Senior SolidWorks & PDM Systems Administrator

Sherman and Reilly Inc; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherman + Reilly, a Chattanooga-based manufacturer of pullers and related equipment, seeks a SolidWorks and PDM administrator to join our engineering team onsite. You will own CAD/PDM standards, manage vaults, workflows, and licenses, and help ensure accurate BOMs and data structures.

The role requires 5+ years in SolidWorks administration in a production setting, a degree in Engineering or related field, and PowerShell scripting or similar tools for automation.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, IT, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on SolidWorks administration and support in a production engineering setting.
• Demonstrated SolidWorks PDM administration experience including vault configuration, workflows, permissions, and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of engineering-grade workstation hardware, GPU and driver management, and Windows performance optimization.
• Experience supporting BOM processes and understanding engineering data structures.
• Strong root-cause troubleshooting skills across software, hardware, and integration layers.
• Excellent documentation and communication abilities; comfortable training non-technical engineers.
• Preferred: experience connecting CAD/PDM data to ERP/PLM platforms such as SAP.
• Preferred: SolidWorks CSWP/CSWE or PDM administration certifications.
• Preferred: PowerShell or scripting for automation and configuration management.
• Preferred: familiarity with manufacturing environments (wire, cable, heavy equipment).
• Preferred: exposure to FEA/simulation workloads and workstation tuning.
• Preferred: experience with endpoint management tools like Intune or Autopilot, Active Directory, and security systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for SolidWorks, eDrawings, and SolidWorks PDM; final escalation point for CAD and PDM issues.
• Advise engineering and IT leadership on standards, strategy, and tooling.
• Administer SolidWorks and add-ins across the engineering fleet, including deployments, upgrades, service packs, settings, and templates.
• Validate changes in a test environment before production release.
• Manage the SolidWorks PDM vault, including permissions, workflows, revision/lifecycle rules, data cards, backups, and replication.
• Design release processes with Document Control; onboard new users and maintain vault health.
• Configure and tune engineering workstations for CAD, large-assembly, and FEA workloads.
• Maintain certified GPU driver, BIOS, and firmware standards; build repeatable deployment images.
• Establish performance baselines; monitor stability and crash data; perform root-cause analysis; plan capacity and hardware refresh cycles.
• Support BOM processes and CAD/PDM-to-ERP integrations; improve part numbering, metadata, and BOM structure.
• Automate repetitive tasks via scripting and APIs; track SolidWorks licenses and third-party licenses for allocation, renewals, and audit readiness.
• Create and maintain clear work instructions and standards for the team.
• Support other engineering software and hardware, including third-party apps and 3D printers.

Skills

SolidWorks administration

PDM administration

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Training engineers

Windows performance optimization

Scripting (PowerShell)

Education

Engineering or related field degree

Tools

SolidWorks

SolidWorks PDM

eDrawings

PowerShell

Intune

Autopilot

Active Directory

SAP ERP/PLM integrations

Job description

Sherman + Reilly, a Chattanooga-based manufacturer of pullers and related equipment, seeks a SolidWorks and PDM administrator to join our engineering team onsite. You will own CAD/PDM standards, manage vaults, workflows, and licenses, and help ensure accurate BOMs and data structures.

The role requires 5+ years in SolidWorks administration in a production setting, a degree in Engineering or related field, and PowerShell scripting or similar tools for automation.