Who We Are:
Lethbridge Iron Works Ltd. is one of the leading jobbing iron foundries supplying iron castings across North America since 1898. Headquartered in Lethbridge, Alberta, we have since grown into an 110,000 square foot, modern, production foundry managed on a 7-acre expanse in Lethbridge’s industrial park.
Our Values
* Be Even Better * Engaged Employees * Unique Customer Experience * Greater Good * Authentic Relationships*
We are looking for a Robotics and Control Engineer to join our team in Lethbridge, AB!
What You'll Do:
Primary Responsibilities:
Operational Excellence & Technical Oversight:
· Provide guidance in diagnosing and resolving complex controls and robotics issues in the plant.
· Establish and enforce standardized operating procedures for robotic, PLC, and automation systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
· Program industrial robot arms, including grinding robots, perform on-site troubleshooting, record and report cycle times, write procedures, and train new and existing operators for optimal grinding quality and efficiency.
· Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action planning for automation-related failures, recurring faults, quality issues, and process inefficiencies.
· Review, verify, and diagnose design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies in controls logic and robotics logic provided by suppliers; proactively recommend revisions and improvements.
· Take a leadership role in eliminating robot downtime through structured troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and robust maintenance practices.
Robot Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance & Parts Inventory:
· Oversee and maintain industrial robot systems, including robot arms, controllers, end effectors, dress packs, safety systems, sensors, vision equipment, pneumatics, hydraulics, and related cell equipment.
· Develop, maintain, and improve preventive maintenance (PM) schedules, inspection checklists, lubrication plans, calibration records, backups, and service documentation for robotic equipment.
· Coordinate planned downtime with production and maintenance teams to complete PMs, repairs, upgrades, and robot recovery activities with minimal disruption to operations.
· Manage robot spare parts and critical parts inventory, including recommended spares, minimum/maximum stock levels, usage tracking, reorder planning, vendor coordination, and obsolescence risk.
· Maintain accurate fault histories, service records, programming backups, revision histories, and lessons learned to support troubleshooting and long-term reliability.
Systems Integration, Simulation & Innovation:
· Oversee the design, programming, and integration of advanced robotic and control systems.
· Use robot simulation and offline programming tools to validate reach studies, robot paths, cycle times, interferences, tooling clearances, safety zones, and cell layout changes before implementation.
· Use CAD software packages to review and support robot cell layouts, fixtures, tooling, part geometry, guarding, conveyors, and other automation-related mechanical interfaces.
· Collaborate with engineering, IT, maintenance, and production teams to implement scalable automation solutions aligned with business goals.
· Apply a thorough understanding of control systems, including electrical, motion, vision, pneumatic, hydraulic, safety, and networked automation systems.
Governance, Training & Documentation:
· Ensure comprehensive documentation of system changes, revision histories, robot programs, backups, PM records, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
· Develop and maintain training programs for employees, operators, and maintenance staff on robotic systems, automation protocols, safe operation, troubleshooting, PM tasks, and recovery procedures.
· Support standardization of robot programming practices, naming conventions, backups, spare-parts standards, PM checklists, and troubleshooting guides across robotic cells.
Job Knowledge:
· Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, robotics engineering, or a related discipline.
· Experience with industrial robot programming and troubleshooting; ABB RAPID programming experience is preferred.
· Experience with Fanuc robots and Fanuc robot programming is considered an added advantage.
· Experience with ROS 2, robotic middleware, or connected robotic systems is considered an added advantage.
· Experience with robot simulation and offline programming software such as ABB RobotStudio, Fanuc ROBOGUIDE, RoboDK, Process Simulate, Visual Components, or equivalent.
· Experience with CAD software packages such as SolidWorks.
· Experience maintaining robotic equipment, including preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, backups, service documentation, and spare-parts planning.
· CNC experience and familiarity with grinding, machining, tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing process optimization.
· Excellent MS Office skills and ability to maintain clear technical documentation, reports, PM records, and inventory records.
· Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment and being present on the production floor.
· Mechanically inclined with strong hands-on troubleshooting ability.
Core Competencies:
· Safety-first mindset.
· Quality orientation.
· Accountability and dependability.
· Good interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills.
· Attention to detail.
· Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.
· Ability to prioritize maintenance, production support, and continuous improvement activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Work Conditions/Physical Requirements:
· Dayshift; overtime may be required based on business needs, maintenance windows, breakdown support, or project schedules.
· Environmental Conditions: Indoor manufacturing environment with possible exposure to extreme temperatures, fumes, dust, noise, heavy equipment, gases, and silica sand.
· Physical Demands: Lifting up to 50 lbs, bending, twisting, climbing, standing for extended periods, and frequent hand/eye coordination while working near machinery and robotic cells.
· Safety Equipment: hard hat, steel-toed boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, coveralls, gloves, and RPE as required.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $37.86 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Profit sharing
- Vision care
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Work Location: In person
