Windchill PLM Configuration Specialist - NETE

Job Title: Windchill PLM Configuration Specialist (06-639)

Work Arrangement: Fully remote from Canada

About the role

The Windchill PLM Configuration Specialist is responsible for the configuration, administration, maintenance, and optimization of the PTC Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The role supports the effective management of product lifecycle information by ensuring system configurations, workflows, lifecycle controls, and data governance processes align with organizational requirements.

What we do at Weir

Weir is a global leader in mining technology for a sustainable future. Outside the mining sector, Weir Marine Engineering has managed and operated the Naval Engineering Test Establishment for the Department of National Defence (DND) since 1964. At Weir Marine Engineering (WME), we apply engineering/technical expertise to the complex challenges of mission-critical naval systems, contributing to the reliability, security, and performance of systems that are essential to Canada's maritime defence capabilities.

Make your impact

You will provide technical expertise in Windchill administration, support configuration management activities, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the PLM environment.

What you’ll do

The key responsibilities of the position are:

Configure, administer, maintain, and optimize PTC Windchill environments, including PDMLink, ProjectLink, and MPMLink.

Manage Windchill system configuration, lifecycle states, object types, attributes, access controls, and administrative functions.

Configure and maintain product data structures and lifecycle management processes within Windchill.

Design, develop, and maintain workflows, business rules, routing processes, and approval mechanisms.

Support and administer engineering change management processes, including Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).

Configure security settings, user roles, group permissions, and access control policies within the platform.

Support data governance initiatives through the implementation and maintenance of classification structures, metadata standards, and data quality controls.

Investigate and resolve application issues, system configuration problems, and user-related requests.

Support system upgrades, patch implementation, configuration migrations, and environment maintenance activities.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration guides, and administration procedures.

Provide user support, onboarding assistance, and training related to Windchill functionality and processes.

Recommend and implement system enhancements that improve usability, performance, and administrative efficiency.

What you’ll bring

We value what you can do—not just where you’ve been. If you meet the goals of the role, we want to hear from you.

Must-haves:

Minimum of three to five years of hands-on experience administering and configuring PTC Windchill PLM.

Demonstrated experience with Windchill system administration, configuration management, and application support.

Experience configuring workflows, lifecycle states, access controls, object models, and business rules within Windchill.

Experience supporting engineering change management processes and related workflow configurations.

Familiarity with Windchill data structures, configuration practices, and system administration functions.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within a Windchill environment.

Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation and configuration procedures.

Mandatory Requirements

Ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to manage multiple priorities and provide timely resolution of support requests.

Desired Asset Qualifications

PTC Windchill Administrator certification.

PTC Windchill Developer certification.

Experience with large-scale Windchill implementations or enterprise PLM environments.

Experience supporting data governance and configuration management programs within Windchill.

Experience leading Windchill configuration improvement and optimization initiatives.

Mandatory Requirement:

Canadian citizenship, with 10 or more years residing in Canada with no periods longer than six continuous months out of country, is absolutely necessary as part of the requirements to obtain a government security clearance to the minimum level of Secret

Why join Weir?

We live our values —we think safety first, do the right thing, respect each other, aim high and delight our customers. We encourage our people to lead by example and celebrate our successes.

We’re passionate about our purpose —to help deliver the natural resources that are essential to create a better future for the world. We do this by combining our deep customer insights, world class engineering, materials science expertise and intelligent automation to deliver innovative end-to-end solutions incorporating our signature technologies.

We believe your voice matters and your ideas make a difference. We’re working hard to nurture a diverse culture where our people feel like they belong and can do the best work of their lives. You can help shape our unique culture through our inclusion networks and safety initiatives.

Benefits

· Competitive pay

· Career development and study/learning support

· Access to global inclusion networks

· Regional and team-specific benefits

· Sharebuilder scheme

· Wellness support for you and your family

· Collaboration with global teams

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.