PDM​/PLM Administrator

About ERMCO

Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc. (ERMCO) is the leading manufacturer of distribution transformers and engineered electrical solutions, serving electric utilities, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and industrial customers across North America. Headquartered in Dyersburg, Tenn., ERMCO delivers reliable, high-quality products that power homes, businesses, and communities across North America.

With our commitment to safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement, ERMCO is at the forefront of supporting grid modernization and energy transition. Our vertically integrated operations, customer-focused culture, and investment in people and technology make ERMCO the Most Valued Partner for delivering resilient, sustainable power infrastructure for the future.

Job Summary

The PDM/PLM Administrator is responsible for the administration, architecture, installation, deployment, support, and governance of the enterprise product data and product lifecycle management environment(PDM/PLM) , as well as the technical leadership of mechanical automation development teams. This role establishes and controls standardized enterprise environments, including applications, integrations, CAD/PDM libraries, templates, configurations, and version baselines; designs scalable solutions for multiple sites and remote users;

governs deployments and scheduled updates; enables connected workflows from upstream sales, quoting, and product configuration through engineering and into downstream production and quality processes; and ensures engineering data, workflows, and automation products remain controlled, accessible, compatible, maintainable, and aligned with business processes across the enterprise.

This role will be onsite in Athens, GA or Dyersburg, TN. Relocation Assistance is available.

• Own the administration and technical architecture of the PDM/PLM platform, including users, roles, permissions, lifecycle states, workflows, categories, numbering schemes, configuration standards, and environment strategy.
• Maintain the controlled repository for CAD models, drawings, specifications, engineering documents, and related metadata.
• Configure and support check-in/check-out, revision, release, approval, change, and document-control.
• Define and maintain the enterprise PDM/PLM solution architecture, including application, database, storage, network, identity, security, integration, and client-access components in partnership with IT and cybersecurity teams.
• Define and govern enterprise engineering data standards, including naming conventions, file and item numbering, property names and descriptions, metadata definitions, parameters, units of measure, material libraries, classifications, and required-field rules to support consistent use across systems.
• Establish governance for creating, reviewing, approving, versioning, and retiring properties, parameters, materials, templates, and naming standards, including validation rules, duplicate prevention, change impact assessment, and synchronization across enterprise locations and integrated systems.
• Plan and execute data migration, cleanup, validation, classification, and controlled onboarding of legacy content.
• Monitor and optimize system health, job processing, permissions, performance, capacity, replication, network-dependent services, integrations, and remote-user experience across enterprise locations.
• Own enterprise installation and environment setup for PDM/PLM and supported CAD applications across multiple sites and remote users.
• Establish and manage enterprise deployment governance, including training, release calendars, version compatibility assessments, pilot testing, change windows, site rollout sequencing, user communications, validation, rollback plans, and post-deployment support for patches, upgrades, and major version updates.
• Lead, mentor, and coordinate a team of mechanical automation developers responsible for CAD automation, engineering configurators, design utilities, custom integrations, and related digital engineering solutions.
• Measure adoption, data quality, workflow compliance, and support trends and recommend continuous improvements.

Software / Engineering Tools:

• Autodesk Vault, Fusion Manage, Inventor, AutoCAD, and associated Autodesk administration utilities as applicable.
• Microsoft Windows Server, SQL Server, database and query tools, virtualization or cloud infrastructure, storage, networking, certificates, backup and…