Technical Athor

2 months ago


Coventry, United Kingdom Professional Technical Recruitment Full time

**Contract Type**:

- Full Time**Location**:

- Coventry - West Midlands**Industry**:

- Manufacturing & Production**Contact Name**:

- Ben Winson-
**Contact Phone**:

- 01283 499820**Date Published**:

- 04-Mar-2024- 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