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Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with curious, creative 3Mers.

“3M is making incredible impact in communities around the globe. As the leader of 3M’s global community engagement, I am incredibly proud to say that you will be working alongside 3Mers, community partners and customers who are extremely committed to making positive and equitable change.” – Michael Stroik, vice president of community relations

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Technical Author for Service and Repair Organization in Personal Safety Division, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.

Here, you will make an impact by:

• Creating new and amending existing service manuals for Scott, Peltor and Fall Protection ranges for EMEA region, covering repair, replacement and preventative maintenance of all major assemblies and components. Primary using Adobe InDesign to create structured, modular manuals.

• Creating and amending technical illustrations detailing maintenance operations using software such as ArborText ISODraw, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop; as well as bulletins and similar documents related to servicing. These could be forms, clarifications, videos or animations.

• Maintaining revision control of service manual amendments through sign-off sheets and through the PLM system

• Upload new and replace existing service manuals for end-user access through the Partner Portal system.

• Providing documentation and illustration support to the rest of the Service and Repair and Training as and when required.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Experience writing for a technical audience or end users

• Strong engineering background and knowledge of document publishing software packages, fluency with IsoDraw and InDesign for desk top publishing.

• Ability to accept training and feedback and incorporate what you learn.

• Strong listening and communication skills

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/Apprenticeship degree or higher from an accredited institution

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include

• Project management and Prioritization

Country Specifics:

• Role location: Skelmersdale, UK or Varnamo, Sweden

• Work Your Way/Hybrid with onsite onboarding

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Resources for You

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. (https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/stay-connected/insights-for-candidates/) If you have further questions please reach out to Max (our AI Virtual Assistant) via our Career Page.

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