Robotic Operator in Southport

**Ignite your career with Xihelm, the frontier in agricultural robotics!**

At Xihelm, we're crafting the world's best automated robots for glasshouse vegetables. As our Robotics Machinery Operator, you'll not just operate technology, but also shape the future of sustainable agriculture.

You'll be our Field Champion, the vital nexus between our state-of-the-art technology and cherished customers. This isn't just a job - it's an invitation to be part of a revolutionary journey that's changing the world, one vegetable at a time!

Responsibilities:

• Dive into real-world trials with our cutting-edge robotic systems on customer sites.
• Champion the upkeep of our robots and work zones, ensuring a sleek, safe, and well-maintained environment.
• Build the future by assembling and installing the newest prototypes for rigorous testing.
• Master the art of organisation, keeping our workshop inventory stocked and streamlined, all while preserving exceptional working standards.
• Keep your finger on the pulse of progress by logging data accurately and ticking off checklists.
• Be our communication superstar, linking any issues swiftly with our dedicated teams.
• Flex your muscles by efficiently moving trolleys within the greenhouse and its vicinity.
• ‍ Keep a keen eye on multiple pieces of equipment, ensuring top-tier quality and minimal downtime.
• Form dynamic partnerships with customers to ensure stellar hygiene standards and flawless product tracking.
• Conduct sharp-eyed inspections while adhering to an array of rigorous quality systems and standards.

Requirements

• Convey thoughts with clarity and concision in both writing and speech.
• ‍ Bring hands-on experience from workshops, manufacturing, or engineering environments. Your hand-tool skills will be your superpower!
• Showcase your independence and responsibility, unafraid to seek help when the mission demands it.
• Display dexterity with basic computer operation skills. If you can tame a smartphone, email, and spreadsheets, you're in!
• Flaunt your basic numerical and literacy prowess, crunching numbers and devouring manuals.
• Embrace your inner minimalist with a strong drive to organise and keep things tidy.
• ⏱ Demonstrate your ability to sprint towards targets, production KPIs, and schedules.
• Exhibit your problem-solving chops, turning challenges into opportunities.
• Prioritise Health and Safety with a conscious and meticulous approach. Safety first, always!

• Unleash your inner inventor! Experience with building or tinkering with machinery or computers is a huge plus. If you've ever looked at a machine and thought, "I could make this better," you're our kind of person!
• Ever swam in the fast-paced current of the food processing, robotics or manufacturing industries? Great! We value those who know their way around this dynamic landscape. If you've ever wondered how to fuse food processing with cutting-edge technology, this is the perfect stage for you!

Benefits

• Bask in a generous 25 days of holiday bliss! We believe in balancing hard work with well-earned leisure. Time to start planning your dream getaway!
• Watch your golden years grow brighter with our robust company pension contributions along with share options in the success of our company. We're not just invested in you now, but your future too!
• Say 'hello' to premium private health, dental, and life insurance. Your well-being is our priority, and we've got you comprehensively covered, right down to your pearly whites.
• Brace yourself for regular team offsites and fun events that will get your pulse racing. We work hard, but we play harder!
• Quench your thirst for knowledge with our dedicated learning & development budget. Got a course or conference you're eyeing? We're all for it! Unleash your potential and soar!

Work will largely involve operating an automated food packing robot, preparing tomatoes for the robot, feeding the robot with packing materials, and palletising the packed tomatoes for handover to the customer. Job will require manoeuvring wheeled equipment manually, so some bending over & pushing required.

You will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Furthermore, you need to demonstrate the existing right to work in the UK.

This is a full time position, initially 40 hours per week Monday to Friday. Then moving to a 4 days per week (12hr) rota which includes working on weekends & bank holidays, where an additionally compensated shift allowance will apply.

£25k-£40k annually, depending on experience..

We have 1 open position.

Location: Southport, UK

Note: Interviews are carried out on a rolling basis, as such we may terminate any interviews once a position is filled.

No agencies - thanks (we will not pay invoices or fees).