Mechanical Integration Lead, OMHS

About the role

The Mechanical Integration Lead drives the successful installation, integration, and deployment of material handling equipment (MHE) across multiple fulfillment center sites in North America. This role provides hands-on mechanical engineering leadership in complex automation environments, ensuring projects meet Amazon's safety, timeline, cost, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Mechanical Installation Leadership:
• Directly manage and lead mechanical installation crews deploying MHE across North American facilities
• Oversee structural header steel installation including hanging steel, prebuilding supports, and anchoring to building structure
• Lead conveyor prep and placement operations — rigging, lifting, staging, and setting conveyor sections into final positions on installed supports
• Manage conveyor connections and belting crews — ensuring proper mechanical alignment, bed connections, squaring, leveling, and hardware tightening
• Direct side guide and netting installation ensuring proper alignment and tension
• Oversee belt crew operations including belting and lacing installation on aligned conveyor sections
• Manage pneumatic/air systems installation including air connections to conveyor components, pressure testing, and leak verification
• Collaborate with the logistics and receiving team to ensure materials are inventoried, staged, and distributed to work zones on schedule
• Quality Control & Commissioning:
• Lead mechanical QC and commissioning activities including alignment verification, hardware inspections, and match-mark verification
• Oversee conveyor run-in testing, belt tracking verification, and belt tension checks
• Manage mechanical punch list identification and repair
• Verify IOQ checks and ensure all mechanical systems meet specifications before handoff to electrical teams
• Ensure proper match-marking of nuts/bolts to verify tightness across all connections
• Technical Leadership & Standards:
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise for automation initiatives across assigned sites
• Implement technical solutions and lead project-level decisions within the mechanical scope
• Follow and help develop mechanical installation standards and best practices
• Create and maintain technical documentation including work instructions, installation SOPs, and QC checklists
• Participate in design reviews and drive mechanical engineering excellence
• Recommend and implement process improvements to increase installation efficiency and quality
• Project Execution & Coordination:
• Lead delivery of complex mechanical installation projects with multi-site impact
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and operations teams
• Coordinate with the electrical integration lead to ensure proper sequencing — mechanical work must be complete in each zone before electrical teams mobilize
• Manage relationships with mechanical vendors and partners
• Provide technical input to leadership for data-driven decision-making
• Drive achievement of safety, timeline, cost, and quality metrics across assigned zones
• Participate in daily business reviews with installation progress updates

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing or manufacturing engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
• 5+ years of experience in industrial engineering, operations engineering, manufacturing engineering, or project engineering in a manufacturing or construction environment
• Experience in a supervisory role managing installation crews, maintenance technicians, or tradespeople
• Experience with the project management of technical projects in fast-paced, automated industrial environments
• Experience delivering technical projects in active construction environments
• Ability to travel up to 50% domestically; travel may exceed 50% in some instances with short notice
• Ability to read and understand installation drawings

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement principles & techniques
• Experience in complex work environments, including (but not limited to) robotics, automation, diagnostic and test equipment
• Prior experience managing millwrights, maintenance technicians, fabricators, ironworkers, riggers, pipefitters, or aircraft mechanics
• Prior experience working for a material handling integrator
• Prior experience installing conveyor or sortation systems
• Experience with rigging, crane operations, and heavy equipment placement
• Experience with structural steel installation and load verification
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, BIM 360, or equivalent CAD software
• Experience working with and managing third-party vendors and subcontractors
• Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, or continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience with pneumatic systems installation and testing
• PMP or other project management certification