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Amazon Maintenance Area Manager in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Description
At Amazon, we have hundreds of facilities across Europe. They’re not just workplaces – they’re our hubs where teams meet and collaborate to make sure we’re always delivering the best we can for our customers. As a Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager, you’ll 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
You’ll be based at one of our operational sites, which allows you to give practical guidance to your team and get a clear vision of what’s happening at your site. This involves collecting data and solving problems in a fast-paced environment. You’ll 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
Customer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all started for Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to a sophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 million orders every day. The team is the foundation of our business and its efforts have helped us diversify across new regions and services. With the help of emerging technology, we’re always looking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range – delivered quickly and affordably.
The CF team are the first people in the chain that helps customers get products at the speed we’re known for. We’re based in Fulfilment Centres, which are at the heart of Amazon’s fast-paced Operations network. Our centres are sometimes referred to as the ‘First Mile’ because it’s where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to manage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round the clock.
Lots of different people work in our Fulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities for every skillset. Some of us work with physical products, while others analyse data to help everyone across the business make smart decisions.
Basic Qualifications
A UK Higher National Diploma (HND), Higher National Certificate (HNC), BTEC National Diploma (OND), Ieng, CEng or ILM L4- Relevant experience as part of a maintenance team in an industrial or production environment that handles a variety of complex business processes
Relevant experience in managing people in an engineering team
Relevant experience in liaising and managing relationships between a variety of stakeholders including third-party vendors
Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English and upper intermediate proficiency in local language
Preferred Qualifications
A degree
Experience of working with statutory regulations such as compliance checks and machine safety protocols
Experience in automated equipment, including packaging machinery, sortation and conveyor systems
Experience of using data analysis tools and PLC-based control systems
Experience with project management or Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma processes
Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
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