Overview
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The Reliability Engineering Manager is the site lead for all Engineering matters within a building. They are responsible for leading their team and creating a culture of safety; ensuring all statutory compliance requirements are followed to provide a safe working environment for all occupants of the building; providing a high level of equipment availability to General Management and working with the EU Engineering team to plan for future growth.
In this role, you will take part in network-wide improvement initiatives and implement standards created elsewhere in the network. This position involves leading your team, owning annual reporting responsibilities, mentoring direct reports who develop technicians within the team.
You will work with the Site Safety department and Leadership to implement, record and audit safety and statutory compliance programs to provide a safe working environment for staff. You will own legal responsibilities as the site engineering lead within this framework.
This role requires collaboration with the recruitment team to ensure allocated headcount is filled with high-quality experienced staff. You may support Apprentice and Graduate programs.
Key responsibilities include implementing standards validated by the EU Engineering team, participating in continuous improvement initiatives and creating or updating standards as required to provide high levels of safety and equipment availability to internal customers. A key focus is on preventative maintenance programs.
Maintain equipment failure contingency plans, drive rehearsals with affected parties and be prepared to work in a flexible manner to ensure failures or breakdowns are rectified as quickly as possible.
A long-term focus is required, working with Site Management, Finance, the EU Engineering team and internal design teams to plan for future growth, upgrades or new equipment roll outs.
Requirements
* 5+ years of Engineering team leadership experience
* A Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil) from an accredited university or 2+ years experience in an Amazon engineering team
* Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines
* Excellent communications skills (written & verbal) in English and the local language
* Experience of automated equipment including packaging machinery, sortation and conveyor systems
* Project management experience
* Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
Preferred Qualifications
* Chartered Engineer or working towards it
* Full working knowledge of all specialized engineering and facilities equipment within the FC as well as maintenance and safety procedures
* Experience working with PLC based control systems