We are offering a long term contract employment opportunity for a Technical Writer I in Batesville, Indiana. This role involves creating, developing, writing, and editing operational and instructional documents to support the end-users of company products. The position will necessitate collaboration across different teams and the management of multiple projects simultaneously.
Responsibilities:
• Creating and developing operational and instructional documents to support end-users of company products.
• Ensuring that all documents conform to existing department style guidelines, quality assurance, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to plan, research, develop, and prepare publication plans for each assigned project.
• Managing the development and production of documents within budget and schedule.
• Conducting interviews with technical staff and other functional groups to gather information for projects.
• Providing rough drafts, sketches, and other appropriate inputs required for illustrators to create illustrations and artwork for final documents.
• Revising existing documents to support product changes.
• Learning unfamiliar technical communication tools quickly and documenting complex technologies.
• Working with the Tech Comm team to obtain translation and delivery schedule estimates and sharing them with project teams.
• Prioritizing work appropriately to satisfy multiple project teams and seeking assistance from colleagues to resolve conflicting project demands.
Responsibilities:
• Creating and developing operational and instructional documents to support end-users of company products.
• Ensuring that all documents conform to existing department style guidelines, quality assurance, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to plan, research, develop, and prepare publication plans for each assigned project.
• Managing the development and production of documents within budget and schedule.
• Conducting interviews with technical staff and other functional groups to gather information for projects.
• Providing rough drafts, sketches, and other appropriate inputs required for illustrators to create illustrations and artwork for final documents.
• Revising existing documents to support product changes.
• Learning unfamiliar technical communication tools quickly and documenting complex technologies.
• Working with the Tech Comm team to obtain translation and delivery schedule estimates and sharing them with project teams.
• Prioritizing work appropriately to satisfy multiple project teams and seeking assistance from colleagues to resolve conflicting project demands.
Required Skills, Education & Experience
Education:
- Associate degree in Technical Communication/Professional Writing or a related field preferred, or equivalent experience in technical writing.
Experience:
- 2+ years of experience as an effective technical writer.
- Proven writing and editing skills with excellent attention to detail.
Core Competencies:
- Strong mechanical aptitude.
- Ability to refine written content to be clear, concise, and user-friendly.
- Proven ability to work under deadlines while effectively managing time on multiple projects.
- Familiarity with common desktop publishing tools such as Adobe FrameMaker, InDesign, and Oxygen XML.
- Basic understanding of technical documentation practices, techniques, and standards.
- Some experience with interpreting engineering drawings and communicating visually.
- Capable of learning and operating within FDA and other regulatory requirements.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills to collaborate across teams.