Amazon Europe Core | Germany | 38xxx Helmstedt | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 23.02.2026 on stepstone.de
Technical Department Manager Maintenance / RME Area Manager
Amazon Operations focuses on the customer experience. From the moment when a purchase is made by a mouse click, until the moment the item is delivered, we strive for the best for our customers. In Europe there are more than fifty logistics centers, hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of machines and tens of thousands of employees. Every day our teams work to bring the right items to the right person in the right place at the right time.
The work at Amazon Operations is for those who like to be active and give everything. We work in a dynamic environment and are part of a large team that is proud to meet the expectations of millions of customers every day. We are open, inclusive and welcome individuality and diversity. Our teams have fun at good work, appreciate, pay attention to each other and ensure the highest safety standards. They contribute their part to the exceptional service quality for which Amazon is known worldwide.
In this position you are responsible for the complete technical area of a logistics center. They run the maintenance team and, together with it, ensure the smooth running and high availability of the conveyor and building equipment. Make sure that preventive maintenance work is carried out in time and internal processes and standards are complied with. With a focus on training, developing and coaching your team and getting the best out of your employees. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
About the team Our maintenance and maintenance team (Reliability Maintenance Engineering Team or RME team) ensures that our devices and equipment work optimally at any time. We are a team of technicians:inside and engineer:inside, which consists of excellent team players and is led by experienced managers. We work together to maintain, repair and troubleshoot the devices in our entire global network of filling centers. Some of our employees are executives who supervise the team at work on exciting, innovative technology – which is partly only available at Amazon. From the installation of automated packaging systems to the supervision of the general maintenance work of a site, as well as the repair of equipment essential to the distribution, our team is developing a large number of technical tasks at Amazon. Among other things, it also ensures that buildings continue to comply with the legal requirements, so that everyone stays safe and our locations are operated with maximum efficiency. There are numerous opportunities to climb in the RME team as well as in the entire Amazon company. All our activities are designed to reduce the downtime at Amazon's most important operating locations so that customers receive their orders in time. We often work early in the morning, late in the evening or in the night shift to carry out maintenance work with the lowest possible disturbances. If we find a better way to do a specific task, we have the skills and opportunities to introduce completely new processes or groundbreaking technology such as Amazon Robotics or our Complex Item Varietor.
Basic qualifications
- Engineering studies or masters / technicians degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or similar courses.
- Discipline management experience of maintenance teams.
- Multi-qualified in electrical and mechanical disciplines.
- Experience in industrial maintenance, preferably with automated systems such as packaging machines, sorting and conveying systems.
- Experience in (technical) project management.
- Knowledge of modern maintenance concepts (CBM, TPM).
- Very good analytical skills.
- Teamability and good presentation capability of complex issues.
- Good analytical skills and a structured and independent way of working.
- Flowing German and very good English skills. Preferred qualifications
- No preferred qualifications are required for an application at Amazon. If you have all the above basic qualifications, we would be happy to hear from you.
- Experience in handling legal regulations, such as compliance checks and safety protocols for machines
- Experience with automated devices, including packaging machines, sorting and conveying systems
- Experience in the use of data analysis tools and PLC-based control systems
- Experience with project management or with pit, lean or six-sigma processes
- Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
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Location
 | Amazon Europe Core | |
| Helmstedt | ||
| Germany |
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