Senior Technical Author

GEA Germany GmbH; Vadodara; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

GEA Germany GmbH is seeking a Technical Author with 4–6 years of mechanical engineering experience to develop installation, operation and maintenance manuals for pharma equipment. You will plan, coordinate and produce manuals, including illustrations, drawings and process diagrams for publishing in PDF and HTML formats.

You will collaborate with engineering, validation and project teams, manage translation requirements, and ensure content is modular, reusable and up to date in the standards

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Engineering (mechanical) with 4-6 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical writing support to engineering teams in a cost-effective, functional and reliable manner aligned with industry standards.
• Produce IOM manuals from technical documentation and research for company equipment.
• Plan and prioritize manual workload, estimate hours for specific tasks, fulfil contractual requirements and report progress.
• Create, store and maintain reusable standard documents for modular compilation of manuals across standard equipment.
• Maintain communication with design teams to incorporate changes and improvements into the standards library.
• Control amendment instructions archived manual updates, project-specific filing, electronic archiving and file management.
• Manage translation quotations and related material with approved translator suppliers.

Job description

Educational qualification: Degree / Diploma in Engineering preferably in mechanical Years and type of experience: 4-6 years’ experience on below fields:

• Developing Installation, Operation and Maintenance (IOM) manuals, spare-parts documentation and related technical documents.
• Strong understanding of engineering terminology, technical documentation standards, safety standards and applicable norms.
• Reading, interpreting and analyzing SAP BOMs, including EBOM, Assembly BOM, Fabrication/Manufacturing BOM, Installation BOM and commissioning-related documentation.
• Using SAP data, BOM structures, material masters, spare‑parts lists, engineering records, drawings, P&IDs, GA drawings, specifications and assembly documentation to create accurate manuals.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical qualification procedures, regulated industry requirements, pharma processes, equipment and product lines is preferred.
• Working with CMS and structured authoring platforms such as Tridion Docs, ST4, TIM InfoManager or equivalent, including reusable content, templates and controlled repositories.
• Publishing documentation in PDF, HTML and portal-based formats.
• Creating, editing and integrating technical illustrations, exploded views, engineering drawings, process diagrams, screenshots and equipment visuals.
• Interacting with translation service providers and managing translation requirements.

Candidates with broad knowledge of pharma process and product lines and experience in Pharma Industry shall be preferred.

Responsibilities / Tasks

Job Description: The Technical Author will manage, plan and co-ordinate all aspects of the technical manual writing activities in order to produce installation, Operating and Maintenance manuals and pertaining technical documents, in the most efficient manner to achieve the delivery, cost and quality requirements and targets of the business. The Technical Author will be responsible for the training of Technical Administrators in the correct compilation of Technical Manuals. A good understanding of translation requirements is essential with the ability to interpret and translate documents utilizing all tools at his / her disposal. The Technical Author is to have exceptional word processing skills, and a high skill level is required in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.

Job responsibilities:

• Provide technical writing support to engineering teams in a cost-effective, functional and reliable manner aligned with industry standards.
• Produce IOM manuals from technical documentation and research for company equipment.
• Plan and prioritize manual workload, estimate hours for specific tasks, fulfil contractual requirements and report progress.
• Create, store and maintain reusable standard documents for modular compilation of manuals across standard equipment.
• Maintain communication with design teams to incorporate changes and improvements into the standards library.
• Control amendment instructions archived manual updates, project-specific filing, electronic archiving and file management.
• Manage translation quotations and related material with approved translator suppliers.

Skills / Knowledge:

• Exceptional word processing skills and a high skill level is required in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.
• Proven experience working in Technical Documentation.
• Good understanding of XML-based authoring, content reuse, single-source publishing, topic-based authoring, and modular documentation methodologies.
• Proficient in documentation and illustration tools including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Word, and other related graphics/document management applications.
• Basic knowledge of ERP-systems (SAP, IFS etc.)
• Ability to lead on technical writing matters as necessary.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering, validation, design, and project teams to develop accurate and structured technical documentation.
• Good experience in interaction with Translation providers
• Awareness in field of Equipment Design concepts, P&IDs etc.
• Good technical drawings reading ability.
• Awareness of technical safety standards and applicable norms.
• Good ability to read and analyse an entire productive process.
• Team player

Language Skills:

Excellent written and oral English skills are a must.

Your Profile / Qualifications

Educational qualification: Degree / Diploma in Engineering preferably in mechanical Years and type of experience: 4-6 years’ experience on below fields:

• Developing Installation, Operation and Maintenance (IOM) manuals, spare-parts documentation and related technical documents.
• Strong understanding of engineering terminology, technical documentation standards, safety standards and applicable norms.
• Reading, interpreting and analyzing SAP BOMs, including EBOM, Assembly BOM, Fabrication/Manufacturing BOM, Installation BOM and commissioning-related documentation.
• Using SAP data, BOM structures, material masters, spare‑parts lists, engineering records, drawings, P&IDs, GA drawings, specifications and assembly documentation to create accurate manuals.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical qualification procedures, regulated industry requirements, pharma processes, equipment and product lines is preferred.
• Working with CMS and structured authoring platforms such as Tridion Docs, ST4, TIM InfoManager or equivalent, including reusable content, templates and controlled repositories.
• Publishing documentation in PDF, HTML and portal-based formats.
• Creating, editing and integrating technical illustrations, exploded views, engineering drawings, process diagrams, screenshots and equipment visuals.
• Interacting with translation service providers and managing translation requirements.

Candidates with broad knowledge of pharma process and product lines and experience in Pharma Industry shall be preferred.

GEA is one of the largest suppliers of process technology for the food industry and a wide range of other industries. The international technology group focuses on process technology and components for sophisticated production processes in various end-user markets.