Technical Writer- Electro Mechanical

As an Electro-mechanical Technical Writer, you will maintain product technical documentation to help customers decide on automation products. Primary responsibility is to create and maintain high-quality user manuals, catalog technical pages, product inserts, quick-start guides and software online help files for various automation products.

Requirements

• Create and/or update all the documentation needed for the project and get it ready to enter the review process.
• Guide documentation through the review process making necessary changes and corrections.
• Meet with engineering Team PE/PM to discuss the project documentation
• Research and collect source material from PE, vendor documentation, existing files and other sources.
• Compile all source material and make a proposed layout of the documentation to present to the PE/PM and Tech Team Point of Contact.
• Provide PE/PM with PDF files of the new documents after final review corrections are made
• Attend product Tech Team training and make any last minute corrections. Provide Web team with catalog pages so they can decide how technical specifications will be organized on the web.
• Provide PDF files of new catalog pages, manuals, inserts and other docs to Web team
• Deliver PE CHM file for software help files, for integrating with the new programming software.
• Provide files to print vendor for printed manuals and approve proof.
• Organize document files as needed following product launch.
• Proof and make corrections to existing documents and create updated PDF files for Web team. Provide files to print vendor for printed manuals and approve proof.
• Work with FIT team on any requested pre-production tasks for new catalog production and work with Web team to make all new technical specs PDF files post-production.
• Attend company and team meetings as requested.