Senior Reliability Maintenance Technician — Lead Upgrades & Uptime

Amazon; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a Senior RME Technician to join the Reliability Maintenance Engineering team at one of our EU sites in the UK. You will lead a shift, ensure safe equipment operation, and implement upgrades to raise uptime and efficiency.

You will monitor performance, drive standardised maintenance across the EU network, and collaborate with line managers on admin tasks while working potentially weekends and nights.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• A full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship and/or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject.
• Relevant experience in a technical leadership role.
• Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate best practice on equipment safety 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

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Technical leadership

English proficiency

Automation experience

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3

Tools

SCADA

PLC systems

CMMS

Job description

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a Senior RME Technician to join the Reliability Maintenance Engineering team at one of our EU sites in the UK. You will lead a shift, ensure safe equipment operation, and implement upgrades to raise uptime and efficiency.

You will monitor performance, drive standardised maintenance across the EU network, and collaborate with line managers on admin tasks while working potentially weekends and nights.