Lead Mechanical Engineer

FORTNA partners with the world's leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.

At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn't just a job but a movement - a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. "Join the Movement" encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach.

FORTNA partners with the world's leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.

At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn't just a job but a movement - a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. "Join the Movement" encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach.

Job Summary:

This role will be responsible for leading design work of distribution center operations and material handling systems with FORTNA's Clients in conjunction with FORTNA's Operations Design team. This Engineering role is accountable for driving results around the quality and feasibility of design, ensuring operational and business requirements are met. Is considered a senior technical role within the organization, and in conjunction with Solution Architect, is expected to provide coaching, mentoring, and developing other members of the Engineering group. This role is expected to serve as the Engineering lead during Integrated Detail Design (IDD) and Implementation phases of projects. Associates in this role are required to support and influence multiple projects, each of varying complexity and effort.

Team leadership competencies, collaboration abilities, and cross-functional awareness are required attributes of the Lead Engineer. The Lead Engineer is also expected to support development efforts for the Engineering department such as process improvements, tool development, supporting departmental goals, infrastructure, and standard improvement. Overall, the Lead Engineer is considered a primary stakeholder in ensuring the successful completion of projects for FORTNA and FORTNA's Clients, as well as ensuring continuous improvement within the Engineering department.

Responsibilities:

Primary:

• Provides direction to the FORTNA design team on distribution operations design efforts including:

• Concept design to support hypothesis.

• Refining the design to validate, or invalidate the hypothesis.

• Development of a solution that meets all business and operational requirements.

• Capital budget estimation of solution.

• Understanding the roles and responsibilities of all team members associated with Integrated Detail Design and Implementation efforts, and ability to utilize each team member effectively, commensurate to role expectations and individual abilities.

• Developing and supporting concept design project budgets and schedules.

• Ownership development of a wide array of conceptual designs to meet various Client requirements, business, and operational requirements. Concepts may range from manual to fully automated solutions.

• Leads design review meetings internally and externally.

• Reviews and approves displaying design requirements, assumptions, designs, and budgets utilizing FORTNA standard documentation.

• Leading and documenting final engineering efforts and engineering weekly meeting, publishing weekly engineering status reports (consolidated from electrical engineering, design engineering, technical services), tracking engineering schedule and budgets, and resource planning (report to engineering directors).

• Provides direction and continuously evaluating project progress against plan.

• Documenting and managing project changes with Client and FORTNA Design Teams.

• Evaluating and supporting tools development, continuous improvement, and use, such as FORTNA DCconceptor, DCdesigner

• Assisting Engineering project team resources (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Controls Engineering) during Integrated Detail Design and Implementation project phases.

• Managing IDD and Implementation Engineering scope, schedule, budget

• Providing "estimates to complete" to project management for Engineering scope and effort

• Continually self-educating and evaluating current and future technology and operating methodologies for possible inclusions in current and future concept designs.

Project Activities and Deliverables:

• Leading, developing, and supporting material handling designs in AutoCad and FORTNA DCconceptor, DCdesigner.

• Supporting requirement documentation including business and operational requirements, engineering requirements, and others.

• Leading the development of Request for Proposal and requirement documentation for MHE Supplier scope (including high technology elements of a design, such as automated storage and retrieval systems).

• Supporting the development of description of operations.

• Owner of supplier selection processes including high technology or high complexity supplier scopes.

• Supporting all aspects of Electrical Controls Engineering development of technical aspects of description of operations, such as the machine control specification documentation.

• Maintaining and frequently updating on project actions, decisions, risks, and assumptions for all projects assigned, including project change records and estimate to complete updates to project management.

• Ensuring internal design reviews are conducted with the proper cross functional participation including internal formal reviews and informal peer reviews.

• Overseeing and ensuring the quality and accuracy of common inputs to the Estimation department including: FORTNADCconceptor drawing and budget outputs, budgetary quotes from suppliers for subsystems.

• Leading final drawing approval with the Client.

• Coordinating all prototype efforts (plans, signoff, budgets, etc.).

• Managing project close-out and final documents including project review and lessons learned.

• Ensuring drawing quality control and quality assurance needed to provide a good implementation and supporting DQC Process (mechanical & electric).

• Leading project team resources developing Mechanical and Electrical Controls Engineering deliverables during IDD and Implementation project phases:

• Equipment RFP development and evaluation.

• Equipment supplier selection processes

• Supplier approval drawing process.

• Internal and Client design review meetings (equipment speed, rate, control).

• Mechanical installation drawings.

• Electrical fabrication and installation drawings.

Continuing Education Responsibilities:

• Attending tradeshows as required and approved by Engineering Leadership.

• Attending supplier training and technology awareness hosted events as required and approved by Engineering Leadership.

• Evaluating new technologies and companies in Material Handling and related industries.

• Evaluating potential new Suppliers and assist / lead technical qualification of Supplier.

• Staying abreast of material handling offerings, application of technology, and operational processes as seen fit by Engineering Leadership.

Other Responsibilities:

• Partner with Sales and Operations Design Leads in presenting the SOW to perspective Clients, as required.

• Influencing pricing efforts through the design process.

• Leading or attending Client meetings as required

• Supporting recruiting and interviewing of potential FORTNA candidates.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (must be able to be ascertained from the resume):

• Superior oral and written communication skills.

• Team oriented.

• Ability to manage schedules and budgets for projects.

• Adept at being resourceful.

• Adept at learning very quickly

• Ability to coach, lead, and manage others including remote resources in multiple time zones using conference calls, webcasts, webinars, video conferencing, or other forms of digital communication.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products, particularly Word, Excel, Visio and MS Project

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, time management and problem-solving skills

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 10 years of relevant experience,

• Master's degree or

• 10+ years in engineering Leadership

• Proficiency and practical experience in AutoCAD.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, particularly Word and Excel.

• Experience in meeting and design session leadership and facilitation.

• Experience in standard design of relevant material handling equipment and general operational knowledge of distribution centers.

• Ability to travel when required, both office and site environments.

Other Qualifications Desired:

• Master's degree.

• Consulting, operations and/or distribution experience in supply chain logistics.

• Autostore sizing/simulation experience.

• Project management experience.

• Experience managing departments, direct reports, project budgets.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to walk, kneel, crouch and balance frequently.

• Ability to climb, ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, etc., using feet, legs and/or hands and arms frequently.

• Ability to lift, push or pull up to 75lbs occasionally.

• Ability to sit/stand frequently for long and/or intermittent periods of time.

• Time spent between general office environment (with normal sitting, standing and minimal, nominal lifting) and active construction site visits.

• Time spent on active job sites includes being subject to noise, being in close proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical power and control systems, and high places.

• Personal Protective Equipment required at active job sites.

Base Salary Range and Other Relevant Information:

The base salary range for this role is $85,000 to $127,500. This base salary range represents the low and high end of the base salary range for this position. Actual base salary offered will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and performance.

Travel Requirements:

This position may require up to 40% travel to various sites both domestically and internationally.

This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.

It is the policy of FORTNA and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.), or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, FORTNA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.