Technical Document Specialist

Technical Document Specialist - Marketing Communications

Job Description: The Opportunity: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed individual for our Technical Document Specialist position. If you have a high level of expertise using MS Word and PowerPoint, and have excellent proofreading, grammar, and communication skills, then we invite you to consider joining our technical team. SEL?s corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities. Technical Document Specialist Responsibilities: Produce product, marketing, and sales literature, including application guides, technical papers, presentations, training manuals, and other documents as required. Proofread, edit, and format literature deliverables, and verify that all final edits are complete and that collateral is error free before final production. Produce technical drawings using various software programs. Collaborate with technical authors and others to produce literature deliverables. Ensure that SEL style is consistent in all material. Integrate source materials into custom media products. Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor or department manager. Create, update, follow, and improve area development and maintenance processes. Qualifications: Three to five years experience editing/proofreading/producing technical documentation or applicable education or work experience Excellent proofreading, writing, grammar, and communications skills High-level proficiency using MS Word and PowerPoint Superior organizational skills and high attention to detail Ability to work under pressure and recognize the criticality of meeting stringent deadlines Ability to collaborate with others to produce high-quality, technically accurate material Ability to learn and communicate technical/scientific information Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment Background check results satisfactory to SEL Negative drug test result(s) Preferred Qualifications: B.S./B.A. in English, B.S./B.A. in Technical Communication, or equivalent work experience Experience with visual design and layout Experience with technical drawing software (e.g., MS Visio or Illustrator) An Award Winning Company Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets. SEL earned a spot on the 2012 FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal?s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine?s 500|5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA). In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evens Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification for outstanding safety and health programs. Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards. Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to 3000 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions. Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide. Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company?s growth. In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value. Employee Testimonial Video: SEL employees describe the opportunity and rewards of a career working at a 100% employee owned company! http://www.youtube.com/selincvideo#p/c/9/sMyhbe7Hklo Benefits: SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment. To Apply For This Position: We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/applynow . If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.