Product Data Management Specialist

Product Data Management Specialist

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Position Summary

The Product Data Management Specialist is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and governance of product data in support of US Valve and affiliated business units. This role serves as the primary steward of product information within ERP and engineering data management systems, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of item masters, bills of material, routings, engineering documentation, and related product records throughout the product lifecycle.

The Product Data Management Specialist works under supervision of the Engineering team, and with other cross-functional teams, to support new product introductions, engineering changes, manufacturing readiness, and ongoing business operations. This position combines technical data/document management, system administration, and engineering support responsibilities in a growing business.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Product Data Management

• Works with engineers to create and maintain item masters, bills of material (BOMs), routings, inspection plans, and related product records within the ERP system (Oracle JD Edwards).
• Ensure product data remains accurate, complete, and aligned across multiple business units.
• Support new product introductions through creation and maintenance of product structures and manufacturing data cards.
• Develop and maintain standards for product data integrity, naming conventions, and record consistency across business systems.
• Investigate and resolve product data discrepancies in partnership with Engineering and Operations.
• Support ongoing product lifecycle activities through accurate maintenance and revisions of product records and archives.

Engineering Systems & Documentation

• Administer engineering documents within CAD, PDM, and PLM file servers.
• Maintain engineering file structures, drawing archives, and electronic records.
• Generate and distribute PDFs, DXFs, and other engineering deliverables for internal and external users.
• Ensure engineering documentation is properly stored, organized, and accessible.
• Support migration, cleanup, and standardization of engineering records and legacy documentation.
• Distribute existing engineering documentation to internal teams including Purchasing, Operations, and Sales

Change Management

• Serve as an administrator for engineering Document Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders, ensuring requests are routed, reviewed, and completed promptly by all impacted stakeholders.
• Support implementation of engineering changes through updates to product data and documentation systems
• Track change request status, follow up on open actions, and help maintain visibility for any pending or delayed changes.
• Support documentation accuracy by making sure released records reflect the latest approved product configuration.
• Help improve change management workflows, templates, and recordkeeping practices to strengthen both data integrity and execution discipline.

Other Duties

• Prepare reports, summaries, and presentations using information from ERP and engineering document systems
• Support engineers with data collection and reporting
• Participate in projects related to ERP, PLM, PDM, and related systems enhancements.
• Performs Engineering Technician duties when necessary
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and business systems applications.
• Knowledge of manufacturing bills of material, routings, and product structures.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Education & Experience:

• Associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Experience maintaining structured product data, documentation, or records.
• Experience with ERP, PDM, PLM, CAD, or other engineering data management systems preferred.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are represented of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing duties of the job, employee is required to move around and be still; use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Noise level is minimal with intervals of spikes.
• Office working environment with occasional visits to the factory floor.
• Required to wear safety glasses and utilize other safety equipment as required while present on shop floor.