Technical Author / CE Engineer

Pertemps are currently recruiting for a Technical Author/CE Engineer on behalf of our client based in Telford, Shropshire.

Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:30am – 17:15pm & Fri 8:30am – 16:15pm | Office based

Salary: £32,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE.

Duties include but not limited to:
• The technical writer develops and maintains technical documentation within the engineering team. Current authoring tooling consists of Microsoft Office applications and SolidWorks and Autodesk for illustrations.
• Provide document time estimations for scheduling and budgeting purposes
• Conduct necessary research, including reading source material and meeting with other associated members of the team as necessary
• Write/review/edit the documentation, according to published department standards and procedures
• Track requirements and coordinate the delivery of technical documentation
• Write product descriptions, theory of operations, and other technical manuals and documentation
• Develop documentation related department standards and procedures
• Coordinate/arrange with graphic designers or other graphic resources to create more complicated illustrations
• Submit drafts to management and peers; incorporate review comments into documents
• Provide periodic status reports to Engineering Lead
• Work with engineering team during new product development and production phases; author all associated new information for the manuals from scratch with moderate supervision and re-use existing information
• Read and interpret engineering information, drawings and 3D CAD
• Additional duties within capability

The successful Candidate will have:
• Familiarity with engineering standards, ISO standards and CE standards
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in creating maintenance, operations, troubleshooting and setup/tear down procedures without source data
• Experience with technical documentation development and editing of large-scale systems for both commercial and other customers
• Experience in technical writing and editing in engineering topics
• Engineering background desirable
• Experience with mechanical and mechatronic systems
• Excellent command of technical English (especially writing), with other languages being advantageous but not essential
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the company and subcontractor organisations
• Multi-tasking skills and flexibility are essential
• Able to give and receive constructive feedback
• Well-developed Microsoft Office Word skills essential
• Familiarity with CAD software such as SolidWorks would be advantageous
• The ability to perform in an ISO-9001 rated company in a rapidly changing and demanding atmosphere

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Technical Writing, or communications with experience in technical writing; a technical secondary education (apprenticeship) with 8 years’ experience may substitute for education requirement

Personal Qualities:
• Reliable
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Ability to work both independently as well as in a close-knit team
• Enthusiastic and committed
• Ability to work in a challenging environment, under pressure and to time scales
• Meticulous attention to detail

If you are interested in this role, please click to APPLY. Alternatively, you can send your CV to taylor.butterfield@pertemps.co.uk