Maintenance Supervisor

Would you like to work at the largest Fulfillment Center (FC) in the Southern Hemisphere and first Amazon Robotics Site in Australia?

The Maintenance Supervisor is the shift lead for a team of up to 10 Technicians (fitters and electricians).
During each shift, they lead the team in executing preventative maintenance to maximize equipment uptime. They maintain a strong focus on safety by monitoring processes and procedures to ensure compliance with all regulations and policies.

Learn more about Amazon RME in Australia

Key job responsibilities
- Supervise and lead Maintenance Technicians by motivating, providing guidance and directions to help them achieve their goals.
- Deliver and maintain Preventive Maintenance programs, building compliance programs, including facility and contractor management.
- Act as an ambassador for safety within the team and to promote safe working across the site.
- Manage maintenance related purchase orders to maximise smooth facility operation and control of critical spare and store inventory to ensure adequate stock levels for maintenance.
- Install, maintain, and troubleshoot all FC systems including power distribution, automated material handling equipment, conveyance, and all other operational equipment.
- Develop and maintain a good working relationship across all levels in the organisation, including regular attendance to site leadership meetings and steering committees.

About the team
Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering or RME team keep our equipment performing at its best. We work together to maintain, troubleshoot and repair equipment across our global network. Some of our people are leaders, who oversee the team as they work on exciting technology – some of which only exists at Amazon.
From installing automated packaging systems to overseeing the general maintenance of a site to repairing key distribution equipment, our team handles most aspects of Amazon's technical side. This includes keeping buildings legally compliant, so everyone is safe, and our sites are operating at maximum efficiency.

- Formal trade qualification: Cert III In Electrotechnology holding an unrestricted trade licence OR Cert III Mechanical Engineering (Fitter/Turner). Alternatively, equivalent trade qualifications formally recognised in Australia.
- Industrial maintenance experience.
- Leadership experience in supervising multi-trade teams in a fast paced industrial manufacturing/distribution center environment.
- Experience in mentoring and developing technicians.
- Relevant experience in automation or material handling equipment environments.
- Experience using CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks.
- Experience in contractor management.

- Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we'd love to hear from you.
- Experience in automated conveyors systems and controls, electrical and electronic principles, preventative maintenance procedures, blueprint and schematic reading, industrial electrical, industrial controls, industrial electronics, Programmable Logic Control (PLC) programs, work order management
- Experience of multi-contractor management
- Knowledge of statutory compliance requirements
- Facility management

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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