Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, RME

Amazon.com, Inc; Cranfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global logistics company in Cranfield is seeking a Senior RME Technician to oversee equipment maintenance and technical team supervision. You will ensure high operational standards through effective leadership and adherence to safety processes. Candidates should possess relevant experience in electrical and mechanical engineering along with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working in automation or material handling equipment environments.
• Understanding of PLC based controls systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise technicians and ensure adherence to processes.
• Monitor equipment performance and schedule necessary servicing.
• Lead a team to ensure equipment is operational and compliant.

Skills

Electrical and mechanical discipline experience

Technical leadership

Advanced English communication

Automation experience

Education

Full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3

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 responsibilities include:

• 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 involves leading a team to make sure everyone has the equipment they need and that it's running properly. This includes monitoring processes so that regulations and policies are followed and ensuring that preventative maintenance is carried out to increase equipment uptime.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• 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 include experience working in a multi-contractor and multi-site working environment, understanding of PLC based controls systems and statutory compliance requirements, and experience using computerised maintenance management systems.

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