Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, RME
Job ID: 3146210 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is central to Amazon's commitment to innovation. As Amazon evolves and adapts, this team ensures the tools and technologies we use continue to perform. As a Senior RME Technician, you'll help us stay one step ahead by 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 put in place upgrades to raise those standards 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 equipment issues to reduce downtime for operations so they can process packages as quickly as possible
* Support continuous improvement of systems and standardise processes across the EU network
A Day in the Life
In every shift, you’ll lead a team to ensure everyone has the equipment they need and that it’s running properly. This involves monitoring processes so that regulations and policies are followed and ensuring that preventative maintenance is carried out to increase equipment uptime. Using tools like Scada to monitor performance and working closely with your line manager to assist with admin tasks are also part of the role.
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.
Basic Qualifications
* Served a full Engineering indentured Apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject (City & Guilds Level 3, SVQ/IVQ)
* 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 English proficiency, both verbal and written
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.
* Experience working in a multi‑contractor and multi‑site working environment
* Understanding of PLC‑based control systems and statutory compliance requirements
* Experience using computerised maintenance management systems to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks
* A degree preferably in a technical discipline, operations, or business administration
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