Reliability Engineer

- 3+ years of industrial engineer, operations engineer, manufacturing engineer, or project engineer in a manufacturing environment experience
- 3+ years of maintenance or engineering experience
- Associate's degree in a technical field, or 2+ years of Amazon RME (Reliability Maintenance Engineering) BB/3P Full Time Exempt experience
- Work a flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays
- Experience in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments, or experience in reliability/maintenance environments
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and field execution through launch readiness and go-live phases
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL at the intermediate level
- Knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs for commercial refrigeration systems
- Knowledge of performance metrics such as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), downtime, throughput, or quality
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
- Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Experience in Amazon RME (Reliability Maintenance Engineering) or fulfillment operations, or experience in similar environments
- Experience with retrofits, launches, or automation deployments
- Experience building launch readiness frameworks, standard work, playbooks, and scalable deployment mechanisms across multiple concurrent sites

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, AZ, Tempe - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, GA, Atlanta - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, TN, Nashville - 68,900.00 - 103,400.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Houston - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Irving - 76,600.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 114,900.00 USD annually
As a Material Handling Equipment (MHE) MHE Reliability Engineer, you will be the primary point of contact for internal customers and vendors. provides structured maintenance strategies for material handling equipment (MHE), with a focus on general conveyance, to improve the machines’ performance, useful life of equipment, and reduce the overall cost of maintenance. The team uses data to build and support these strategies from various tools including CMMS systems and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The ability to build productive relationships with colleagues and customers at remote sites around the world will make you successful in this role, as will patience and a sense of humor. You will frequently travel to various facilities in North America.


Key job responsibilities
In an MHE Reliability Engineer role, the individual is leading reliability initiatives to maximize the equipment overall effectiveness, capture best practices, network/business units roll outs, and building feedback into the design process with WWDE to assure the highest safety and sustainability possible. The person in this role has to display Ownership, as they will develop and own programs, projects, and systems that will improve efficiency, reduce downtime of critical assets, and reduce overall maintenance costs that are scalable to all business units. They will effectively own projects from concept to network roll out, using advanced project management tools (defect mapping, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Gantt Charts etc.). Advance knowledge and experience with white papers, Operational Planning (OP) documents, strategy documents (SPS), ECON Analysis, and acquisition of network CARs with minimal leadership guidance.

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan