Maintenance Technician

Description

Job Summary: Amazon's Maintenance and Reliability Engineering (RME) team is fundamental to our operations, maintaining essential machinery, ensuring health and safety, and improving the operational environment. Key Highlights: 1. Proactive and preventive equipment maintenance 2. Reactive repairs and fault diagnosis 3. Contribution to employee development and training **DESCRIPTION** --------------- Amazon's Maintenance and Reliability Engineering (RME) team is fundamental to our operations, responsible for keeping essential machinery running continuously. As a Maintenance Technician, you will inspect a wide variety of machinery and workspaces, always upholding best practices in health and safety. You will help protect your team members and prevent operational disruptions. Our Maintenance and Reliability Technicians increase equipment availability and quality while also improving the operational environment. Key job responsibilities Perform proactive and preventive maintenance tasks on a wide variety of equipment. Carry out reactive repairs and fault diagnostics in an active distribution warehouse. Use state-of-the-art tools to maximize equipment effectiveness. Comply with all health and safety policies and practices. Contribute to employee development and on-the-job training. Work on continuous improvement projects and implement best practices across various EU sites. A day in the life Our Maintenance and Reliability Technicians work onsite at our facilities, enabling rapid response to any machinery issues that arise. You will perform scheduled preventive maintenance on facility equipment to ensure safe operation. As a Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Technician, you must also respond quickly to faults—investigating, identifying, and implementing solutions as soon as possible. You will also propose long-term improvements. You will handle daily maintenance tasks such as painting and plumbing, working side-by-side with senior team members, and liaise with contractors when external support is required. You will work rotating shifts to ensure 24/7 coverage across our facilities, enabling Amazon to maintain its standard delivery speed. About the team Our Maintenance and Reliability Engineering (RME) team ensures our systems operate at peak performance. We are distinguished by strong technical aptitude and excellent teamwork skills, led by highly experienced managers. Our work includes maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of equipment across Amazon’s global network of fulfillment centers. The team includes leadership roles overseeing the development of cutting-edge technologies—some of which exist exclusively at Amazon. Our team handles most technical aspects of Amazon operations—from installing automated packaging systems to overseeing general facility maintenance or repairing key distribution equipment. This includes adapting buildings to comply with current legislation, ensuring staff safety and maximizing facility efficiency. Like other Amazon departments, the RME team offers numerous opportunities for professional growth. All our work focuses on minimizing downtime in Amazon’s critical operations centers so customers receive their orders on time. We frequently work overnight or late-night shifts to perform maintenance with minimal disruption, meaning night shifts are common. If we identify a better way to do something, we have both the capability and authority to develop and introduce entirely new processes or cutting-edge technology—including Amazon Robotics and our complex item sortation system. **BASIC QUALIFICATIONS** ------------------------ * Experience with scheduled preventive maintenance systems. * Experience with mechanical and/or electrical maintenance tasks. * Experience troubleshooting Material Handling Equipment (MHE) / Automation systems. * Advanced level of Spanish, both spoken and written. **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS** ---------------------------- * Preferred qualifications are beneficial but not mandatory for application. If you meet the basic qualifications listed above, we would love to meet you. * Experience with condition-based monitoring. * Experience operating label printers and applicators. * Experience detecting faults and maintaining conveyor or automation systems. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. 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