Technical Author Jobs

Due to continued growth an opportunity has arisen for a Technical Author to join my client a global leader in fire and security systems, Building Management Systems and other disparate building systems.

You will need to be conversant working with Microsoft office, PDF, Autocad (2010) reading technical drawings and have knowledge of security and fire systems at entry level. The role will be working alongside the design team, Project Managers to transform technical drawings through to a user manual.

Full job description upon request.

The role will be predominately office based and you will need to reside in the West...

Technical Writer -6 Initially Months Contract
Our client requires a Technical Writer to develop and maintain user and operation manuals of laser systems.

Technical Writer
• Have experience interviewing Engineers and writing operations and user manuals for laser products.
• Understand laser, optical, mechanical, electrical and control systems
• Have experience as a Technical Writer at other laser manufacturers and laser system integrators.
• Will need clean room experience watching the assembly and testing of lasers and testing control systems.
• Know how to take digital photographs and add callouts using Illustrator...

Technical Author

An exciting opportunity to join an innovative multi-disciplinary informatics company as a technical author to establish their documentation framework to support their developments making them understandable to technical teams and users.

The successful candidate will have proven track record in a similar capacity delivering documentation across multiple projects. You should also have experience of setting up technical documentation framework from scratch. In addition, you will have excellent numeracy and oral and written communication skills together with the ability to translate complex technical information in...

My client a large international Aviation and Engineering company based in Gloucester. You will report to the Technical Publications Manager, you will assist in the compilation of all technical data and support Technical Publications Controllers to meet program objectives.
You will possess the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and possess a high motivation to learn. Good computer literacy, experience of landing gear systems and/or knowledge of Adobe software products are highly desirable.

Chosen candidate will ideally have experience in compilation of technical documentation to ATA100/2200. Experience of other specifications...

My client a large international Aviation and Engineering company based in Gloucester. You will report to the Technical Publications Manager, you will assist in the compilation of all technical data and support Technical Publications Controllers to meet program objectives.
You will possess the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and possess a high motivation to learn. Good computer literacy, experience of landing gear systems and/or knowledge of Adobe software products are highly desirable.

Chosen candidate will ideally have experience in compilation of technical documentation to ATA100/2200. Experience of other specifications...

The Company - Our Client:
Our client is a leading developer and supplier of Practice Management systems for public accounting, consulting firms and other service providers worldwide, particularly in Europe and the U.S.A. Their products are developed using industry-standard Microsoft .Net (Windows forms and ASP.net) technologies and are typically deployed on Microsoft SQL Server DBMS platforms. They are currently looking for a Technical Author to join their expanding team based in Watford.

The Role - Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produce, develop and maintain a professional and accurate end-user documentation suite for the...

Technical Author

A prerequisite for this position is good working knowledge of Adobe Frame Maker 9/10.
Experience of creating illustrations or working with illustrators to create illustrations.
AutoCAD experience.
Summary Requirements:
The Technical Publications area of the Engineering department produces the technical documentation required to commission, use and maintain the Company's products effectively and safely. The Technical Author has a vital role to play in producing that documentation.
To write, produce and accurately maintain instruction and installation manuals and associated amendments/addendums, including...

My Client is part of a globally renowned Corporation which employs more than 26,000 people worldwide. They develop, manufacture and sell a unique range of 3D hardware and software inspection systems for the automotive, aerospace, medical and electronic sectors and have a worldwide sales organisation. The operational and technical groups are made up of several development and manufacturing sites located in North America, Europe Asia and the UK.

They are ISO9001:2008 and TickIT 5.5. Certified for the design, manufacture and installation of calibrated CMMs and measuring robots. The UK Engineering group is responsible for the development...

Technical Author

A prerequisite for this position is good working knowledge of Adobe Frame Maker 9/10.
Experience of creating illustrations or working with illustrators to create illustrations.
AutoCAD experience.
Summary Requirements:
The Technical Publications area of the Engineering department produces the technical documentation required to commission, use and maintain the Company's products effectively and safely. The Technical Author has a vital role to play in producing that documentation.
To write, produce and accurately maintain instruction and installation manuals and associated amendments/addendums, including...

Job Title: Technical Author
Location: Derbyshire
Duration of contract: Temp to Perm
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000

Job Description - Technical Author
Position Summary + Key Attributes

Technical Authors work in the authoring team to develop maintenance and operation manuals for new build rolling stock and completion projects. Manuals are produced for new developments, in conjunction with engineering and depot teams as part of the Product Introduction process. Ensuring new and existing documents conform to a house style. Maintaining and updating existing maintenance manuals as defined by Engineering Change processes to...

