Technical Documentation Manager Industrial Gardening Machinery Technical Writing Field Inspector
1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs? He is currently with XXXX. as a Senior Field Inspector where she’s responsible for checking all the machines coming from Europe if they are compliant with the North American standards; she goes on to check the electronics and electrical side of things. Her background is coming from the IT space, she has always worked in the Technical department and started her career with software engineering before moving to doing instruction manuals and documentation with XXXX; she also worked on safety aspects such as CE certification, North American certification, and Australian certification. She was working back then with machineries and industrial products, and did Technical Writing before moving to a role of Machine Safety Manager. From there, she moved to XXXX as a Product Certification and Technical Documentation Manager, where she worked a lot on gardening products such as ride-on machines and so on; she was a manager for safety back then, certification, and instruction manual. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in? Strongest skill would be being involved with technical conversation and managing/dealing different aspects of the business. She’s much focused on details, considers herself an organized person, and likes to stay on top of things and being in control. One of her great achievements was being involved on lifting a ban on one of their specific products; she was able to defend the company and get good results afterwards. In terms of products, she’s widely into industrial products, gardening, consumer products, and currently, on different types of industry such as aerospace, food packaging, and more. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? She has about 4+ years of hands-on technical writing experience and about 7+ years of experience as a Technical Documentation Manager; she was responsible back then for user manuals, installation guides, and so for different products such as lawn mowers, gardening, and other industrial products. On top of the writing side, she’s also well-exposed with certification, safety aspects, and compliance side. In terms of people management, she has managed a total of 8 team members previously and considers herself good with leadership/management roles. She is well-versed with translating complex technical concepts into simple documentation and materials, she’s done that in her previous roles. She could be open for relocation but depends on the opportunity and how flexible it can get for her traveling back to US.
