Specialist, Technical Writer

About the role

The Technical Writer is responsible for developing accurate, high-quality technical documentation to support projects and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop written content, technical illustrations, and photos as required for projects.
• Obtain technical reviews from content owners and ensure the accuracy of revisions to provide customers with the highest quality technical materials.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop and manage a technical documentation plan for each project outlining deliverables, due dates, and launch requirements.
• Arrange and manage all relationships including quality reviews as required; meet project deliverables within established timelines to ensure accurate delivery of technical publications to the customer.
• Adhere to and apply styles and formats as outlined in the technical writing style guide.
• Participate in continuous improvement of technical writing processes and systems (e.g., content management) to ensure quality, compliance, and reliability of technical publications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Communications, English, or a technical field. Extensive experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 3 years or more experience as a technical writer is required.
• Experience writing for an industrial/manufacturing company is required.
• Strong communication skills, including writing, editing, and proofreading.
• Experience writing operating procedures, technical manuals, and/or product-oriented documentation.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, Adobe suite products, and similar word processing and desktop publishing tools is preferred.
• Knowledge of fonts and typefaces is required.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and organize technical manuals and technical data.
• Experience in content management and/or revision control systems is preferred.
• Experience with print, web-based, and electronic delivery of documents is required.
• Basic project management skills are preferred.
• Database and internet-related communications and file transfer knowledge is preferred.
• Strong computer skills and outstanding organizational ability.
• Excellent verbal and written command of the language.
• A personality that lends itself to leadership within a group and the ability to build and maintain relationships outside the training group.

Schedule

Day shift.

Travel

Yes, 25% of the time.

Location: Midland, Texas.