- Salary
- C$35 – C$45/hr
- Location
- St Thomas, ON
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Contract
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Mid
- Closing date
- Today
Description
Job Title: Automation Specialist
Location: St Thomas, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Automation & Robotics Specialist (12-Month Contract)
What You’ll Do
- Own automation performance for the foundry and sanding cells, with equipment utilization as the main measure of success
- Bring new jobs into the cells by building and proving out programs, then releasing them to production
- Develop and maintain automation recipes and process parameters to meet quality and production targets
- Use offline programming (RoboDK) to confirm robot reach and build collision-free paths
- Commission, validate, touch up and optimize robot programs on production equipment
- Troubleshoot robot motion, positioning, TCPs, frames and calibration
- Diagnose and fix PLC, HMI and communication faults, including on peripheral process equipment
- Own issues through to resolution with operations, maintenance, engineering, integrators and equipment vendors
- Train and support operators and maintenance staff, and keep documentation and programming standards current
- Give engineering leadership clear, proactive status updates
What You Bring
Required
- 3+ years of hands-on industrial automation, covering both robot programming and PLC programming
- FANUC robot programming and troubleshooting, including DCS parameters, position registers and robot mastering
- Siemens PLC and HMI programming with Profinet/Profisafe
- Strong troubleshooting skills and the confidence to work independently as the site’s automation lead
- Clear, proactive communication
Preferred
- Universal Robots (UR)
- Offline programming and simulation (RoboDK or similar)
- Foundry, casting or sanding/finishing automation
- 3D CAD and fixture design
Skills
PLC