Technical Writer

Alfa Laval

Pune, India

2-4 Years

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Job Description

At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people, and planet. You can only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas, and great ideas drive progress.

As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse and inclusive workplace based on care and empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet's most urgent problems. Making the world a better place. Every day.

Purpose Of Job

The Technical Documentation team within R&D for Separation technologies recruits a Technical Writer.

As a Technical Writer you are responsible for the delivery of Documentation that meets the demands of external and internal stakeholders in the best possible way.

As a Technical Writer – System Documentation You Will

Collaborate with the Design lead to create, update, and maintain the HSS system documentation, primarily separator systems.
Responsible for creating, updating and maintaining system manuals intended for customer use (Includes instructions regarding HMI, operation, installation guidelines, service/maintenance, operation, safety, alarm troubleshooting, etc.)
Develop and maintain the system manuals as per the standard set of documentation life cycles for new as well as existing products as per guidelines.
Create and maintain spare part catalogues for service function and customers.
Create/order illustrations, structure, layout, text, and images for the technical documentation material. Tools we use: Corel draw, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Creo Illustrate
Active participation in the development of tools and methods within the field of technical documentation
Develop and maintain the system manuals in the PDM system - Teamcenter
In collaboration with the design lead work on the future digitalization activities of the documentation
The daily work is carried out in close collaboration with design leads, engineers, project managers, product owners and technical product managers. The main beneficiaries of the work are our internal sales organization, our customers, Parts and Service and Operations. Work with external contacts, among others translation agency, consulting agencies for technical documentation, etc.

Who You Are

Bachelor's Degree in Technical Communication, Engineering, Science, or related field (essential). Master's Degree - good to have.
Strong technical writing skills with 2+ years work experience preferred
Good understanding and knowledge of the process, functional and software design description
Experience in Technical writing and process / functional content writing for products is a must
Understanding of software programming, PLC is an added advantage.
Good understanding of mechanical and electrical drawings with technical terminology.
Communicational skills; communicate effectively to peers and stakeholders at various levels.
Organizational skills; planning, prioritization, follow-up, reporting.
Technical Writing Certification would be an added advantage
Willingness to travel occasionally (international) for training or collaboration

Tools

Basic skills in image editing for both bitmap and vector graphics.
Experience with illustration tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw, or similar.
Familiarity with 3D illustration and Creo Illustrate would be a plus
Exposure to PDM systems
Be familiar with technical writing and illustration tools and understand the value they could bring.
Networking skills.
Good knowledge of the English language, verbally and written.
A great Team player

Why Should You Apply

We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
An exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval's future success; you will be learning new things every day.

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.