LATAM Regional RME Manager — Cold-Storage Lead

Amazon; Mexico; Hybrid; MXN 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Regional RME Manager for IntlRME - LATAM in MX to own end-to-end building and facilities maintenance across SSD nodes, ensuring safety and compliance. You will lead preventive and condition-based maintenance, manage 3rd party providers, budget, and coordinate cross-functional teams to scale RME coverage while prioritizing reliability and food safety.

This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience in English-language communication, both written and verbal.
• 1+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• 1+ years of direct leadership/supervisory experience.
• 3+ years of managing department spend and labor budgets, performing RCA, and CI experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end building and facilities maintenance across all SSD nodes in MX— standalone and co-located within existing Delivery Stations.
• Ensure a safe work environment applying Amazon Safety Policy, Permit to Work (PtW), LOTO standards, and VSOP procedures.
• Lead equipment maintenance for cold-chain infrastructure (walk-in coolers, freezers, refrigerated display units), HVAC-R systems, conveyors, workstations, labeling machines, PLC control systems, and electrical systems.
• Implement and operate remote monitoring systems for cold storage — temperature tracking, alarm management, and rapid response protocols to ensure food safety compliance and prevent temperature excursions.
• Develop and deploy Preventive Maintenance routines aligned with AMS standards, with focus on cold-chain asset criticality.
• Implement Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) on critical cold-chain assets to advance toward predictive maintenance maturity.
• Own the RME launch playbook for new SSD nodes — from Design for Maintainability reviews through commissioning and steady-state handover.
• Scale RME coverage across a rapidly growing network, establishing cluster-based support models.
• Manage 3rd party service providers through structured SLAs, KPI tracking, and regular business reviews.
• Ensure cold storage food safety compliance — temperature monitoring, HACCP-aligned protocols, and regulatory requirements for perishable grocery, partnering with Grocery/Perishables and Quality Assurance teams.
• Own the SSD RME budget for MX (OPEX and CAPEX), drive spare parts optimization, and coordinate vendor negotiations.
• Actively participate in SSD project definition and design reviews — represent RME requirements in new node design, equipment selection, and operational model decisions. Have backbone to advocate for reliability and maintainability standards, even when priorities compete, always grounded in the impact to the end customer
• Define RME strategy for SSD in MX in a new environment
• Develop maintenance models, gearing ratios, vendor strategies, and technology roadmaps from scratch, adapting as the program evolves
• Partner cross-functionally with AMZL RME, SSD Operations, Grocery/Perishables, Real Estate, and Automation teams
• Provide immediate technical guidance to operations during critical events
• Be a leader within the group and across partner teams — positive, creative, and driven to find solutions in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment

Skills

English communication

Industrial maintenance

Leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

PLC control systems

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Regional RME Manager for IntlRME - LATAM in MX to own end-to-end building and facilities maintenance across SSD nodes, ensuring safety and compliance. You will lead preventive and condition-based maintenance, manage 3rd party providers, budget, and coordinate cross-functional teams to scale RME coverage while prioritizing reliability and food safety.

This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced