PDM/PLM Administrator

Power Partners; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ERMCO in Athens, GA is seeking a PDM/PLM Administrator to manage enterprise CAD/PDM/PLM environments, architectures, and governance. This role will lead multiple sites and remote users, setting standards, workflows, and data practices that align with engineering and production processes.

Relocation assistance is available; onsite role in Athens, GA or Dyersburg, TN. You will mentor mechanical automation developers and drive data quality, system health, and continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Information Systems, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of PDM/PLM solution architecture, environment design, revision control, lifecycle management, permissions, workflows, metadata, engineering change processes, system security, backup and recovery, and integration principles.
• Hands‑on experience installing and configuring enterprise CAD/PDM/PLM environments and controlling libraries, templates, shared standards, client configurations, deployment packages, version compatibility, and scheduled software updates across distributed user populations.
• Experience supporting users, troubleshooting system issues, documenting procedures, and coordinating technical changes.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing mechanical automation developers or comparable engineering software teams, including work planning, technical direction, resource coordination, performance coaching, and delivery accountability.
• Strong attention to detail, customer‑service orientation, and cross‑functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the administration and 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 enterprise PDM/PLM solution architecture with IT and cybersecurity partners.
• Define and govern enterprise engineering data standards, including naming conventions, file and item numbering, metadata definitions, parameters, units of measure, material libraries, classifications, and required-field rules.
• 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 locations.
• 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, and remote-user experience.
• Own enterprise installation and environment setup for PDM/PLM across multiple sites and remote users.
• Establish and manage 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 and upgrades.
• Lead, mentor, and coordinate a team of mechanical automation developers.
• Measure adoption, data quality, workflow compliance, and support trends; recommend improvements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service orientation

Cross-functional communication

Mentoring / leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Autodesk Vault

Fusion Manage

Inventor

AutoCAD

Windows Server

SQL Server

Scripting

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 recovery, monitoring, migration, validation, scripting, and system-administration tools.
• Workflow, issue-tracking, testing, documentation, and release-management tools.
• Microsoft Office and reporting tools used to support governance, training, and operational metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Information Systems, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of PDM/PLM solution architecture, environment design, revision control, lifecycle management, permissions, workflows, metadata, engineering change processes, system security, backup and recovery, and integration principles.
• Hands‑on experience installing and configuring enterprise CAD/PDM/PLM environments and controlling libraries, templates, shared standards, client configurations, deployment packages, version compatibility, and scheduled software updates across distributed user populations.
• Experience supporting users, troubleshooting system issues, documenting procedures, and coordinating technical changes.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing mechanical automation developers or comparable engineering software teams, including work planning, technical direction, resource coordination, performance coaching, and delivery accountability.
• Strong attention to detail, customer‑service orientation, and cross‑functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Administration experience with Autodesk Vault and/or Fusion Manage.
• Experience integrating PDM/PLM with upstream sales, CRM, quoting, and CPQ workflows and downstream ERP, manufacturing, production, document‑control, inspection, nonconformance, and quality‑management systems.
• Experience migrating engineering documents and CAD data from shared drives, SharePoint, or legacy repositories.
• Knowledge of manufacturing engineering, bills of material, product structures, configuration, and change‑control processes.
• Experience overseeing the development of CAD automation, rules‑based design, engineering configurators, APIs, scripts, plug‑ins, or custom applications, with knowledge of software architecture, source control, code review, testing, release management, and agile or iterative delivery practices.
• Knowledge of mechanical simulation methods and workflows, including finite element analysis, structural, thermal, or motion simulation, and experience connecting simulation inputs, models, results, and approvals with CAD and PDM/PLM processes, is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing multi‑site and remote‑access PDM/PLM architectures, including distributed deployment models, network and latency considerations, replication or synchronization, high availability, disaster recovery, security, capacity planning, and system lifecycle management.

Let’s Build the Future Together

At ERMCO, your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your impact is real. Whether you’re building on early career experience or launching your professional journey, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in a manufacturing environment that values innovation and collaboration.

Join ERMCO and TRANSFORM your career!

Job Locations

US-GA-Athens US-TN-Dyersburg