Technical Writer - Environmental Health and Safety - UTK
About The Position
The EHS Technical Writer facilitates the development of new program documents and leads the end-to-end overhaul of the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) program document library (100+ documents). The incumbent will evaluate the current inventory, identify redundancies and gaps, and recommend documents for consolidation or retirement. The incumbent classifies each retained document by type, plan, procedure, or guide, and restructures content to align with standardized formatting, language, and organizational conventions. In partnership with EHS subject matter experts (SMEs) and Instructional Designers, the incumbent translates complex technical content into clear, accurate, and usable documentation that aligns with corresponding training materials with diverse target audiences. The incumbent intentionally crafts tone, language and sentence structure to reinforce a culture of care, wellbeing, collaboration, and partnership across the institution. The incumbent also prepares all content for publishing and public accessibility in compliance with ADA Title II/WCAG 2.1AA requirements.
Requirements
- Ability to evaluate current inventory, identify redundancies and gaps, and recommend documents for consolidation or retirement.
- Ability to classify retained documents by type, plan, procedure, or guide.
- Ability to restructure content to align with standardized formatting, language, and organizational conventions.
- Ability to translate complex technical content into clear, accurate, and usable documentation.
- Ability to align documentation with corresponding training materials for diverse target audiences.
- Ability to craft tone, language, and sentence structure to reinforce a culture of care, wellbeing, collaboration, and partnership.
- Ability to prepare content for publishing and public accessibility in compliance with ADA Title II/WCAG 2.1AA requirements.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the development of new program documents.
- Lead the end-to-end overhaul of the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) program document library (100+ documents).
- Evaluate the current inventory, identify redundancies and gaps, and recommend documents for consolidation or retirement.
- Classify each retained document by type, plan, procedure, or guide.
- Restructure content to align with standardized formatting, language, and organizational conventions.
- Translate complex technical content into clear, accurate, and usable documentation that aligns with corresponding training materials for diverse target audiences.
- Intentionally craft tone, language and sentence structure to reinforce a culture of care, wellbeing, collaboration, and partnership across the institution.
- Prepare all content for publishing and public accessibility in compliance with ADA Title II/WCAG 2.1AA requirements.
Benefits
- Career development and coaching
- Continued education
- Extensive list of development and training possibilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
