Fortna
omnichannel and parcel distribution operations
ManagerMechanicalEngineering
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“Manager Mechanical Engineering at Fortna. Skills: Mechanical Engineering, leadership, project management. providing strategic leadership for the Mechanical Engineering function. providing technical governance for the Mechanical Engineering function”
What You'll Achieve.
engineering readiness; execution consistency; risk mitigation; team development; alignment between business demand and engineering capacity; projects are delivered safely; projects are delivered on time; projects are delivered on budget
Industry & Context.
technical risk resolution; complex execution challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
strategic leadership for the Mechanical Engineering function, technical governance for the Mechanical Engineering function, selective execution support for the Mechanical Engineering function, building mechanical engineering capabilities, scaling mechanical engineering capabilities, sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities, ensuring projects are planned with discipline, ensuring projects are planned with quality, ensuring projects are planned with realism, ensuring projects are executed with discipline, ensuring projects are executed with quality, ensuring projects are executed with realism, leading a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, leading a team of Mechanical Engineering Leads, leading a team of Project Engineers, developing a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, developing a team of Mechanical Engineering Leads, developing a team of Project Engineers, establishing clear standards for the team, establishing career pathways for the team, establishing accountability for the team, hands-on involvement during critical project phases, hands-on involvement during bid support, hands-on involvement during technical risk resolution, hands-on involvement during design reviews, hands-on involvement during complex execution challenges, ensuring projects are delivered safely, ensuring projects are delivered on time, ensuring projects are delivered on budget
Nice to Have
primary billable project resource
What You'll Do.
providing strategic leadership for the Mechanical Engineering function
providing technical governance for the Mechanical Engineering function
providing selective execution support for the Mechanical Engineering function
and sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities
leading and developing a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors
and Project Engineers
establishing clear standards
maintaining hands-on involvement during critical project phases
maintaining hands-on involvement during bid support
maintaining hands-on involvement during technical risk resolution
maintaining hands-on involvement during design reviews
maintaining hands-on involvement during complex execution challenges
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaboration
Process & Methodology
project planning, project execution, risk mitigation, delivery on time, delivery on budget
Full Job Description
**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. ** The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, technical governance, and selective execution support for the Mechanical Engineering function within FORTNA’s LPS Projects organization. This role focuses on building, scaling, and sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities while ensuring projects are planned and executed with discipline, quality, and realism. The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads and develops a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, Leads, and Project Engineers, establishing clear standards, career pathways, and accountability. While this role is not intended to be a primary billable project resource, it maintains hands-on involvement during critical project phases, including bid support, technical risk resolution, desig
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