Automation Manager, Operational Technology - Moulding

Lego Group; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Family care leave

Life and disability insurance

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking an Automation Manager, Operational Technology - Moulding, to own the production software and automation equipment on a global platform powering moulding operations. You will drive standardization, reliability, and scalability while coordinating with OT, MD&I, maintenance and production teams.

You will travel up to 30–40 days per year to deploy solutions, operate in a cross-functional setup, and help shape the future of moulding technology across LEGO Group.

Qualifications

• Delivered PLC design, programming, installation, and troubleshooting in industrial automation environments.
• Managed complex automation platforms involving PLCs and robotic applications.
• Applied industrial network technologies including Ethernet/IP and OPC UA.
• Implemented functional safety solutions using safety controllers and electrical systems.
• Produced and interpreted technical specifications, equipment requirements, and electrical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Own production software and automation equipment on a global platform used across moulding operations.
• Collaborate with OT, R&D, maintenance and production to standardize and future-proof solutions.
• Bridge Manufacturing Design & Implementation and OT to align goals and strategy.
• Communicate across departments and manage cross-functional information flow.
• Travel 30–40 days per year to deploy and support the platform worldwide.

Skills

PLC design

Automation platforms

Industrial networks

Functional safety

Electrical drawings

Robotics programming

Tools

KUKA KR C5

Ethernet/IP

OPC UA

Job description

Job Description

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Just imagine shaping the platform where LEGO® elements begin their journey from moulding machine to finished product. Then make it real.

About the role

As our Automation Manager, Operational Technology - Moulding, you'll own production software and automation equipment on a global automation platform used across moulding operations. You'll be responsible for software, robotics, network infrastructure, and connected equipment that support the platform throughout its lifecycle. Working closely with colleagues across Operational Technology, R&D, maintenance, and production, you'll help improve, standardize, and future-proof solutions that support high-quality manufacturing.

In this role, you will act as a bridge towards Manufacturing Design & Implementation (MD&I) and Operational Technology, ensuring aligning goals and strategy in the moulding technology area. Understanding cross-departmental coordination, planning and strategy is a vital skill, and will require you to communicate clearly, understand complex company policies and put yourself in the middle of the information-flow.

Required Qualifications

• Delivered PLC design, programming, installation, and troubleshooting in industrial automation environments
• Managed complex automation platforms involving PLCs and robotic applications
• Applied industrial network technologies including Ethernet/IP and OPC UA
• Implemented functional safety solutions using safety controllers and electrical systems
• Produced and interpreted technical specifications, equipment requirements, and electrical drawings

Preferred Qualifications

• Programmed and maintained 6-axis or cartesian robotic systems in production settings

• Worked with KUKA robotic systems, preferably KR C5
• Used production data and network solutions to support automation improvements
• Demonstrated fluent technical English in a global engineering environment

What you'll build

• Global platform standards across moulding operations
• Improvements that increase productivity, reliability, and usability
• Solutions that support new products and evolving production needs
• Integration of new automation technologies into operations
• Stable, secure, and scalable platform capabilities throughout the lifecycle

If you've worked with automation programming, robotics, and industrial networks, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your willingness to learn, solve problems, and continuously improve how things work.

Life on the team

You’ll join Operational Technology, a team of 12 colleagues based in Denmark, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Together, we develop and support the automation platforms behind LEGO® manufacturing. We connect every week to share priorities and support one another, while enjoying a flexible hybrid rhythm. We’re looking for someone who takes ownership, enjoys collaboration, communicates openly, and brings curiosity to both opportunities and challenges.

Your software will be deployed around the world, so expect 30-40 days of travel through the course of the year.

What success looks like

Success means becoming a trusted platform owner who helps create consistent, reliable solutions across global moulding operations. You’ll work closely with Manufacturing Design & Implementation, Operational Technology colleagues, mould maintenance teams, and R&D partners. Over the coming months, the team will take on new responsibilities and play an even bigger role in shaping the future of moulding technology across the LEGO Group.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeksto encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.