CIM Applications Manager

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CIM Applications Manager

The CIM Applications Manager plays a key leadership role within Shaw’s Enterprise Automation organization, focused on modernizing and rationalizing the manufacturing software ecosystem across the Collaborative, Innovative, Manufacturing (CIM) group.

This position manages a small team of software engineers responsible for over 90 applications that support manufacturing operations across multiple facilities. The Applications Manager is accountable for developing and executing a software rationalization and modernization strategy that reduces complexity, increases interoperability, and aligns with enterprise architecture and data strategies
.

A central initiative for this role is the design and implementation of a modern Unified Namespace (UNS)— enabling real-time, contextual data exchange between automation, MES, and enterprise systems. The UNS will serve as the connective framework to unify systems, simplify integrations, and support Shaw’s data-driven manufacturing future.

The Applications Manager will partner closely with the Automation Enablement Team
, whose mission is to “wrap” standard enterprise functions for use by practicing automation engineers, ensuring those functions are easily accessible and reusable through standardized interfaces.

This position requires a strategic thinker who can bridge manufacturing and enterprise technology, lead modernization efforts across diverse systems, and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive Software Rationalization Roadmap
  , consolidating and modernizing legacy systems to reduce technical debt and overlap.

• Lead the design and phased deployment of a Unified Namespace (UNS) to standardize and simplify data exchange across automation, MES, and enterprise platforms.

• Align software development practices and modernization efforts with the Enterprise Automation roadmap
  , enterprise architecture principles, and data governance standards.

• Establish and maintain CIM Software Architecture Standards
  , ensuring interoperability, scalability, and maintainability.

• Drive architectural reviews and modernization decisions, using benefit/effort analysis and business impact assessments.

• Maintain a complete and accurate inventory of all manufacturing software applications
  , including function, owner, lifecycle stage, dependencies, and technology stack.

• Implement governance processes to determine which systems to sustain, modernize, or retire.

• Track and report key performance indicators related to application rationalization, modernization progress, and support burden reduction.

• Manage budgets, resource allocations, and project prioritization to ensure efficient execution of the modernization plan.

• Architect and implement the UNS as the common communication backbone for manufacturing data.

• Partner with the Automation Enablement Team to expose enterprise functions and data services through standard APIs, events, and reusable components.

• Ensure manufacturing systems produce contextualized, structured, and governed data suitable for use in enterprise analytics and decision-making.

• Collaborate with enterprise data and analytics teams to ensure alignment with corporate data models and interoperability frameworks (ISA-95/B2
  
  MML).

• Serve as a key liaison between Enterprise Automation, CIM, and Enterprise Architecture, promoting alignment across technical domains.

• Mentor and coach engineers in modern software development practices such as modular design, Dev Ops, CI/CD, and secure coding.

• Foster a culture of innovation, simplification, and continuous improvement.

• Evaluate third-party solutions, vendors, and emerging technologies for potential adoption.

• Communicate project progress and strategic direction to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.

• 7+ years of experience in software development, systems architecture, or…