Technical Writer
Location: Baltimore
Hours: Personnel shall work an eight-hour day (normal
business hours, but actual work hours to be changed), Monday through Friday
Candidate may be required to work past this time, on evenings,
overnight, weekends, or Holidays as the work dictates.
Salary: 35 to 45$/hour
Minimum Requirements
Education: BS
Individuals proposed as Technical Writer
shall:
·
Demonstrate at
least four (4) years of experience with collecting and organizing information
for preparation of user manuals, training materials, installation guides,
proposals, and reports. Edits functional descriptions, system specifications,
user manuals, special reports, or any other customer deliverables and
documents.
·
Demonstrate the
ability to work independently or under only general direction.
·
Six (6) years of
technical writing experience in technical environments, developing technical
documentation such as design documents, specifications, training materials, and
production support documents.
Duties and
Responsibilities of the Technical Writer Candidate
The Technical Writer shall:
A)
Organize material and complete writing
assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness,
style, and terminology.
B)
Maintain records
and files of work and revisions.
C)
Edit,
standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or
establishment personnel.
D)
Confer with SME,
stakeholders, project team members to establish technical specifications and to
determine subject material to be developed for publication.
E)
Responsible for
the review of project documentation prior to publication
F)
Select drawings,
sketches, diagrams, charts, and screenshots to illustrate material.
G)
Study drawings,
specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrate and delineate technology,
operating procedure, and production sequence and detail.
H)
Interview
production and engineering personnel and read journals and other material to
become familiar with product technologies and production methods.
I)
Observe
production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine standard
operating procedure and detail.
A)
Arrange for
typing, duplication, and distribution of material.
J)
Analyze
developments in specific field to determine need for revisions in previously
published materials and development of new material.
K)
Observe, receive,
and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources
L)
Develop, design,
or create new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or projects
M)
Collaborate with
the project team to design and define the screens and reports.
N)
Collaborate with
the project team and SME’s to make sure the fields flow in the right sequence, that
the field labels are clear and easily understood, and that any onscreen text or
embedded help text is clear and concise.
O)
P) Creates many
different types of user documentation (how-to guides, quick references, quick
cards,
P)
or cheat sheets, standard operating procedures (SOP),
user manuals, users guides, training guides, white papers, service level
agreements (SLA), and/or data stewardship agreements).
Q)
Q) Collaborate
with internal review of all project documentation.
R)
R) Turn drafts
into smooth, tight writing that eliminates verbosity and results in easier
reading and better understanding.
S)
Edit written
material for clarity, flow, proper English and unobtrusive grammar.
T)
Take hand drawn
illustrations (e.g. workflow diagrams), re-draw them to MS Visio, and embed them
into Microsoft Word documents.
U)
Scan documents,
add meta tags, and store in the correct project
folders.
V)
Conducts research
and ensures the use of proper technical terminology.
W)
Translates
technical information into clear, readable documents to be used by technical
and nontechnical personnel.
X)
For applications
built to run in a Windows environment, uses the standard help compiler to
prepare all on-line documentation.
Y)
Assists in
performing financial and administrative functions.
Z)
Other duties as
assigned by the project manager.
