Technical Writer
CadMakers, Canada
Job Description
Who are we?
Founded in 2014, CadMakers is an industry-leading construction and manufacturing technology company headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia. We are a team of highly motivated innovators delivering Digital Construction Twin and Digital Fabrication Twin solutions (mix of products and services) to our global customers. We exist to provide simple solutions to the construction industry's most complex, yet common problems. Our products (cmBuilder.io and cmExe.io) and services are making an impact in the marketplace and we need your help to take us to the next level!
Our values: We are Innovative, we are Hard-working, we are Humble, we are Customer-Focused, we value Performance and we are a TEAM.
What is the role?
The CadMakers technical services and cmBuilder.io product teams are looking for a Technical Writer to support the production of presentations, proposals, training materials, and other documents for consumption both internally and externally. This role is an opportunity to make a significant impact in an organization by implementing best practices, templates, and workflows that will be relied on by a team of over 130 people. This will be a challenging role in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you'll work both independently and as part of a team to execute tasks under tight deadlines. For the successful candidate, this challenging role in a growth-stage company can lead to many opportunities to gain experience and grow into roles with ever-increasing responsibility.
Role responsibilities
- Produce high-quality presentation materials
- Review and Edit:
- Proposals
- Training Documents
- Technical Documents
- Case Studies
- Web Pages (webflow)
- Announcements
- Create templates and design standards for all document types (Word, PowerPoint, Lucidchart)
- Document control
- Edit and caption training or marketing videos
- Work with engineers to improve their written communication skills
Requirements
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced MSOffice suite skills
- Experience creating professional presentations
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Experience proofreading
- Ability to manage priorities from multiple stakeholders under tight deadlines
- Legally entitled to work full-time in Canada
Nice-to-Haves
- Graphic design skills ie. photoshop
- Knowledge of video editing software (Camtasia, Davinci)
- Knowledge of construction industry practices and terminology
- Experience writing technical documentation
- Experience reviewing legal documents (contracts, NDAs)
Education
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a Communication, Business or Technology related field
Why Work with Us?
Here are a few reasons why we think working here is a good idea:
- Career Growth Start making an impact right away within a growth-stage company with strong upward potential. Your skills will directly impact the trajectory of this company, allowing you to grow your career in a fast-paced, exciting work environment.
- Creative and Innovative Environment Challenge the status quo! We want you to bring your ideas for automation and optimization of everything. We regularly trade ideas, learn and create new Ramp;D projects to #getbettereveryday.
- Ownership of Projects We want great people that want to take ownership of projects, make decisions and deliver great work to our clients.
- Fun Environment Work hard and play hard. We are in business to build a great company, collaborate with amazing customers and have fun.