PLM Systems Engineer: CAD Data Integrity & Tooling

Great Dane; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Medical insurance with employer’s plan

Retirement programs (401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Great Dane is seeking a Systems Engineer to maintain the PLM environment, ensure data integrity and support user communities. The role emphasizes evolving engineering practices with industry-standard IT enhancements and strong collaboration across IT and business units.

The candidate will manage CAD/PLM applications, develop interfaces, analyze user needs, and implement system changes. Travel occasionally for onsite support is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or IT related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in trailer or related industry.

Responsibilities

• Set own standards of performance with direct accountability for final results with only administrative direction, or highly creative independent work involving basic research in scientific areas without direction.
• Manage the configuration, deployment, maintenance, and upgrades of CAD/PLM applications and processes.
• Develop interface architecture, design, and configure applications based on business requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Analyze user needs to determine engineering and product data requirements, CAD and PLM functional requirements, process, and data modeling to meet user needs.
• Develop system queries and utilities to support user’s information searches.
• Develop, plan, coordinate, and execution of PLM tools that meet established requirements.
• Development of system change test plans.
• Coordination and implementation of CAD / PLM system changes.
• Define/Document technical content and guide the development/coordination of training for CAD and PLM Applications, new functionalities, and upgrades.
• Provide specialized technical assistance on a daily basis.
• Actively work to improve daily processes.
• Ensure systems integrity and manage all product configuration data and information throughout the product lifecycle.
• Responsible for the integrity of product definition data.
• Ensure proper application security policies.
• Work with IT to provide system support and enhance development.
• Work with various business units to support data consumption standards, manufacturing trials.
• Develop and deploy systems, methodologies, standards, and processes that result in the ability to manage Engineering data for efficient and effective consumption.
• Work across multiple functional departments to research, develop and deploy technical advances in information technology mapped to business processes.
• Maintain a current and up-to-date knowledge of PLM technology developments in order to recommend innovations to improve the quality, economy, and effectiveness of Great Dane products and processes.
• Recognize discrepancies and/or problems with analysis, process mapping or system implementation results and work toward corrective action.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Business process mapping

Project management

SQL

Relational databases

Microsoft Excel

Visual Basic

Windows OS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or IT related field

Tools

CAD

PDM

CATIA

SmarTeam

SolidWorks

Aris Innovator

Job description

Great Dane is seeking a Systems Engineer to maintain the PLM environment, ensure data integrity and support user communities. The role emphasizes evolving engineering practices with industry-standard IT enhancements and strong collaboration across IT and business units.

The candidate will manage CAD/PLM applications, develop interfaces, analyze user needs, and implement system changes. Travel occasionally for onsite support is required.