Team Lead – Technical Documentation

Position Summary: The Team Lead – Technical Documentation is responsible for leading a team of technical writers and documentation specialists in the creation, maintenance, and delivery of high-quality customer and engineering documentation. The role ensures adherence to documentation standards, project schedules, quality requirements, and continuous process improvements while collaborating with global engineering and project teams. Work You’ll Do: Lead and mentor a team of technical writers and documentation specialists. Plan, assign, and monitor documentation activities to ensure on-time delivery of project documentation. Review and approve technical documents for accuracy, consistency, quality, and compliance with company standards. Coordinate with engineering, project management, manufacturing, service, and product experts to gather and validate technical information. Drive continuous improvement initiatives in documentation processes, templates, tools, and workflows. Support resource planning, workload balancing, and project prioritization. Track team performance, quality metrics, and project status, and provide regular updates to management. Support training, onboarding, and professional development of team members. Participate in documentation tool evaluations, content management initiatives, and digital transformation projects. Ensure compliance with documentation standards, customer requirements, and internal quality processes. Team: Technical Documentation Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Technical Communication, or a related discipline. 6–10 years of experience in technical documentation Minimum 2 years of experience leading or mentoring a team. Preferred Qualifications: Strong understanding of technical documentation principles and structured authoring concepts. Experience creating operation manuals, maintenance manuals, spare parts catalogs, installation guides, and customer documentation. Knowledge of XML/DITA-based authoring environments and Content Management Systems (CMS/CCMS). Experience with documentation tools such as TIM, Paligo, ST4, MadCap Flare, Adobe Experience Manager Guides, or similar platforms. Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to review technical content for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with documentation standards. Experience working with global engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders. Knowledge of AI-assisted documentation, content reuse, and digital documentation solutions is an added advantage. Exposure to process improvement initiatives and documentation quality management. Who we are:  Mold-Masters (www.moldmasters.com) is a leading global supplier of hot runners, controllers, auxiliary injection and co-injection systems.