Finish & Paint Documentation Specialist

Responsibilities

• Create and update documentation for the shop floor (workers, quality, and process teams) within Finish & Paint operations, ensuring updated documentation is always available.
• Adhere to the described documentation principles.
• Gather feedback from shop floors and the Finish & Paint team on the function/quality of the documentation delivered.
• Create systems and structures ensuring documentation contains agreed information (e.g. control points, tolerances, out-of-spec actions, PEE, and similar).
• Perform internal quality and maturity checks of documentation against documented criteria.
• Keep stakeholders up to date on documentation lead time.
• Create a process roadmap for improvements.
• Develop training material for reading/using the documentation package.
• Collaborate closely with documentation specialists from other teams and share lessons learned.
• Investigate and solve production issues using structured methods such as 5x Whys and Fishbone diagrams.
• Apply continuous improvement principles using quality tools like Lean and Kaizen to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and ensure final product quality.
• Be part of building a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or similar.
• Green Belt Six Sigma or similar; courses in technical writing or communication.
• About 10 years of experience in similar roles.
• Ability to create process flows, establish and maintain paper or digital work instructions, and validate own work.
• Knowledge of control plans; experience working in a data-driven organization.
• Experience supporting optimization and standardization within manufacturing documentation.
• Good writing and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and translate technical jargon into user-friendly language.
• Technical knowledge of machinery, production processes, or software systems.
• Strong attention to detail; data-driven decision making (5 Whys, Fishbone, FMEA, Kaizen).
• Willing to spend time in the factory environment; self-motivated, result-oriented, and organizationally disciplined.
• Customer-oriented, able to build networks across cultures and time zones.

Benefits

• An exciting job in a flat, multicultural, and international department focused on world-class results.

Skills