RME Area Manager, RME Area Manager

At Amazon we have hundreds of facilities across Europe. Theyre not just workplaces theyre our hubs where teams meet and collaborate to make sure were always delivering the best we can for our customers. As a Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager youll bring together the elements that make our working environment as supportive and efficient as possible. Your focus will be to lead and mentor a team of expert technicians dedicated to equipment reliability.

Key job responsibilities
- Support colleagues in site compliance with safety policies and procedures
- Implement EU network standards plan preventative maintenance and ensure technical availability
- Collaborate with colleagues to collect and analyse data to improve processes
- Deliver and support both site-based and network-level projects
- Lead support and mentor your team to develop their career

A day in the life
Youll be based at one of our operational sites which allows you to give practical guidance to your team and get a clear vision of whats happening at your site. This involves collecting data and solving problems in a fast-paced environment. Youll also have a chance to create an operational plan to make the site more productive and efficient. That will involve setting up new projects that improve everything from operational processes to equipment maintenance. After safety the most important part of the role is leading your team and managing their performance and development including organising additional training.

About the team
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering or RME team keep our equipment performing at its best. Were 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 Amazons 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.

Everything we do focuses on reducing downtime in Amazons crucial operations sites so customers get their orders on time. We often work during early or late hours to carry out maintenance with minimal disruption including night shifts. If we spot a better way to do something we have the skills and the opportunity to develop and introduce completely new processes or advanced tech like Amazon Robotics and our Complex Item Sorter.

- Experience in reliability/maintenance environments
- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English and upper intermediate proficiency in local language

- Bachelors degree or Six Sigma Black Belt certification
- Experience with preventive maintenance procedures industrial electrical industrial controls and industrial electronics & robotics
- Experience working with Material Handling Equipment (MHE) integrators
- Experience maintaining material handling equipment and integrated systems
- Experience in project management
- Experience with statistical analysis
- Experience implementing scalable compliance solutions (technology procedures processes etc.) in a regulated environment
- A UK Higher National Diploma (HND) Higher National Certificate (HNC) BTEC National Diploma (OND) Ieng CEng or ILM L4
- Experience in automated equipment including packaging machinery sortation and conveyor systems
- Experience of using data analysis tools and PLC-based control systems

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Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1