Our client, an established precision manufacturing organization supporting the aerospace industry, is seeking a highly experienced
Epicor Kinetic Technical Consultant for a 3–4 month, part-time consulting engagement.
The consultant will lead a targeted upgrade of the company's existing
Epicor Kinetic 2024.2.19 on-premises environment to Epicor Kinetic 2025, while modernizing existing customizations developed within the legacy Epicor Classic Smart Client to function within the browser-based Kinetic user interface.
This is a hands-on technical engagement requiring strong Epicor upgrade experience, deep knowledge of Kinetic Application Studio, legacy customization conversion, technical troubleshooting, and project planning.
The selected consultant will be responsible for developing a detailed project plan, assessing existing customizations, executing technical upgrade activities, coordinating testing with business stakeholders, and supporting a successful production transition.
The organization supports approximately 35 Epicor users across Finance, Manufacturing, Operations, Inventory, and related business functions.
Key Responsibilities
Epicor Kinetic Upgrade- Lead the technical upgrade from Epicor Kinetic 2024.2.19 to the approved Epicor Kinetic 2025 release in an on-premises environment.
- Assess the existing Epicor application, infrastructure, database, integrations, customizations, and technical dependencies.
- Review system compatibility, release requirements, database considerations, and upgrade prerequisites.
- Coordinate backup, database upgrade, environment preparation, and validation activities.
- Identify and resolve technical issues arising during the upgrade process.
- Work with internal IT resources and Epicor Support when required.
- Develop a production cutover plan, including rollback procedures and post-upgrade validation.
Classic Smart Client to Kinetic UI Modernization- Inventory and evaluate existing Epicor Classic Smart Client customizations.
- Identify legacy customization components requiring redevelopment, replacement, or retirement.
- Rebuild and modernize supported customizations using Epicor Kinetic Application Studio.
- Configure Kinetic layers, events, rules, components, data views, and user interface behaviors.
- Assess legacy C# customization logic and determine appropriate modern Kinetic alternatives.
- Evaluate BAQs, BPMs, Epicor Functions, REST APIs, and related technical dependencies.
- Troubleshoot UI functionality, data binding, business logic, and workflow issues.
- Validate customizations within the browser-based Kinetic experience.
- Document migrated customizations and provide knowledge transfer to internal resources.
Project Planning & Execution- Develop a comprehensive project plan outlining milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, resource requirements, and estimated effort.
- Establish a realistic schedule aligned with the 3–4 month engagement and approximately 20-hour weekly commitment.
- Prioritize customizations based on business criticality, complexity, and user impact.
- Conduct regular project status meetings with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders.
- Track project progress, technical issues, decisions, and outstanding deliverables.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing and manage issue resolution.
- Provide documentation, knowledge transfer, and recommendations for ongoing Epicor support.
Testing, Validation & Go-Live- Develop technical testing and validation procedures.
- Coordinate testing of critical Finance, Manufacturing, Inventory, Purchasing, and Sales processes.
- Validate existing BAQs, BPMs, custom reports, dashboards, and integrations.
- Assist key business users with UAT and issue resolution.
- Support production cutover and initial post-go-live stabilization.
- Ensure critical business processes and customizations function as expected in the upgraded environment.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on Epicor ERP technical consulting, development, administration, or implementation experience.
- Recent experience upgrading Epicor Kinetic on-premises environments, preferably involving 2024.X and 2025.X releases.
- Strong experience with Epicor Kinetic Application Studio, including UI layers, events, data views, and custom application development.
- Proven experience converting legacy Classic Smart Client customizations to the modern Kinetic browser interface.
- Strong understanding of legacy Epicor C# customization frameworks and their differences from Kinetic Application Studio.
- Experience with Epicor BPMs, BAQs, Epicor Functions, REST APIs, and integrations.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL queries, database administration concepts, and Epicor application infrastructure.
- Experience with Epicor Administration Console and on-premises environment management.
- Ability to develop and manage technical project plans independently.
- Strong troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work directly with Finance and Operations leadership as well as end users.
- Comfortable managing a project independently within a part-time consulting schedule.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting aerospace, defense, precision machining, or discrete manufacturing organizations.
- Knowledge of Epicor financial, inventory, purchasing, manufacturing, and job-costing processes.
- Experience with Epicor SSRS reports, dashboards, DMT, and external integrations.
- Understanding of IIS, Windows Server, Epicor application services, and deployment configuration.
- Experience with source control, customization documentation, and change management.
- Familiarity with Epicor Kinetic deployment practices, release notes, and upgrade testing.
- Experience supporting small to mid-sized manufacturing environments with approximately 25–100 ERP users.
Expected Project Deliverables
- Documented technical assessment and customization inventory.
- Detailed project plan with timeline, milestones, dependencies, and estimated hours.
- Successful upgrade to the approved Epicor Kinetic 2025 on-premises release.
- Migration of agreed-upon Classic customizations to the Kinetic browser interface.
- Testing and validation documentation for upgraded functionality.
- Production cutover and rollback plan.
- Post-go-live stabilization and resolution of critical issues.
- Technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
Ideal Consultant
The ideal candidate is a senior Epicor technical professional who has personally performed on-premises Kinetic upgrades and rebuilt legacy Classic customizations using Application Studio.
This individual should be comfortable working independently, communicating directly with business leadership, identifying potential upgrade risks, and delivering measurable results within a limited weekly consulting schedule.
This is not a project-management-only position. We need a hands-on technical consultant who can plan, execute, troubleshoot, and deliver the upgrade and customization modernization.U.S. Work Authorization & Export Compliance RequirementsDue to the client's involvement in the aerospace and defense industry and applicable export-control requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders).- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
- Candidates must be eligible to access export-controlled technical data and systems as required by the assignment.
- Employment is contingent upon verification of work authorization and satisfaction of applicable export-control requirements.
This requirement applies to all candidates considered for this contract opportunity.