Lead PLM process and digital thread activities for a PLM transformation: assess current and future ways of working, map end-to-end product data flows, define future-state processes, align SMEs and Process Use Case Leads, provide architecture recommendations, and support change adoption and governance across engineering, operations, configuration, and supply chain.
PLM Process and Digital Thread Lead
Montreal Quebec | Full-Time Contract
Information Technology / PLM and Process Transformation | Senior Level | Project-Based
About GrizzlyTrek Group Ltd.
GrizzlyTrek invests in our people, relationships, and partners, ensuring motivated and ready-to-work individuals meet job opportunities that foster lasting success. We work across Canada in mining, construction, oil and gas, turnarounds, and shutdowns. Dedicated to sustainable employment, we emphasize career opportunities and empowerment for Indigenous communities across Canada. Join us and contribute to building a more inclusive future.The Role
GrizzlyTrek is seeking one PLM Process and Digital Thread Lead to join our valued client's team at [Location TBC]. This is a full-time contract role within a Product Lifecycle Management digital transformation programme, driving alignment between business processes, the future PLM solution, and the cross-functional Digital Thread vision.This role sits at the intersection of process definition, architecture insight, data flow governance, and project execution, ensuring that SMEs and Process Use Case Leads are connected, informed, and supported in designing future-ready Ways of Working. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, understands complex product information flows, and is confident shaping end-to-end processes within a global business environment.
What You'll Do
- Investigate and assess current Ways of Working across relevant business units, and learn, analyse, and interpret the new PLM360 Ways of Working.
- Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities, performing detailed difference analysis between current-state and future-state processes.
- Define business unit process requirements for the future PLM landscape.
- Support change impact analysis to ensure successful adoption across teams.
- Work closely with SMEs and Process Use Case Leads to align process expectations and outcomes, and contribute to tool and workflow development from a process perspective.
- Own and maintain the Product Data Flow material throughout the project lifecycle, keeping end-to-end information flows visible and consistent across the programme.
- Support SMEs and Process Use Case Leads by identifying, preventing, and resolving emerging silos.
- Potentially act as custodian of the future information model, ensuring cross-functional alignment.
- Provide architecture-related recommendations, insights, and scenario analysis, helping the local project team understand architectural choices, impacts, and strategies.
- Serve as the connective layer between Teamcenter and other PLM-relevant programmes or tools.
- Champion the Digital Thread vision across engineering, operations, configuration, and supply chain functions.
What You Bring
- Strong understanding of engineering lifecycle processes or PLM systems.
- Demonstrated ability to map, analyse, and redesign business processes.
- Experience working with complex product data or enterprise architecture concepts.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work across cross-functional teams and influence without authority.
- Analytical mindset with the capability to break down complex technical topics.
- Highly collaborative and proactive, with a structured, logical approach to problem solving and a passion for process excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with PLM systems such as Teamcenter.
- Exposure to digital thread or model-based engineering initiatives.
- Background in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or configuration management.
- Familiarity with large-scale transformation programmes.
- Familiarity with standardized process, metrics, and maturity models (e.g., CMMI, Six Sigma, Lean).
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications
- Opportunities for overtime based on operational requirements
- Life insurance: $100,000 employee / $10,000 spouse / $5,000 per child
- AD&D insurance with critical illness and cancer coverage
- Extended health care: drugs, hospital, hearing, orthotics, nursing
- Paramedical services: chiro, physio, massage, mental health (annual coverage)
- Vision care: glasses, contacts, laser surgery, and exams
- Dental care: 80% basic ($2,500), 50% major ($2,500), $2,500 ortho for children
- Travel insurance: up to $5,000,000 per incident (trips up to 90 days)
- Ongoing training and career development support
Apply now at www.grizzlytrekgroup.com
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