Baker Perkins, a Technology Brand of Coperion – owned by Hillenbrand, is a globally trusted technology provider for the food industry . Operating from the UK and USA, we offer comprehensive solutions, from process expertise, engineering excellence to lifetime support for leading brands worldwide. Our continuous innovation in equipment and processes , whilst utilising the latest technology, ensures we provide our customers with highly efficient and cost-effective solutions.
As a Technical Author, you will create all our documentation to support Baker Perkins products, services, and systems. You will also help updating and improving our tools and internal processes.
The main duties
- Create and Maintain Documentation: Write, edit, and maintain user manuals, technical guides, release notes, help files and knowledge based articles for external users.
- Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including design engineers, product leaders, support teams to gather information and ensure technical accuracy.
- Update and optimize our documentation
- Propose new tools or ways to communicate and help our users to know more about our equipment: videos, detailed plans…
- Ensure Consistency and Clarity: Follow company-specific style guides and best practices to ensure documentation is consistent, clear, and easy to understand.
- Document Complex Equipment: Break down complex technical concepts into easily understandable language, including diagrams, flowcharts, and other visual aids to support the documentation.
- Ensure Accuracy and Quality: Conduct thorough proofreading and review to ensure error-free, grammatically correct documentation that meets the highest standards .
- Conduct Research: Research product features, new tools, and emerging technologies to ensure up-to-date content. Collaborate with product teams to stay current with product updates and new releases.
Candidate profile
- A degree or an experience in Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering
- A real interest for the industrial equipment and the pleasure of learning
- a clear and concise writing style - a flair for turning technical subjects and jargon into easily understood text
- IT skills – knowledge of FrameMaker and/or InDesign would be appreciated
- the ability to deliver to deadline- a well-organised approach, to juggle different projects
- team-working skills
- Autonomy, creative mind and a sense of innovation, to propose new solutions in this area
We are also open to a young professional, able to show his/her motivation, an industrial vision and a certain sense of initiative.
Who we are
Coperion is an industry leader in compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, bulk material handling and service, bringing a wealth of know-how and experience to the market. Customers benefit from Coperion’s divisions of Polymer, Equipment & Systems, and Service that are optimally networked on a global basis to offer ultimate support in the design, manufacturing and implementation of ideal systems. Staffed by engineers, chemists, technicians and a variety of industry experts, these Divisions form a powerhouse of process solutions for their customers. Coperion is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand.
Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.
EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@hillenbrand.com . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".
