC-controlled automation
• Experience working with CMMS software, or experience in planning, scheduling and auditing maintenance activities
• Bachelor's degree or above in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field

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