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About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

*This is an onsite position in Greenville, WI*

The IT Multi-Solution Architect is responsible for defining technological direction of the organization while aligning it to the overall business strategy, with a primary focus on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the PTC Windchill platform. The focus is on technology advancement balanced with systems that are scalable, sustainable, and secure; adopt industry best practices; and align to organizational needs. This role will lead the architecture, roadmap, and governance of PLM capabilities, driving end-to-end digital thread integration across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and service. Understands business objectives and translates them into strategy and execution of specific systems and processes for solutions. Proposes, develops concepts, designs, and advises on implementations of total systems, with specific accountability for PTC Windchill and related integrations.

YOUR IMPACT:

• Provides technical guidance in developing solutions to complex business problems across multiple technologies.
• Recognized as a strong technical and financial modeling architect within the organization.
• Makes decisions on operating procedures, analytical approaches and workflow.
• Works in a collaborative effort with others to conceptualize the implementation phases of multi-system solutions.
• Strong Expertise in technology system or platform (eCommerce, Digital Manufacturing, Security, ERP, Integration, Automation, Emerging Technologies, Cloud, Digital Engineering)
• Leads the design of a specific service area or technologies in a broader service solution.
• Provides technical leadership for development and Systems Analysis teams.
• Defines best practices standards and ensures adherence to them.
• Hands on approach to designing and implementing technical solutions.
• Optimize the technical application to business processes and expand to drive segment/function adoption.
• Develops measurement criteria to evaluate programs and projects, reviews estimate on technical aspect of project.
• Develops the financial, scope and risk criteria on projects while building consensus with cross segment DT leaders

PLM / PTC Windchill Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end architecture, roadmap, and technical governance for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions with PTC Windchill as the strategic platform.
• Lead solution design for key Windchill capabilities including Product Data Management (PDM), Engineering Change Management, Configuration Management, BOM/MBOM management, document management, and variant/option management.
• Architect and oversee integrations between Windchill and upstream/downstream systems (e.g., CAD tools, ERP, MES, manufacturing execution, supplier collaboration, and analytics platforms) to enable a connected digital thread.
• Define and implement Windchill data model, security model, and lifecycle/workflow configurations that align with Oshkosh Vocational engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Provide technical leadership on Windchill upgrades, patches, performance tuning, high availability, and environment strategy (on-premise, cloud, or hybrid).
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable Windchill configurations and extensions.
• Establish and maintain PLM/Windchill development standards, code quality practices, and DevOps/CI/CD approaches for customizations and integrations.
• Guide and mentor internal and external teams (developers, analysts, partners) in Windchill best practices, extensibility (APIs, OData, web services), and PTC solution ecosystem usage (e.g., Windchill Navigate, Creo integration).
• Define and oversee data migration strategies, data quality rules, and cutover approaches for PLM implementations, consolidations, and legacy system decommissioning.
• Contribute to PLM/engineering process optimization and standardization, driving adoption and continuous improvement of Windchill across segments.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree with ten (10) or more years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Experience providing technical leadership/guidance and influencing without direct authority

PLM / PTC Windchill Experience:

• Seven (7) or more years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions in a discrete manufacturing, industrial, or heavy equipment environment.
• Five (5) or more years of hands-on experience as a solution architect or lead technical role on PTC Windchill (e.g., PDMLink, ProjectLink, MPMLink, or equivalent modules).
• Deep understanding of Windchill concepts including lifecycles, workflows, object types, WTParts, EPMDocuments, product structures, change objects, and access control/security.
• Proven experience integrating Windchill with CAD tools (e.g., PTC Creo and/or other major CAD systems) and at least one major ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience leading at least one full lifecycle Windchill implementation or major upgrade (requirements, design, build, test, deployment, and stabilization).
• Strong knowledge of PLM and engineering processes such as configuration management, change management, release management, and BOM management, and how they are realized in Windchill.
• Experience with performance tuning, environment strategy, and technical operations for Windchill (e.g., application and method servers, background queues, indexing/search).
• Ability to translate complex engineering and manufacturing requirements into scalable, maintainable Windchill configurations, extensions, and integrations.
  

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