Mechanical Integration Lead - Multi-Site Automation

Amazon Jobs; Caledonia (MI); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Employee development

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Mechanical Integration Lead to drive installation, integration, and deployment of material handling equipment across North American fulfillment center sites. You will provide hands-on mechanical engineering leadership in automated environments, ensuring safety, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.

Reporting to the Site Deployment Manager, you will manage mechanical installation crews, oversee structural steel, conveyor preparation, belting, pneumatic systems, and

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering including a supervisory role managing people.
• Experience in a fast-paced, automated, industrial, logistics, production or manufacturing environment.
• Experience with project management of technical projects in fast-paced, automated industrial 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Coordinate with the logistics and receiving team to ensure materials are inventoried, staged, and distributed to work zones on schedule.
• 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.
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise for automation initiatives across assigned sites.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Industrial engineering

Automation environments

Travel up to 50%

Read installation drawings

Tools

AutoCAD

BIM 360

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Mechanical Integration Lead to drive installation, integration, and deployment of material handling equipment across North American fulfillment center sites. You will provide hands-on mechanical engineering leadership in automated environments, ensuring safety, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.

Reporting to the Site Deployment Manager, you will manage mechanical installation crews, oversee structural steel, conveyor preparation, belting, pneumatic systems, and