Technical Writer

Technical Writer permanent full-time based in Mount Wellington, Auckland

• Highly dynamic, global organisation
• Opportunity to showcase your technical writing skills
• Established, iconic brands.

The Company

Uniquely positioned as part of a highly successful global company, Datamars New Zealand has responsibility for a broad range of market leading product solutions encompassing Fencing, Electronic Weighing, Milk Meters and RFID reading systems, Domestic and Livestock Animal Tag categories that are vital to the agricultural community.

The role

Are you curious about new technologies, have an inquiring mind and high attention to detail? At Datamars in Mt Wellington you will have the opportunity to flex your technical writing muscles and work with our Technical Communications Manager to produce high-quality technical product documentation and online help.

The person

We are seeking a focused and analytical person to help us create user-friendly and engaging technical documentation. Your superb attention-to-detail will see you working on producing user guides and language translations for our core products, as well as how-to instructions in our online help tool. Confidence to communicate at all levels to work collaboratively within the business along with your ability to explain technical concepts into simple, clear writing for the intended audience is the primary reason why you'd be successful in this role. Your outputs will include: user guides, technical bulletins, service manuals, on-line help instructions and translations.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor's Degree in English, Communications or suitable equivalent qualification with a focus on technical writing
• 5 years proven experience in a technical writing role
• Excellent English written and verbal skills
• Time management, planning and organisation skills
• Ability to grasp complex technical concepts and make them understandable through imagery and text
• At least 2 years' experience working with Author-IT content management software
• Comfortable working with translated content
• Strong Microsoft Word knowledge
• Comfortable working with graphics in Adobe Illustrator, Snagit or equivalent
• Strong work ethic and professionalism.

What we offer you

In return, we can offer you a variety of interesting projects to grow your technical skills in a global company where you'll be able to work collaboratively across internal departments and our international offices. There will be the added opportunity to be mentored by an experienced and knowledgeable Technical Communications Manager as you settle in this role. We also offer free on-site parking and flexible work times to suit your commuting times or personal preferences.

If this sounds like a role where you can showcase your technical writing skills, then we'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you'd be the best candidate for this role to Jennie, contact details below

Contact:

• Jennie Rayner
• jennie.rayner@datamars.com