Senior Construction Lead - NA Last Mile Launch & Expansions

Amazon; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 122,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs equity compensation

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Principal Construction Manager for AMZL/RSR to lead end-to-end construction delivery across a growing portfolio of fulfillment and delivery sites in the United States. You will own the lifecycle from site validation through handover, setting standards for design optimization, permitting, contractor management, and quality oversight.

You will mentor construction managers, partner with Real Estate, Operations, Design, Launch, Legal, and external partners, and drive scalable

Qualifications

• Experience in construction or project management.
• 10+ years of construction or project management, or 10+ years of relevant discipline work experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Experience leading change in multiple site environments and influenceing those that are not direct reports or within your organization.
• Experience representing your team or technical area to senior management.
• Experience working with data and leveraging analytics to make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end construction delivery for the program's most complex and precedent-setting sites, from site validation through construction handover — personally driving the complete lifecycle including design optimization, permitting strategy, contractor management, and quality oversight.
• Pioneer innovation in construction methodologies to achieve condensed timelines and cost targets while navigating diverse permitting jurisdictions nationwide, setting the technical standard adopted across the program.
• Partner with Real Estate, Operations, Economic Development, Legal, and external stakeholders including developers, general contractors, architects, and local officials to enable rapid site deployment.
• Establish scalable processes and mechanisms for deployment of small-format retail facilities, pioneering due diligence and permitting approaches that raise the bar for the entire team.
• Inform financial guardrails and capital deployment strategy, making and influencing strategic trade-offs between opportunity, resources, and sustainability while optimizing costs across the construction portfolio.
• Serve as the principal technical authority and escalation point for the toughest construction challenges, mentoring and upskilling construction managers across the org to elevate execution capability program-wide.
• Drive continuous improvement in timeline, resourcing, and cost efficiency while maintaining rigorous safety and quality standards across all construction activities.

Skills

Construction management

Stakeholder coordination

Data-driven decision making

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Principal Construction Manager for AMZL/RSR to lead end-to-end construction delivery across a growing portfolio of fulfillment and delivery sites in the United States. You will own the lifecycle from site validation through handover, setting standards for design optimization, permitting, contractor management, and quality oversight.

You will mentor construction managers, partner with Real Estate, Operations, Design, Launch, Legal, and external partners, and drive scalable