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Technical Athor

Posted 2 months ago

  • Allesley, West Midlands
  • Permanent
  • Bonus
  • £33,000 to £38,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored
  • Expired - a month ago

An exciting opportunity is available for a Technical Author to join a well-known company who are manufacturing safety critical devices supplying innovative products to a variety of sectors. Based in Coventry you will be an integral member of the team supporting the company within the technical support department. On offer is a salary of �38,000 per annum, bonus opportunities and your birthday off work as an extra days holiday!!

As the Technical Author you will be responsible for writing factual information about products and services, and how they work.

Responsibilities as a Technical Author:

  • Produce clear, concise, consistent, and easy-to-understand digital content that conforms to the company style
  • Liaise with internal teams to gather information so that you can produce the documentation
  • Engage with stakeholders in the business to understand documentation requirements and identify information gaps in current documentation
  • Take customer feedback to improve documentation and the end-user experience
  • Proof-read and edit draft documentation created by others for grammar, spelling, punctuation, tone, and adherence to the company style guide
  • Identify improvements to our team processes and authoring practices and lead the implementation of changes

Requirements as a Technical Author:

  • HND in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent industrial experience.
  • At least 5 year's demonstrable experience of the creation of technical documentation.
  • Confident communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience of working on B2B products requiring in-field installation.
  • Experience of working on products with user interfaces
  • Experience of creating technical documentation for software programs.
  • Good working experience of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Acrobat
  • Experience of laying-out manuals in In Design or similar.

Benefits

  • Salary of �33,000 - �38,000 per annum
  • Pension
  • 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Your Birthday off as an extra day of Annual Leave
  • Business performance related bonus
  • Free on site parking

If you feel this technical author role is for you then we would love to hear from you. Please click apply today and we will aim to process your application in 24 hours.

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