Technical Publications Specialist

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That’s our story. Make it your story.

This position reports to Product Line Manager EMF.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Preparing, distributing and storing accurate and timely customer and supplier documents for projects, as per the company's/project's procedures and ensuring effective version control and status tracking.
• Manages documentation to ensure proper version control in the document management system.
• Writing technical content for publications.
• Ensures that documentation is maintained in compliance with the company's/project's procedures, including format, receipt, registration, number, filing, recovery, and the issue of documents.
• Assists in the preparation of the project document list, periodically updates, and issues the document list as well as preparing and updating progress reports as per the schedule.
• Supports colleagues with advice and guidance on documentation control issues.
• Effectively communicates and provides relevant information to stakeholders and customers.
• Contributes to process enhancements related to document management and applies the document management system efficiently.
• Sets up the documentation management system and document controls process in conjunction with the project team.
• Codes issued documents, ensures that reviews, numbering, distribution, filing, and registration are in compliance with procedures.
• Monitors the progress of project documentation, updates the receipt and document distribution information register.
• Communicates deadlines to the project team for document delivery.
• Organizes final documents and maintains them in the internal or external archive.
• Monitors and reports actual versus planned time for document management work packages.

Qualifications for the role:

• 7+ years experience within a technical publications role.
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a technical subject.
• Experience of running a team/department.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to provide accurate and concise written and verbal communications.
• Experience using InDesign, Structured FrameMaker and Illustrator software.
• The ability to work on own initiative and with minimal supervision.
• An awareness of the translation process for provision of publications in multiple languages.

For the 5th consecutive year ABB is recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation's dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

The Measurement & Analytics Division is among the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers, working at the heart of industrial digital transformation. The Measurement & Analytics Division's portfolio consists of analyzers measuring compositions of gases and liquids; instrumentation measuring process variables such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level; force measurement solutions measuring parameters such as flatness, thickness, and tension; and advanced digital solutions for device management, device health check and predictive maintenance.

The Measurement & Analytics Division serves key industries such as oil and gas, chemical, water and wastewater, power, hydrogen, batteries, as well as the marine industry. The Division enables the optimization of industrial processes by providing and analyzing data collected from sensing and smart measurement devices. Parameters such as emission levels and production inputs are measured by providing 'before' and 'after' values, enabling efficient operations and environmental sustainability through measurement.

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