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Briggs and Strattonposted about 1 month ago
Full-time
Hybrid - Milwaukee, WI
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
About the position
As a Technical Writer Senior your goal is to develop, write, illustrate, and edit material for operator's manuals, installation manuals, instruction sheets, repair manuals, and service bulletins and related technical/administrative publications concerned with work methods, procedures, installation, operation, and maintenance of outdoor power equipment. This role includes: observing production, development, and experimental activities to determine operating procedure and detail.
Responsibilities
- Writing technical copy for various technical reports, brochures and manuals for company products, operations and maintenance systems
- Gathering technical information by reading drawings, design reports, test specifications and other technical documents to gain an understanding of systems or product operations
- Researching available engineering information such as drawings, design reports, equipment and test specifications
- Analyzing available technical literature; writing descriptive copy and verifying documentation with related departments
- Writing copy for difficult procedures, requiring excellent organizational ability and an understanding of the product or process
- Maintaining an extensive knowledge of all company products and technical operations
- Interacting with engineering, product managers, and other personnel for information; may collaborate with artists/illustrators or design and create illustrations to enhance appearance of graphic manual elements
- Assisting manager with employee development, education, and training plans
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- A minimum of five years of experience involving technical writing in an engineering environment
- DITA-XML experience
Nice-to-haves
- Simplified Technical English or other structure language experience
- Adobe AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) experience
- Adobe Products experience - specifically Illustrator and Photoshop
