Robotics Operations Manager Jobs

Insight Global is looking for an experience robotics integration Operations Manager to join a leading robotics integration and automation company sitting onsite in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This company sells, installs and services robots, fixtures, positioners and plasma cutting systems. With a focus on the development of automated welding cells for small- and medium-sized businesses, along with an eye for proper weld techniques, this company has become a well-respected integrator of robot weld cells in the Prairies. This company is headquartered in a historically under-automated area of Canada, so this Operations Manager will have a unique opportunity to drive immediate, tangible impact to the company and community around them.

In this role, the Operations Manager will walk a delicate balance of utilizing their technical expertise and relationship management skills to lead an internal team of robotics task and technology engineers/technicians through customer-facing projects. Because this company primarily uses ABB and Fanuc robots, it is imperative that this individual have strong experience with these type of weld-based robots and related automation technology. To be technically qualified for the role, the Operations Manager must have strong engineering experience with arc welding, material handling, palletizing, and human-machine interface (HMI). The be holistically qualified for this role, the Operations Manager must also have strong project management, budget management, client-facing support, and people influence experience.

On a day-to-day basis, the Operations Manager will be responsible for:

• Serving as the key point-of-contact for all team, project and business unit escalations
• Overseeing team performance, project performance, and overall growth with an expectation to regularly report this back to the leadership team
• Overseeing all custom and pre-packaged project details for the commercial automation team, including budget monitoring, time and materials monitoring, customer communication, and stakeholder interface
• Improving project execution processes to make robotics projects strong, more efficient, and better documented
• Providing engineering leadership and guidance to a team of robotics integration technicians and robotics integration engineers

Required skills and experience:

• Specific robotics experience with FANUC and ABB robots
• Willing to relocate and remain in Winnipeg, Manitoba (relocation will be fully funded by company)
• 8+ years of progressive robotics integration engineering experience
• Several years of hands-on experience working on/engineering weld-based robots
• Bachelor's (or higher) in Engineering or related discipline
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Experience working directly with clients and being customer-facing
• Robotics engineering or automation project management experience
• 3+ years of project management experience