Job Title: Technical Author
Locations: Chennai, India
Skill Set: Arbortext,Time Study,Illustrations.
Job Description:
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for the development of Technical Manuals for Automotive Industry.T hese aspects include doing the time study while Installation & dispatching vehicles and the responsible for creating Manuals for Automotive domain.
Responsibilities: - Work on automotive components and update the information dealing with time study of installation & dispatching the vehicle.
- Information gathering from provided documents.
- Creation of Manuals by using SMARTs tool for Automotive Domain
- Work on clean up activity to migrate information as per client's global standards.
- Collaborate with team located at North America for effective resolution of enquiry
- Update various tracking sheets and advise team leader/manager regarding progress of work
- Participate in (internal/customer) meetings to update status of work assignments & for technical discussions
- Provide training/guidance to less experienced authors
- Facilitate Customer Satisfaction by means of adhering to standards, timelines & qualitative output.
Tools:
- Team Center
- X Metal
- Arbortext editor
- Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop
- SMARTs
- VCAT
- GCAT – Global Catalog
- GSLTS – Global Service Labor Time System
Skills Required: - Experience working collaboratively with client teams in fast paced environment
- Ability to dialog freely with internal teams regarding projects to ensure solutions are well planned
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and thorough approach to follow-through on all tasks
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks to ensure efficiencies
- Ability to multitask and interface with many personalities
- Solid understanding of authoring tools (SGML/XML), Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. DITA and InDesign a plus.
- Enthusiastic and well organized
- Capable of adhering to schedules and raising issues as necessary
- Ability to work with domestic and international business cultures
Education/Experience: Associates with Mechanical/Automotive Degree. Approximately 3-6 years of related experience preferred. Experience in Automotive Technical Publications & Time study of Vehicles
