Job Summary
This role focuses on individuals with military experience and/or who are military spouses/children interested in transitioning to the private sector. Amazon's military recruiting team is available to discuss various opportunities within the company.
As an RME Technician, you'll maintain a wide range of equipment and workspaces while upholding Health and Safety best practices. You'll help to keep your colleagues safe and prevent machine downtime. Our RME Technicians boost the availability and quality of our equipment and work to enhance the operational environment.
Key Job Responsibilities
* Proactive and preventative maintenance tasks on a wide range of site equipment
* Carry out reactive repairs and fault diagnosis in a live distribution warehouse
* Use the latest tools to maximise equipment effectiveness
* Uphold all health and safety policies and practices
* Support the development and progression of on-site apprentices
* Work on continuous improvement projects and roll out best practices across a range of EU sites
A Day in the Life
Our RME Technicians are based on-site, so they can respond quickly to any machinery issues. You'll carry out a range of planned preventative maintenance to our sites' equipment to make sure it's working safely. As an RME Technician, you'll also respond promptly to breakdowns, investigating, finding, and implementing solutions as quickly as possible. You'll also make suggestions for long-term improvements.
About the Team
The Reliability Maintenance Engineering or RME team keeps our equipment performing at its best. We're 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.
We handle most aspects of Amazon's technical side, including keeping buildings legally compliant, ensuring everyone's safety and our sites operate at maximum efficiency. There are lots of opportunities for progression, both within the RME team and more widely across Amazon.
Requirements
* NFQ6 (Higher Certificate or Advanced Certificate in Engineering) or Solace/Solas level 6 mechanical/ Electrical or Mechatronics
* Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems
* Experience fault finding within MHE (Material Handling Equipment)/Automation systems
* Experience in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings
* Experience of conveyor maintenance, motor controllers/inverters
Preferred Qualifications
* Apprentice Trained, HNC, HND, BSc, BEng
* Experience of high voltage switching
* Experience of sortation machines
* Experience of maintaining/configuring bar code scanners
* Experience of print and apply machines
* Experience in fault finding on building equipment i.e HVAC, Dock Doors, plumbing and general building maintenance tasks
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