Technical Author

Job Mission

Creates or edits all technical documentation (Procedure, PCS, FCO, Newsflash) for Equipment and Manufacturing Engineering and is the main interface for all related issues, tooling and processes.

Job Description

- Participate in an engineering team, preparing technical documentation for the equipment engineer.
- Ensure a uniform high standard of technical documentation for the team.
- Prepare complex technical procedures clearly and accurately in simple English with a methodical approach.
- Review comments on existing procedures and assign for review by engineers where necessary.
- As a Technical Author (25% of the working time you will spend with writing WoW), the candidate will also be involved in Interfacing with IT (75% of the working time).

Education

- BACHELOR DEGREE IN A TECHNICAL AREA WITH 2-5 YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE, OR
- MASTER DEGREE WITH 1-3 YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE, OR
- PROVEN WORK EXPERIENCE AS A TECHNICAL AUTHOR

Experience

Specific technical capability

- Is able to convert a document to a different format.
- Can maintain the archives (single copy, version control).
- Can edit illustrations and convert illustrations to the publishing format.
- Is able to convert input from Engineers and/or development documentation into effective technical documentation for the products according to the specifications and standards.
- Applies methods and tools of the department effectively and efficiently.
- Acts as an expert user of documentation tools and is the main contact for these tools for all departments.
- Specifies requirements concerning illustrations, technical input or user feedback.
- Can create and edit web pages to publish information.

Personal skills

- Proven excellent fluent communication skills in English, written + verbal. Dutch is preferably.
- Pragmatic, initiative, ownership, persistent, pro-active
- Good communication skills, team player, but also independent.
- Service orientated and flexible attitude.
- Important: We are looking for an extravert person with the right attitude (in order to be able to share and update knowledge)

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.