Senior Technical Author

Location: Vadodara Unit 2

Educational qualification

Degree / Diploma in Engineering preferably in mechanical

Years and type of experience

4-6 years’ experience on below fields

• Developing Installation, Operation and Maintenance (IOM) manuals, spare-parts documentation and related technical documents.
• Strong understanding of engineering terminology, technical documentation standards, safety standards and applicable norms.
• Reading, interpreting and analyzing SAP BOMs, including EBOM, Assembly BOM, Fabrication/Manufacturing BOM, Installation BOM and

commissioning-related documentation.

• Using SAP data, BOM structures, material masters, spare-parts lists, engineering records, drawings, P&IDs, GA

drawings, specifications and assembly documentation to create accurate manuals.

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical qualification procedures, regulated industry requirements, pharma processes, equipment and product lines

is preferred.

• Working with CMS and structured authoring platforms such as Tridion Docs, ST4, TIM InfoManager or equivalent, including reusable

content, templates and controlled repositories.

• Publishing documentation in PDF, HTML and portal-based formats.
• Creating, editing and integrating technical illustrations, exploded views, engineering drawings, process diagrams, screenshots and

equipment visuals.

• Interacting with translation service providers and managing translation requirements.

Candidates with broad knowledge of pharma process and product lines and experience in Pharma Industry shall be preferred.

Responsibilities / Tasks

Job Description

• The Technical Author will manage, plan and co-ordinate all aspects of the technical manual writing activities in order to produce installation,
• Operating and Maintenance manuals and pertaining technical documents, in the most efficient manner to achieve the delivery, cost and quality
• requirements and targets of the business.
• The Technical Author will be responsible for the training of Technical Administrators in the correct compilation of Technical Manuals.
• A good understanding of translation requirements is essential with the ability to interpret and translate documents utilizing all tools at his / her
• disposal.
• The Technical Author is to have exceptional word processing skills, and a high skill level is required in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.

Job responsibilities

• Provide technical writing support to engineering teams in a cost-effective, functional and reliable manner aligned with industry standards.
• Produce IOM manuals from technical documentation and research for company equipment.
• Plan and prioritize manual workload, estimate hours for specific tasks, fulfil contractual requirements and report progress.
• Create, store and maintain reusable standard documents for modular compilation of manuals across standard equipment.
• Maintain communication with design teams to incorporate changes and improvements into the standards library.
• Control amendment instructions archived manual updates, project-specific filing, electronic archiving and file management.
• Manage translation quotations and related material with approved translator suppliers.

Skills / Knowledge

• Exceptional word processing skills and a high skill level is required in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.
• Proven experience working in Technical Documentation.
• Good understanding of XML-based authoring, content reuse, single-source publishing, topic-based authoring, and modular

documentation methodologies.

• Proficient in documentation and illustration tools including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Word, and

other related graphics/document management applications.

• Basic knowledge of ERP-systems (SAP, IFS etc.)
• Ability to lead on technical writing matters as necessary.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering, validation, design, and project teams to develop accurate and structured technical documentation.
• Good experience in interaction with Translation providers
• Awareness in field of Equipment Design concepts, P&IDs etc.
• Good technical drawings reading ability.
• Awareness of technical safety standards and applicable norms.
• Good ability to read and analyse an entire productive process.
• Team player

Language Skills

Excellent written and oral English skills are a must.

Your Profile / Qualifications

Educational qualification

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