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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand / Aotearoa
Onsite
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.
We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram.
Role summary
Halter is scaling global production of connected livestock wearables while continuing to make meaningful product and manufacturing improvements. Our engineering decisions are well owned; now we need a dedicated owner for the systems, records, and planning visibility those decisions rely on.
As PLM/Configuration and Documentation Control Manager, you will own the structure that keeps product, process, supplier, validation, forward BOM, and change records complete, traceable, current, and easy to use. You’ll help Engineering, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, suppliers, and contract manufacturers work from a clear, reliable source of truth — including a forward view of upcoming BOM changes and their likely build impact.
This is not an engineering role or a technical approval role. “Manager” means ownership of systems, records, document sets, and coordination — not people management initially, and not authority over engineering change decisions.
What you’ll do
Own the health of our Arena PLM deployment, including configuration, lifecycles, revisions, roles, permissions, supplier access, onboarding, training, and data quality.
Maintain a weekly forward BOM plan update for Supply Chain, giving clear-to-build planning a reliable view of upcoming BOM changes, validation state, implementation timing, supply risk, and build impact.
Keep Onshape → Arena and Altium → Arena traceability reliable, and manage the controlled publication of released documents to Google Workspace as read-only, clearly versioned copies.
Maintain BOM, part-number, revision, lifecycle, validation, waiver/deviation, supplier-document, and forward BOM records so the current controlled state and upcoming build impact are always clear.
Build and run practical registers for waivers, changes in flight, document currency, missing records, overdue items, supplier-document status, and forward BOM planning.
Co-define release-boundary conventions with Engineering and Quality, then keep those standards easy to follow, consistently applied, and honoured across the relevant teams.
Provide clear, useful status reporting so decision owners can act on facts instead of hunting through systems.
What we’re looking for
Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through; you notice missing fields, stale revisions, quietly expired waivers, incomplete records, unclear ownership, and BOM changes that could affect upcoming builds.
Hands-on experience administering PLM, ERP, QMS, document-control, technical-records, clinical-data, aviation-records, library/information-management, or another structured, high-consequence records environment.
Arena experience is valuable, but the discipline matters more than the platform.
Enough technical literacy to be credible with Engineering and Supply Chain, including BOMs, revisions, HPN/MPN, traceability, validation state, controlled documents, waivers/deviations, and clear-to-build planning.
Strong written communication, sound judgement, and the ability to follow up persistently and warmly until open items are closed.
Willingness to travel occasionally to suppliers and production sites when required. This is expected to be infrequent, but can be valuable for supplier onboarding, document-control setup, audit/readiness work, or understanding production issue context.
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.
Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll be thrown into the deep end, tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.
You'll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills, and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.
This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"
