Regional Maintenance Manager, NASC RME

Amazon is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, that has become the global leader in e-commerce. Since our start in 1995, we have significantly expanded our product offerings, international sites, and worldwide network of fulfillment and customer service centers. Our focus on the customer and innovation drives the growth of Amazon, offering our customers more types of products, more conveniently, and at even lower prices.

We are seeking a dynamic, organized self‑starter to be a Regional Manager (RM) of Facilities Maintenance to join our corporate‑based engineering team. The team is comprised of two other RMs and reports to the Facilities Maintenance Director. The primary responsibility is to maximize equipment uptime, execute equipment maintenance and projects in a fast‑paced, dynamic work environment.

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced subject‑matter expert in facilities maintenance, workplace safety, and data‑driven management and leadership. A background in MHE systems/applications, packaging automation, distribution processes and storage systems is a plus. The candidate must be a self‑starter, possessing the ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously and to influence and develop relationships at all organization levels.

The candidate must be capable of overseeing the maintenance acceptance of part of commissioning large‑scale, complex projects, and must be adept at providing technical leadership and mentoring to facilities maintenance leadership.

• Provide leadership, mentor and manage field‑based Facilities Managers in the expansion and continuous improvement of Amazon’s North American Fulfillment Network.
• Drive maintenance Best Practices: innovate, document, improve work methods, standardize, provide a safe work environment and require safe work practices, train, commission equipment, collect, measure, and analyze key performance indicators to improve processes and improve Amazon customers’ experience.
• Offer guidance to senior leadership on maintenance and equipment end‑of‑life (EOL) issues using ROI and other analytical techniques.
• Provide oversight for budget development and execution, and capital planning.
• Help manage vendor support and equipment relationships and leverage Amazon’s network size to maximize economies of scale.
• Provide frequent on‑site monitoring, auditing and enforcement of maintenance execution, safe work practices, and institute and audit training drills across the network.
• Leverage the entire maintenance team for the benefit of the North American network.
• Develop and manage budget and contract documents including RFPs, change order controls, purchase orders, and invoicing.
• Provide Fulfillment Center General Managers with visibility over facilities manager responsibilities so that they can better understand, lead, mentor, and manage FMs.
• Recruit, interview, and hire bar‑raising talent in the Facilities Maintenance and Facilities Area Manager roles.
• Help create a world‑class facilities maintenance organization.
• Be willing and able to relocate for the needs of Amazon.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field, or 2+ years of Amazon RME (Reliability Maintenance Engineering) experience.
• 7+ years of managing large complex facilities organizations experience.
• Experience leading change in multiple site environments and influencing those that are not direct reports or within your organization.
• 7+ years of employee and performance management experience.
• Ability to travel up to 80%.

• Experience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineering.
• Experience maintaining material handling equipment and integrated systems.
• Experience in Lean methodologies.
• Experience using MS Excel, MS Project, AutoCAD and commercial off‑the‑shelf technologies such as Tableau, SQL, or equivalent.
• Master’s degree, or Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Professional Engineering registration.

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