Regional Maintenance Manager

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is 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 reporting to the Facilities Maintenance Director, to manage and lead Facilities Managers and Facilities Area Manager (Shift supervisors). The primary responsibility is to maximize equipment uptime, execute equipment maintenance and projects in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.

Key Responsibilities include:

- Provide leadership, mentor and manage field-based Facilities Mangers 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- BS in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline or BS/BA with 4+ years experience in maintenance or 2+ years Amazon experience
Previous corporate and/or regional facilities roles leading 250 or more employees including salaried employees
Experience leading change in a multiple site environments
7+ years experience managing employees and their performance
Ability to travel up to 80%

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong communication, teambuilding, and influencing skills
Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with high expectations
Manufacturing or complex industry experience and has had maintenance report up to them.
Thinks big Proficient data analyst and new processes developer/adapter
Self-starter. Strong evidence of driving goals with mínimal day-to-day supervision.
Experienced in material handling equipment and large, complex integrated systems maintenance with strong statistical analysis skills
Strong knowledge and experience with the major MHE integrators
Exposure to Lean Concepts, TOC, layout design, cost/benefit analysis, labor productivity analysis (time studies, standardized work), safety/ergonomic/human factors.
Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, AutoCAD, MS Project, and SQL
MBA or other Masters degree and/or Six Sigma Black Belt Certification a plus
Professional Engineering registration a plus

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