Technical Author - Manchester, United Kingdom - Mettler Toledo

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About Mettler Toledo

METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services.

We are recognized as an innovation leader and our solutions are critical in key R&D, quality control, and manufacturing processes for customers in a wide range of industries including life sciences, food, and chemicals.

We operate throughout the world with a culture shaped by innovation and international flair.

Our Opening and Your Responsibilities


Key responsibilities include:

  • Develop technical documentation and user manuals that comply with Mettler Toledo guidelines and templates.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, such as user manuals and operation manuals.
  • Collaborate with crossfunctional teams, including product management, R&D, and Service, to ensure accuracy and completeness of the documentation.
  • Participate in documentation review and approval processes with crossfunctional teams.
  • Support the Product Management team with all aspects of technical authoring.
  • Continually seek improvement opportunities and develop internal processes to support (cost, time to market, increased knowledge transfer, market coverage etc.)
  • Maintain compliance requirements for technical documentation and user manuals.
  • Manage and maintain documentation in accordance with ISO and MT corporate standards.
  • Use ST4 Schema to organise and update technical content (fragments, tables, graphical images), along with preparing files for translation and creating bluebooks.
  • Manage document version control within Schema and through ECRs, to ensure latest version is available to all parties and changes are logged.
  • Manage translation process for documents with external translation company (extract Xml files from Schema, generate translation reports, pull together UI strings)
  • Ensure new or amended documentation is distributed via SAP, Teamcenter, online, eDocs, internal network (Manuals Matrix).
What You Need to Succeed

  • Proven experience developing a range of technical publications across a range of media.
  • Experience of technical writing experience in the industry.
  • Working knowledge and understanding of Content Management Systems.
  • Experience developing multilingual documentation across a range of media.
  • Effective management of translation in numerous languages.
  • Proven project documentation, product specification, and technical writing skills.
  • Experienced in producing technical documents for products comprising software, graphical HMI, electronics & electromechanical subsystems.
  • Experience in using Schema or other content management systems would be beneficial.
  • Self-Motivated.
  • Excellent communication skills and an eye for detail.
  • Passionate about quality documentation.
  • Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and skills.
Our Offer to You

  • Competitive Salary
  • Employee bonus
  • Flexible/ hybrid working
  • 26 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Work for the market leader in Metal Detection.
Equal Opportunity Employment

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