RME Technician

Description

Job Summary: Maintenance Technician in Amazon RME, responsible for maintaining essential machinery, ensuring safety, improving equipment availability, and operational efficiency. Key Highlights: 1. Maintain essential machinery and safe workspaces. 2. Perform proactive, preventive, and reactive repairs. 3. Contribute to training, continuous improvement, and use of cutting-edge technology. **DESCRIPTION** --------------- Amazon’s Reliability, Maintenance, and Engineering (RME) team is fundamental to our operations, ensuring essential machinery remains operational at all times. As a maintenance technician, you will inspect a wide variety of machinery and workspaces, always adhering to best practices in health and safety. You will help protect your team members and prevent operational disruptions. Our RME technicians increase equipment availability and quality while enhancing the operational environment. Key job responsibilities * Perform proactive and preventive maintenance tasks on a wide range of equipment. * Conduct reactive repairs and fault diagnostics in an active distribution center. * Use state-of-the-art tools to maximize equipment effectiveness. * Comply with all health and safety policies and practices. * Support employee development and training in best practices. * Work on continuous improvement projects and implement best practices across various EU sites. A day in the life Our RME 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 Reliability, Maintenance, and Engineering technician, you must also respond swiftly to breakdowns—investigating, identifying, and implementing solutions as quickly 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 liaising with contractors when external assistance is required. You will work rotating shifts to ensure 24/7 support coverage at our facilities, enabling Amazon to maintain its standard delivery speed. About the team Our Reliability, Maintenance, and Engineering (RME) team ensures our systems operate at peak performance. We are characterized 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 fascinating technologies—some of which exist only at Amazon. Our team handles most technical aspects of Amazon operations—from installing automated packaging systems to overseeing general facility maintenance or repairing critical distribution equipment. This includes adapting buildings to comply with current legislation so all personnel remain safe and our facilities operate with maximum efficiency. Like other Amazon departments, the RME team offers numerous opportunities for professional growth. All our work focuses on minimizing downtime at Amazon’s critical operations centers so customers receive their orders on time. We frequently work overnight or late-night shifts to carry out maintenance with minimal disruption, meaning we work night shifts. 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—such as Amazon Robotics and our complex item sorter.**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 a plus but not mandatory to apply for this position. 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 diagnosing faults and maintaining conveyor or automation systems. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy\_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how\-we\-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.