Technical Writer - Contract (1099)
About The Position
Timesavers is seeking a technical writer to create professional and highly-detailed user-facing technical documentation for their catalogue of industrial finishing solutions. This technical writer will work alongside technicians, mechanics, assemblers, and other hands-on SMEs to document a variety of technical information. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with — and passion for — complex machinery, in addition to technical writing expertise. They can quickly and accurately capture verbal information from SMEs, then transform that information into clear, concise, highly-reusable content such as operation instructions, maintenance procedures, technical descriptions, specifications, and warnings. They work best independently, and they can effectively prioritize their time to accomplish pre-defined goals with light supervision.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of experience in technical writing, communications, engineering, manufacturing, or another relevant field.
- 1+ years of experience with Paligo or a similar structured authoring tool such as MadCap Flare, Adobe RoboHelp, structured FrameMaker, etc.
- A portfolio of previous technical writing work.
- Extensive and demonstrable experience, proficiency, and/or passion for understanding, working with, and learning about complex machinery.
Responsibilities
- Interview SMEs firsthand to capture technical knowledge about complex machinery.
- Write, edit, and review user-facing technical documentation such as operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting instructions.
- Work with SMEs to identify valuable user-facing information worth capturing.
- Create single-source, topic-based, highly-reusable content using the web-based CCMS Paligo.
- Use conditional content filters to create flexible, adaptable content for use across dozens of publications.
- Capture clear instructional photos to accompany the content you create.
- Perform other documentation-related tasks as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
