Briggs and Stratton - Milwaukee, WI

posted 10 days ago

Full-time
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
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