Military and Veterans Engineering Planner

Amazon.com, Inc.; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international company is seeking a Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner in Wakefield to manage asset and spares management in their Fulfilment Center. The role requires expertise in maintenance planning systems, specifically with CMMS software, and experience in planning, scheduling, and auditing maintenance activities. Candidates should have relevant qualifications such as a BTEC or 5 GCSEs at C or above, with further education like an HNC/D or Bachelor's in Engineering preferred. This position also emphasizes teamwork and innovation in a diverse work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of maintenance planning systems either as a planner or as an engineer/technician.
• Time served apprenticeship.
• Several year's experience planning, scheduling and auditing maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Be the site level Subject Matter Expert on CMMS software.
• Ensure the system runs in line with EU standards.
• Manage spare parts stock levels and place orders as required.

Skills

Maintenance planning systems experience

Proficient with Microsoft Projects

Time management

Analytical skills

Education

BTEC or equivalent

5 GCSEs at C or above

HNC/D or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or IT

Tools

CMMS software

Microsoft Projects

Job description

Job ID: 3125411 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

This role focuses on those who have military experience and/or are military spouses/children interested in working in the private sector. Amazon’s military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon. At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience. Here at Amazon we are looking to hire an experienced Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner to join the team in one of our highly automated and fast paced Fulfilment Centers (FC).

Purpose of the Job: The Reliability Engineering Maintenance Planner is responsible for asset and spares management, preventative maintenance planning and machine history data. They are the site lead for the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) software and are required to extract information from it to support the decision making of the site engineering manager.

Responsibilities

• Be the site level Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) software, train the local engineering team in its use and escalate issues as required to the EU team.
• Ensure the system is run in line with EU standards and participate in EU led projects and improvement programmes to roll out new functionality, procedures, scheduling or reports.
• Ensure site level equipment, spare parts and minimum holding levels are correctly recorded in the system in order to ensure technicians are never without the parts they need.
• Ensure the system accurately forecasts and assigns all required preventative maintenance to technicians within the team to provide a high level of equipment availability to our internal customers.
• Compile equipment information, performance metrics and machine histories and make recommendations for improvements based on their findings.
• Manage spare parts stock levels, place and track orders as required. Work with procurement and the wider EU network to find savings or efficiencies.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience of maintenance planning systems either as a planner or an engineer/technician
• Time served apprenticeship.
• BTEC, or equivalent
• 5 GCSE at C or above, or equivalent
• Several year's experience planning, scheduling and auditing maintenance activities either as a hands on engineer or as a maintenance planner
• Proficient with Microsoft Projects software.
• Ideally with previous experience of rolling out a new CMMS system

Preferred Qualifications

• HNC/D or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or IT
• Experience leading the rollout of a new EAM/CMMS system

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