Daniel Wieten
Grapevine,Texas
Summary
Technical Writer specializing in industrial equipment documentation with nearly 10 years of experience creating customer documentation for configurable industrial equipment and integrated material handling systems. Skilled at researching complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and translating engineering information into clear, accurate customer manuals. Experienced managing the complete documentation lifecycle, from researching project-specific engineering information and collaborating with subject matter experts to creating technical illustrations and delivering polished documentation for publication.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Writer
National Bulk Equipment
Holland, MI
11.2016 - Current
- Manage the complete documentation lifecycle for customer equipment manuals, independently researching machine-specific information, developing technical content, creating illustrations, revising and proofreading documentation, and delivering completed manuals for management review and publication.
- Develop comprehensive customer manuals containing installation, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and safety sections for configurable industrial bulk material handling equipment.
- Research machine-specific configurations using internal project tracking systems, purchase orders, order acknowledgements, build reports, and engineering documentation to ensure manuals accurately reflect the equipment delivered to customers.
- Produce customer documentation for bulk bag dischargers, bulk bag fillers, screw conveyors, surge bins, bag break stations, hoppers, industrial mixers, and integrated material handling systems.
- Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers to verify technical content and document complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
- Interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams, hydraulic schematics, and CAD files using DWG TrueView.
- Create technical illustrations and equipment screenshots from SolidWorks models for inclusion in customer manuals.
- Review and proofread technical manuals for clarity, consistency, technical accuracy, grammar, and adherence to company documentation standards.
- Independently learned the company's industrial mixer product line to help eliminate a months-long documentation backlog.
- Identified inconsistencies between standard and custom mixer configurations, contributing to recurring cross-functional meetings that improved communication between technical documentation, engineering, and project management.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Writing
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI12-2015
Skills
Technical Documentation
- Technical Documentation
- Customer Equipment Manuals
- Technical Editing
- Proofreading
- Technical Research
Engineering Documentation
- Mechanical Systems
- Electrical Controls
- Pneumatic Systems
- Hydraulic Systems
- Technical Drawing Interpretation
- Engineering Information Analysis
Documentation Process
- Documentation Lifecycle Management
- Subject Matter Expert Collaboration
- Technical Illustration
- Project Documentation Research
- Document Quality Assurance
Software
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- SolidWorks
- DWG TrueView
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
- Corel PaintShop Pro
Timeline
Technical Writer
National Bulk Equipment
11.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Writing
Grand Valley State University