What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Engineering Writer position at MPW Industrial Services?
Job Description
Job Title: Technical Engineering Writer (Engineering Documentation)
MPW’s engineering organization builds and supports complex industrial systems. This role turns engineering knowledge into clear, accurate documentation used by engineers, fabrication teams, field service, and customers. Your work directly impacts safety, quality, uptime, and customer outcomes.
What you’ll do
Must-have Qualifications
Job Title: Technical Engineering Writer (Engineering Documentation)
- Work model: Onsite with hybrid flexibility (up to 2 remote days/week)
- Location: Hebron, OH
- Travel: Minimal; less than 10 days per year
- Employment type: Full-time
- Compensation: base salary straight overtime benefits
MPW’s engineering organization builds and supports complex industrial systems. This role turns engineering knowledge into clear, accurate documentation used by engineers, fabrication teams, field service, and customers. Your work directly impacts safety, quality, uptime, and customer outcomes.
What you’ll do
- Write and edit technical documentation such as reference manuals, product O&M manuals, and engineering procedures.
- Produce procedural documents (guides, work instructions, commissioning/startup/shutdown steps, troubleshooting).
- Partner with engineers, programmers, and project managers to accurately document equipment, processes, and system behavior.
- Maintain and continuously improve engineering documentation used across the department (revisions, additions, updates).
- Create diagrams, charts, and other visual aids that improve clarity and reduce operator error.
- Gather and incorporate feedback from customers, engineers, manufacturing partners, and field teams to improve document usability.
- Identify documentation gaps and recommend new documents/procedures that improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
Must-have Qualifications
- Strong technical writing, editing, and proofreading capability; exceptional attention to detail.
- Background in mechanical or electrical engineering; ability to interpret drawings (e.g., schematics, wiring diagrams, P&IDs) at a functional level.
- Ability to learn technical systems quickly and translate complex information into clear, usable documentation for different audiences.
- Comfortable interviewing subject-matter experts and validating details.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or equivalent.
- Proficiency with AI based software to supplement writing productivity.
- Minimum Education/experience: Associate Degree in Engineering, Journalism, English, or related field with 1–3 years of technical/engineering writing experience.
- Experience producing documentation for industrial equipment, manufacturing, or field service environments.
- Experience with SharePoint-based document control, versioning, and formal review/approval workflows.
- Experience creating simple technical diagrams (Visio/Lucidchart/Draw.io or similar).
- Learn MPW’s key equipment, terminology, and documentation standards; build relationships with core engineering SMEs.
- Deliver one high-priority documentation improvement (new manual/procedure or a substantial revision) that is adopted by end users.
- Establish a repeatable review loop with engineering and downstream users (shop/field) to reduce rework and ambiguity.