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Master the Brand Narrative: Become Our Next Knowledge Management Copy Editor!
Ready to shape the enterprise voice of a global technology leader? Trimble is seeking a sharp, detail-oriented Knowledge Management Copy Editor to champion content excellence across our growing Knowledge Base platform! You will serve as the ultimate guardian of brand standards, elevate writer performance through interactive coaching, and directly enhance the experience for thousands of internal employees and external customers across the architecture, engineering, and construction ecosystem.
About Us AECO: Trimble is empowering stakeholders through planning, design, construction and the entire asset lifecycle. The company's innovative and connected ecosystem of solutions improves coordination and collaboration between teams, phases and processes. Automating work and transforming workflows, Trimble is enabling teams to deliver with confidence at every turn. For more information, visit: construction.trimble.com.
What Makes This Role Great:
In this role, you will serve as the final enterprise authority for all published knowledge base articles, directly shaping how internal teams and external customers experience our brand. You will not only copyedit high-impact technical content, but you will also author the enterprise style guide, host interactive quarterly coaching workshops, and build the authoring playbook that sets the quality benchmark across the entire organization.
Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Serve as the final authority on enterprise grammar, writing style, and template compliance before content is published to production.
• Build, maintain, and evolve the enterprise Authoring Playbook and KM Style Guide to align content writers with unified brand standards.
• Conduct interactive quarterly content workshops and manage writer quality scorecards to mentor, coach, and elevate writing performance.
• Partner with KM Managers to drive tool uniformity, establish best-in-class methodologies, and build cross-functional relationships across global teams.
• Perform peer reviews and provide constructive feedback to content writers, actively identifying opportunities for editorial growth and quality improvements.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• At least 3 years of professional experience in copyediting, technical writing, or knowledge management content creation.
• Proven expertise in creating, maintaining, and enforcing corporate style guides and enterprise documentation standards.
• Strong track record of providing actionable feedback, coaching writers, and facilitating quality-focused workshops.
• Exceptional command of grammar, structural editing, and consistent template application.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience managing quality scorecards or performance metrics within a Knowledge Management platform.
• Hands-on experience developing authoring playbooks or cross-functional content governance frameworks.
• Background in editing both technical content and customer-facing support documentation.

Logistics:
Location: Westminster, CO or Atlanta, GA (Hybrid: 4 days in-office, 1 day remote)
Travel Requirement: Less than 10%
Why You'll Love Working With Us: At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

• You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
• Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
• Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

Copy Editor, Knowledge Management, Technical Editor, Content Quality Assurance, Style Guide, Proofreader, Content Governance, Information Architecture, Enterprise Content, Editorial Specialist
Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
Hiring Range
$78,400.00-$107,900.00
Pay Rate Type
Salary
Bonus Eligible?
Yes
Commission Eligible?
No
Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.
How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button located in this posting.
Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values-Belong, Innovate, and Grow-we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under "Corporate Governance."
Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.
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