Technical Author

A part-time opportunity for an experienced, scientific instrumentation technical writer with an engineering background. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a worldwide, market-leading organisation. Working within an established and successful team, you will design, develop and maintain technical support documentation for our materials analysis’ products and services.

The Role
Produce, develop and maintain technical documentation to support our innovative, analytical technology for both research and industrial applications.
Liaise with subject-matter experts, as well as, Sales and Marketing...

Our client, based in Cambridge is seeking a Technical Author to document user manuals, reference material and training courses for their software tools.

Working with the Support Team, the Technical Author is responsible for all aspects of supporting our client's desktop and web tools. This can range from telephone and email support of technical issues through to developing documentation and running training courses.

You will maintain existing documentation and author new documentation for our client's product range, including online help, technical reference manuals, training manuals and user guides. Around these principal responsibilities...

Technical Author / Immediate Start / 3 Week Initial Contract / Central London

I have an urgent requirement for a Technical Author, to work on our clients sites, located in Central London. This position is an initial 3 week contract, with strong potential to extend when the project reaches the next phase.

You must have excellent analytical skills and be able to create support documentation and user guides. In particular you must be able to read and understand Java and ideally you would have experience in enterprise Java projects.

This position requires someone to start on Monday 21st May, so please only apply if you are...

Technical Author – Gosport, Hampshire
Competitive salary and benefits package

Vector Aerospace, is an industry-leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft operators around the world.

We believe that our success as a company is based on the success of our employees. We provide our employees with the training, resources and opportunities to be the very best they can be.

The opportunity:
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, we require a Technical Author to provide technical and administrative support to the Engine Services UK Product Engineering Team. Working...

Our client delivers technical publications and engineering support, mainly to the Defence sector and they currently require an additional Technical Author to join their busy team of technical authors, technical illustrators and publication assistants. The work is diverse and interesting and most projects have short delivery timescales. The ability to manage and drive a project to meet the exacting standards and delivery schedules expected by the business and the customer is essential as well as:

• Experience of working in a technical authoring environment, managing and delivering technical publications
• Can demonstrate ability of producing...

Our Client, an innovative, groundbreaking technology company based in Cambridge require an additional Technical Author to join their busy team.

Ideally you will be degree qualified with 6+ years experience as a Technical Author.

You will also come from a telecoms background and and have experience of working in an internet protocol environment with an understanding of router technologies and switches.

Experience of the following tools is also desirable:

• Madcap Flare
• Author IT
• RoboHelp

A self starter, you will enjoy working as part of a team and yet be experienced enough to confidently take ownership...

Technical Author - Online documentation, Author-IT, home working potential

Our client is a market leader in SaaS resource management solutions. They need a Technical Author with experience designing creative online help and the capability to provide information to users in modern and innovative ways.

As a member of the User Information Team, you will be responsible for producing quality multi-lingual user information to support their product solutions in a timely manner. You will propose, define and develop new ways of providing information to users for both new and existing products, while following defined procedures and standards...

Our client a multinational software company with supported customers and ongoing implementations in Asia, Africa and South America has a requirement for a full time technical Author to produce User Guides, Reference Manuals and Training Guides either directly in French, Spanish and Portuguese or to be translated into these languages.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of the Software Industry and ideally will be fluent in French and / or Spanish. Portuguese would be a bonus however your knowledge and experience of RoboHelp is of prime importance.

The candidate will be responsible for translating and possibly creating...

A dedicated and knowledgeable technical author is sought to join this Telecoms / Engineering company working closely with engineers, project managers and customers to produce manuals, handbooks, training presentations and software electronic help to a high technical standard and to company design.

Experience working within a technical or engineering background is essential plus ideally the following skills and qualifications:

• Minimum 2+ years as a Technical Author
• HND/HNC or equivalent
• MS Office products to include MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat
• HTML knowledge to assist in web support and online help documentation.

An experienced Technical Author is required for this well established company based in the Midlands. Ideally you will have previous experience of working either in the automotive industry or with a Tier 1 supplier and be able to author and layout manuals, service manuals and other technical publications.

Comfortable using a variety of page layout and graphics packages such as FrameMaker and Illustrator, the successful candidate will be expected to enjoy a hands-on role. Some liaison with translation agencies will also be required.

You will possess a self driven attitude and be able work effectively and precisely with no supervision...