Overview
Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician, RME at Amazon. The Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team supports innovation by ensuring tools and technologies stay current. As a Senior RME Technician, you'll help stay ahead by adopting new technologies and improving processes, implementing upgrades to raise standards.
Key responsibilities
* Demonstrate best practice on using equipment safely and monitor teams to ensure correct processes are followed
* 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 quickly
* 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 lead a team to ensure equipment is available and running properly, monitor processes to ensure regulations and policies are followed, and ensure preventative maintenance increases uptime. You’ll suggest improvements and implement them across an EU-wide function, monitor processes with tools like Scada, and work with your line manager on admin tasks.
About The Team
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team keeps equipment performing at its best. We are technically minded, work as a team, and are guided by experienced leaders. We maintain, troubleshoot, and repair equipment across Amazon’s global network of fulfilment centres. Some team members are leaders who oversee the work on exciting technology.
From installing automated packaging systems to maintaining sites and repairing key distribution equipment, we handle many aspects of Amazon’s technical operations, including keeping buildings compliant and safe and ensuring sites run at maximum efficiency. There are opportunities for progression within RME and across Amazon. We focus on reducing downtime in Amazon’s operations so customers receive orders on time. We may work during early or late hours, including nights, to minimise disruption. We may develop and introduce new processes or technologies such as Amazon Robotics and the Complex Item Sorter.
Basic Qualifications
* 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 in both electrical and mechanical disciplines
* Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments
* Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience working in a multi-contractor and multi-site working environment
* Understanding of PLC based controls 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 or operations
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Company - Amazon UK Services Ltd.
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