Technical Writer

Miller's Vanguard; Bury; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to join their Research & Development team. In this role, you'll create and enhance technical Standard Operating Procedures, ensuring clarity and accessibility for diverse audiences. With a commitment to quality and continuous improvement, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information and produce user guides and technical specifications. This position offers a dynamic work environment supported by a commitment to employee development and state-of-the-art facilities. If you have a passion for technical writing and a background in electromechanical engineering, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Training in City & Guilds accredited academy

Job Specific Uniform

Company Pension

Incremental holiday allowance (up to 32 days per year)

Company wide fun days and charity events

Regular staff treats for employees and their families

Qualifications

• Experience writing technical documentation for diverse audiences.
• Strong planning and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Create clear and concise technical documentation with cross-functional teams.
• Translate complex technical information into accessible content.

Skills

Technical Writing

Electromechanical Engineering

Writing and Editing

Communication Skills

Planning and Organisational Skills

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Detail

• Salary £45,000
  
  

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Technical Writer who can work alongside our innovative Research & Development team, as we seek to expand our catalogue of technical Standard Operating Procedures.

The ideal candidate will be able to self-manage tasks, be committed, and strive to continuously improve the quality of information relevant to a product whilst being aware of the company and teams’ goals, aims, and SLA’s.

Duties To Include

• Work with cross-functional teams to gather information and create clear and concise technical documentation.
• Write and edit user guides, technical specifications, and other documentation.
• Translate complex technical information into accessible content tailored to diverse audiences.
• Format documents for clarity and accessibility.
• Stay updated on industry technologies, and best practices to continuously improve documentation standards and processes.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Vast Electromechanical Engineering Experience
• Experience with Bakery and Catering equipment (service and maintenance background)
• Experience writing technical documentation for audiences with different levels of technical understanding
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Accurate and methodical approach to work
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills
• Competent to use Microsoft 365

Company Information

Who are we?

Miller’s Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our services are as follows: –

• Nationwide reactive maintenance
• Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services
• Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people

Despite being a large operation here at Miller’s Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments: –

• New (2021) Technical response centre
• Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility
• Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Career Development

Training is also a huge part of our culture here at Miller’s Vanguard and our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of your position or your length of service, we want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever changing equipment technologies.

Why Join Us

• Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy
• Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
• Company wide fun days and charity events
• Company Pension
• Incremental holiday allowance (up to 32 days per year)
• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families

Full time