Senior Windchill PLM Process Engineer

The Senior PLM Process Adoption Lead at Generac is instrumental in driving engineering productivity and effectiveness through the ongoing assessment and enhancement of CAD/PLM systems company‑wide. This role is dedicated to optimizing CAD/PLM tools to streamline engineering design, analysis, product development, and product maintenance processes. The Senior PLM Process Adoption Lead identifies opportunities for improving CAD/PLM systems and processes, develops strategic plans to meet current and future system requirements, manages software upgrades, and provides guidance on necessary computer training.

This position also plays a key role in delivering training on current CAD/PLM systems, architecting systems, developing systems, mentoring staff, and providing training with respect to various current CAD/PLM systems. The role reports to the Director of Global Engineering Systems.

• Analyze engineering system information requirements and product specifications to understand technical content strategy and plan to create and deliver written and/or visual product‑related information including various types of guides (automated templates and best practices), and online information (interactive demos, help systems) integrated into product, for a variety of audiences (general engineering users, systems administrators, and engineering training developers).
• Responsible for implementing and supporting the internal tools and systems environment that supports a forward‑thinking product development group using PDM/PLM and other software tools for CAD data and engineering documentation management.
• Work closely with engineering teams to implement customized CAD/PLM workflows to support engineering data management solutions and process improvements.
• Implements system upgrades and coordinates training programs and responsible for the development of technical documentation relative to new engineering systems and tools.
• Develop practices and processes aligned to enhancing the performance and efficiencies of the Engineering Systems tools.
• Adhere to and help improve support related procedures.
• Work as part of a team to share skill sets, lessons and technical knowledge to maintain a well‑rounded technical support team.
• Contribute to technical support documentation.
• Subject matter expert in the tools used by our Engineering community.
• Monitor competitive environment and be prepared to respond to changes in the market.
• Logically and efficiently analyze, test and diagnose CAD systems to isolate problems and report if necessary.
• Serve as the Business Lead and focal point representing the business in the deployment of PLM.
• Participate in Process Work streams to ensure business requirements are addressed and included in plans.
• Develop new techniques, practices and processes utilizing new and existing technologies to enhance organizational performance.
• Participate in the transfer and optimization of systems and ideas across one or more business groups.
• Designs, validates, trains and brings new processes and technologies to production.
• Specifies precise new product development systems functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates the most complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and benefits to productivity gains.
• Collaborates with internal engineering systems team members, manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize the most unique and complex systems designs and technologies.
• Drives substantial process improvements and efficiencies to allow for growth as a direct result of their activities.
• Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineering systems team members.
• Travel to other Generac facilities as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Moderate travel up to 10% travel and valid Driver’s License required.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems with 10 years of experience in a similar role
  -OR- 15 years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong…