Robot & Process Engineering Manager, Ampthill

LCM operate extensively within automotive industry and also reach into wider industries to provide a range of fully automated assembly solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to manage a small team of engineers within the company, being responsible delivering cutting edge robot and automated assembly solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to both lead your own small team and retain a degree of Hands-on programming on the job.

You will be an integral part of management team, leading the robot and automation process right from the initial concepting and simulations, being involved with technical specifications, system building and programming through to the final system commissioning and client hand-over.

The role will include;

• Responsibility for the successful delivery of all Robot & Process related aspects of the companies contracts. (e.g. robot programming, simulation, layout, process sequence, joining technology (e.g. weld, SPR, Bonding etc)
• Leading a small team of robot/ automation engineers
• Management & Delivery of robot and automation tasks with contract deadlines
• Working to internal and customer specifications
• Responsibility & management of Robot & Automation budgets
• Provide Robot, Process, layout related studies and support for order Acquisitions on Automated systems (customer quotes, enquiries)

The ideal candidate will ideally have competence and experience in the following:

• Hands-on Robot programming of Industrial Robots including; ABB, Fanuc, Kuka, Yaskawa
• Experience of Mig welding, Resistance Spotwelding, Robot Handling, Robot Dosing application, Riveting, joining.
• Programming, set-up & commissioning of robot software related to peripheral equipment
• Some familiarity of PLC’s would be an advantage

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person