Job Title: Technical Writer
Location: Radford, VA
Pay rate: $37/hour
Duration: 06 Months
Position Summary
Identify, gather, discuss, and develop all relevant and necessary content for project documentation by coordinating with engineers, project managers, subcontractors, and other subject-matter-experts • Generate project documentation using MS Word and Adobe Acrobat for word processing and document publication • Report and track your progress to project management on progress/completion of deliverables • Manage a schedule both of prioritizing your focus on different tasks and of project task progress/completion • Manage job scope in identifying and pursuing the expanding catalog of deliverables for the project
Skills Required
Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat • Excellent communication and note-taking skills for gathering and translating information from technical knowledge sources and resources • An enthusiasm to learn varying degrees of technical knowledge in the fields of chemical, civil, computer, control, electrical, and mechanical engineering (and possibly others) in a chemical manufacturing environment • A firm grasp of English grammar syntax and how to use it for simplifying, clarifying, and condensing technical information into procedures, instructions, guides, and other end user documentation • Schedule management of both your own work and of task progress/completion • Scope management in identifying and pursuing an expanding catalog of project deliverables
Skills Preferred:
Proficiency in MS Visio and MS Project • Experience working with a technical and/or project team • Experience writing technical documents such as procedures, instructions, or guides • Familiarity with any of the following: OSHA requirements, ANSI/ISA standards, EPA regulations, United Facilities Criteria, US Commerce Department Export Control, Siemens PCS7 software, IBM MAXIMO software
Experience Required:
Experience in assembling and coordinating technical final reporting documents
Experience Preferred:
Experience in industrial procedure development • Experience in developing end user guides
Education Required:
