Robot Production Engineer

The Company

Join this family-owned New Zealand company that research, designs and manufactures products and equipment for the earthwork, civil contracting and forestry industries. Known for their expertise and customer-focused approach to engineering design and manufacturing, they service clients all over the world.

Work in a state-of-the-art design and manufacturing facility that is well resource and positioned to meet any market requirements.

Your Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage robotic welding processes to ensure they meet consistent, high-quality weld requirements.
• Periodically operate the robot as required
• Create welding programs for new parts on the robot welding cells. Optimise old programs to ensure consistent quality and processes are followed
• Provide training to production staff on the operation of the robotic welding process to ensure cross-skilling across the business
• Analyze production workflows and identify opportunities for improvement within the production process.
• Design, develop, and implement automated solutions that align with the goal of more automation and less labour input
• Liaising with engineers to develop these solutions
• Plan and oversee the installation and commissioning of new machinery and equipment.
• Design and develop fixturing and tooling to improve production workflow. Ensuring fixturing improves efficiency and quality
• Maintain, develop and support the quality system, ensuring consistent product output. Utilizing root cause analysis, SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• Create, review and improve process documentation when required
• Support Lean methodology, continuous improvement and reducing waste

You must have

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechatronics or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Robotics/ Programming within Manufacturing (ideally robot welding)
• Mechanical Design experience ideally with Solidworks
• A keen aptitude to learn and become a welding expert
• Continuous improvement and problem solving within a production environment

Applicants must be based in New Zealand and have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Due to the urgency and nature of the work involved, applicants based overseas without the right to work in NZ won't be considered.

For more information contact Peter on 027 441 9300 otherwise if you tick the boxes above, and bring NZ manufacturing experience please apply here online and we will be in touch!