Technical Documentation Specialist

Company: Kforce Finance and Accounting
Location: Chesterfield
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Technical Documentation Specialist in Chesterfield, MO.

Key Tasks:

• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, hydraulic and electrical schematics, and computer-generated reports
  
• Confer with engineering and other personnel to implement operating procedures
  
• Review engineering changes, update product structures, routing, master comments and item master
  
• Review new engineering designs and suggest changes to reduce manufacturing cost; Create routings, check product structures and item master
  
• Review routing standards for accuracy and update by performing time studies or by reviewing work order history on a monthly schedule
  
• Provide cost estimates, capability estimates and production recommendations for new products
  
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs
  
• Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems and needs
  
• Interview engineering, production, technical support, and technical sales personnel to determine installation and usage instructions and procedures
  
• Maintain familiarity with the industry, and governmental standards and regulations applicable to software and automation products for inclusion in technical documentation
  
• Generate technical documentation including writing text, creating graphics, taking digital photographs/screen shots, and incorporating into the document, editing digital photographs/screen shots to incorporate callouts and text
  
• Create educational videos
  
• Develop and maintain web-based content including web pages, online manuals, and FTP folders
  
• Develop computer-based instructional materials such as podcasts and other computer-generated content
  
• Review software documentation and update, maintain and distribute as needed
  
• Maintain company standards for technical documentation
  
• Maintain repository and archive of all technical documentation
  

Keywords: Kforce Finance and Accounting, Chesterfield , Technical Documentation Specialist, IT / Software / Systems , Chesterfield, Missouri