Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, RME

Amazon; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician in the UK to lead teams, ensure equipment efficiency, and implement process improvements across our fulfilment centres. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and relevant engineering qualifications such as NVQ Level 3, along with experience in complex MHE environments.

You’ll play a pivotal role in sustaining high operational standards while mentoring technicians and utilizing advanced management techniques. Join us to make a significant impact in our dynamic and diverse team.

Qualifications

• Work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead.
• 4 years of UK certified apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in automation or complex MHE environments.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe equipment usage and process adherence.
• Monitor equipment performance and schedule maintenance.
• Supervise technicians and support team development.
• Resolve equipment issues to minimize downtime.
• Suggest and implement process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Automated systems proficiency

Education

NVQ Level 3 / SVQ Level 3 / IVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 / EAL Level 3

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, RME

Job ID: 10428314 | Amazon UK Services Ltd. - A10

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.

About the team

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering or 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead
• NVQ Level 3 / SVQ Level 3 / IVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 / EAL Level 3 all specialised in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics, or 4 years UK certified apprenticeship
• Experience in automation or complex MHE environments
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks
• Experience in a multi‑site environment
• Experience of multi‑contractor management
• Experience with PLC‑controlled automation and issue diagnosis in a continuous process or production environment

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