PLM Technical Consultant - Pre Sales
A customer-facing, hands-on technical consultant role supporting pre-sales, solution shaping and customer engagement for Siemens Teamcenter and related PLM/CAD environments.
The role combines practical IT capability, PLM and CAD awareness, confident presentation skills, requirements capture, and the ability to convert customer needs into realistic work breakdown structures and Statements of Work.
Reporting line and key relationships
Reports to: Principal Consultant
The role works closely with the Technical Manager, Sales Account Managers, Senior and Principal Consultants, technical specialists, project managers and training consultants to move opportunities from early engagement through to a scoped and deliverable proposal.
Key responsibilities
Support pre-sales opportunities with technical input, customer discovery, solution positioning and follow-up actions.
Prepare and deliver clear, professional Teamcenter presentations and demonstrations for technical users, business stakeholders and senior decision-makers.
Demonstrate Teamcenter in a compelling and relevant way, tailoring the message to the customer’s industry, engineering processes, pain points and PLM maturity.
Capture customer requirements across PLM, CAD, engineering change, workflow, BOM, integration and business process areas.
Translate requirements into structured findings, assumptions, risks, solution options, estimates, work breakdown structures and draft Statements of Work.
Develop and maintain reusable demonstration material, scripts, presentation assets and supporting documentation.
Support demo readiness through practical IT activity including configuration, troubleshooting, virtual machines, demo environments and awareness of cloud or SaaS deployment concepts.
Maintain internal pre-sales administration, including keeping the pre-sales KANBAN or equivalent tracking process up to date with tasks, priorities, blockers and progress.
Build positive customer relationships and represent the organisation professionally, commercially and credibly. PLM Technical Consultant Presales 4
Required skills and experience
Customer-facing consulting, technical pre-sales, solution consulting or similar experience in an engineering, manufacturing, PLM, CAD or enterprise software environment.
Familiarity with PLM concepts including product data management, engineering change, workflow, bills of material and engineering processes.
Understanding of CAD use and CAD-to-PLM interaction, ideally including Siemens NX and/or Solid Edge.
Hands-on IT capability, including confidence with technical systems, troubleshooting, demonstration environments, virtual machines and related infrastructure.
Strong presentation and demonstration skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to capture requirements and produce clear scope, assumptions, estimates, WBS content and draft SoW material.
Strong written communication skills and the ability to create professional, commercially usable documentation.
Desirable skills and experience
Experience with Siemens Teamcenter in consultancy, implementation, demonstration, administration or technical support.
Familiarity with CAD or ECAD tools such as Siemens NX, Solid Edge,
SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, Autodesk products or ECAD platforms.
Knowledge of manufacturing processes, quality, product variability, advanced BOMs, ERP integration, change management and workflow design.
Experience creating demo systems, demo scripts, presentations, webinars, videos or other customer-facing technical content.
Experience delivering training, developing training material or supporting structured knowledge-transfer activities.
Personal attributes
Confident, credible and professional with customers and internal
stakeholders.
Commercially aware, able to connect technical capability to customer value and business outcomes.
Self-motivated, organised and proactive, with the ability to manage
competing priorities and follow through on actions.
Collaborative and supportive, with a willingness to share knowledge and work across sales, consulting and delivery teams. PLM Technical Consultant PreSales 5
Adaptable under pressure, particularly when supporting demonstrations, customer meetings, travel or time-sensitive pre-sales activity.
Working arrangements
Primarily remote, with attendance at a relevant office when appropriate.
Customer travel will be required, including occasional overnight stays depending on opportunity and event requirements.
Extended responsibilities, including any training consultancy activity, will be agreed based on business need, capability and workload.
Optional training consultancy
Where appropriate, the role may include support for training consultancy, including contributing to Teamcenter training material, improving content, delivering structured training and helping customers build confidence in their PLM solution
- Department
- Industry Solutions
- Role
- PLM Consultant
- Locations
- Solihull
- Remote status
- Hybrid
What we offer
- A competitive salary + OTE
- Hybrid working
- Private health insurance
- 25 days paid holiday per year, plus Bank Holidays. Additional 1 day holiday for every 2 years served up to a total 30 days
- Gym subsidy
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
About Emixa
Discover the realm of digital transformation with Emixa, a company experienced in driving innovation and progress. With a team of 530 professionals, we aspire to elevate the manufacturing industry to new heights. We offer an holistic approach to our customers to strengthen their organization. From standardized implementations, to tailored advice through management consulting and the usage of unique solutions such as low-code. Join us on our journey of growth towards becoming a leading consulting firm in our field.
Application process & contact
The application process starts with a phone or online introduction. Following that, we invite you to the office for an interview. Occasionally, we may request you to complete a case or assessment, and if there's a mutual fit, we'll extend a compelling offer.
Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. The unsolicited submission of candidates does not create any obligation to collaborate or to pay a recruitment fee to the respective agency. We only work with carefully selected partners.