Engineer - Robot Fabrication

Department: Manufacturing / Production

Experience: 6 -10 Years

Role Summary

Lead and supervise robotic fabrication operations, maximizing robot utilization, productivity and welding quality while effectively managing Man, Machine and Material.

Key Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day robotic welding/fabrication operations and achieve production targets.
Manage robot operators, welders, fitters and technicians.
Monitor and optimize robot programs, welding parameters, cycle time and robot utilization.
Ensure fabrication conforms to drawings, WPS, quality standards and customer requirements.
Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, PPC, Maintenance and Tool Room.
Troubleshoot robot, welding, fixture and process-related issues.
Improve OEE, arc-on time, cycle time, first-pass yield and robot availability.
Reduce welding defects, rework, rejection and consumable wastage.
Support development and improvement of robotic welding fixtures and processes.
Drive 5S, Kaizen, Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.




Ensure compliance with robot-cell safety and shop-floor safety requirements.

Desired Skills
Hands-on experience in robotic welding/fabrication.
Experience with Yaskawa / KUKA / ABB / FANUC / Motoman or equivalent.
Robot teaching/program creation
Ability to design/improve welding fixtures and jigs
Ability to identify parts suitable for robotic welding
Knowledge of weld accessibility and sequence planning
Positive knowledge of MIG/MAG/FCAW welding processes.
Knowledge of welding parameters, WPS/PQR and defect troubleshooting.
Understanding of fixtures, tooling and robot-cell operations.
Robust manpower and shop-floor leadership skills.
Experience in heavy engineering / mining / construction equipment / crusher / screening / conveyor manufacturing preferred.

Qualification: B.E./B. Tech/Diploma Mechanical / Production / Mechatronics / Automation

Key Competency: Solid combination of robotic welding expertise,

process optimization and team leadership.

📌 Engineer Robot Fabrication Sulur
🏢 Propel Industries
📍 Sulur