Product Structure Specialist

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905, recognized for its globally recognized brands like Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks. PACCAR designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services, and distributes truck parts.

About the role

The Product Structure Specialist works as part of a team responsible for maintaining Kenworth bills of material (BOM) and selection logic integrity, and processing Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) to support timely project implementations.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains bills of material (parts lists and work instructions) required to support Kenworth truck production
• Interprets and translates source document information into bill of material and selection logic to define product configurations and part requirements
• Communicates with Engineering and Change Control to ensure correct interpretation and implementation of design documentation
• Supports completion of ECN bill of material and selection updates to support project launch timing and minimize plant rework
• Investigates identified implementation issues and processes feedback to update bill of material files
• Supports creation of new sales option code content
• Communicates issue and/or project status updates to stakeholders in various levels of the PACCAR organization
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business, math or technical field required; degree in Engineering strongly preferred
• 0-1+ years of experience required
• Excellent attention to detail
• High level of initiative and demonstrated use of proactive problem-solving approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be able to work with a diverse set of stakeholders and manage multiple tasks concurrently
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required; experience with Change Management software and COPICS mainframe applications desired
• Leverage Lean training
• Previous automotive and/or manufacturing experience/truck knowledge a plus