Job Description

Elevate your career with this unique opportunity for international exposure! If selected, you'll travel to China for a comprehensive, two-week training program--gaining valuable insights and hands-on experience. We're seeking someone available to start by November 25, 2024.The Localization Engineer - Lead is the senior engineering role in the production team.

The holder of this role must possess technical expertise and a strong level of localization business knowledge.

For a defined set of clients, this individual will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of a localization production program that is based on Welocalize's hybrid model and utilizes 4 pillars approach, namely customer service, quality, innovation and global teamwork.

Program Design-

• Carry out production analysis on new lines of business for new or existing clients
• Attend early sales and project planning meetings with client representatives, Welocalize business and project management owners
• Determine if the content to be localized can be fitted into an existing hybrid production program
• Determine against agreed criteria if the content to be localized is suitable for hybrid delivery
• Craft a production program overview for the new line of business in conjunction with business owners
• Efficiently organize the maintenance, update and development of the software applications (translation environment tools, and translation project management tools) that will enable our client to materialize this vision.

Program Implementation-

• Define a detailed set of localization production steps in conjunction with the Welocalize hybrid model
• Inform offshore production and resource planners that a new production requirement is being prepared
• Where training content for any localization production step does not exist, create that training content
• Deliver localization production training to offshore and partner production teams
• Evolve a best practice approach to the creation, maintenance and delivery / distribution of localization production training
• Communicate technical knowledge and resolutions to translators, technical partners, and other members of the project team
• Manage Translation Memory setup and use localization tools standards for each client
• Troubleshoot -- Solution of problems that arise in engineering process and compile and improve localized product until it meets quality standards.

Program Support-

• Commit to measurable cost savings brought about by efficiencies introduced by you
• Act as mentor and support to offshore production and strategic partner teams
• Craft a quality assurance element for each production program that will measure the quality of deliverables from offshore and partner teams
• Build a method of capturing and reporting quality metrics to the management team
• Measure and report pre-defined cost and savings metrics for the production team
• Develop expertise in agreed program and training development and distribution tools
• Be the escalation point for offshore and partner teams
• Provide the business with informed evaluation data for new localization tools and methodologies
• Develop, drive and manage engineering forums to share information, process, tools, etc.
• Support Project Managers / Functional Managers through projects, initiatives, load balancing, etc.
• Represent Welocalize within industry forums and conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED SKILLS-

• 6+ years of internalization engineering experience, 3 of which will have been spent in an Engineering Lead role
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent presentation and client-facing skills
• Experienced report writer
• Ability to develop and deliver training material
• Takes business ownership of solution
• Good understanding of project budgeting and costing.

Education and Experience Requirements-

• College degree in related area and/or related experience in technology language or software internalization/localization.
• Must have demonstrated mastery in at least three of the following:
• .Net
• Java/Javascript
• Perl
• Visual C++
• Flash
• VBA
• XML/HTML/CSS
• DITA or similar single-source authoring environment
• Robohelp, Flare, or similar HAT
• Trados
• Passolo
• WorldServer
• SDL TMS
• GlobalSight
• Wordfast Pro/TranStudio
• OmegaT
• Rainbow/Okapi tools
• Version control systems (SVN, GitHub, similar).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements-

• Strong interpersonal skills: teamwork, able to learn new skills quickly, excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A good understanding of the overall software internalization business (outside of engineering) and business strategy
• Strong technical aptitude
• Solid experience managing external partners to scope, schedule, and budget constraints
• Good organization, prioritization and time management skills
• Understanding of programming/scripting languages and concepts
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to delegate work
• Team player
• Excellent interpersonal skills in a culturally diverse environment
• Ability to clearly communicate detailed information both verbally and in a well written document
• Strong quality focus
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot development and build environments
• Understanding of character set encodings and conversion of encodings
• Ability to work independently as well as be an effective team member
• Analytical problem solving skills
• Solid experience of eLearning multimedia tools such as Flash, Adobe CC, Captivate, Storyline, Lectora.
• Flexibility and ability to learn new technology.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ?1,000,000.00 - ?1,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund

Schedule:

• Day shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• total work: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 25/11/2024
Expected Start Date: 25/11/2024