Technical Writer
Job Description
Technical writers must understand grammatical conventions and write in a clear and fluent manner. Technical writers should be highly self-motivated and autonomous workers. Technical writers must be excellent researchers so they can accurately explain their topic to the reader. This will require the ability to learn new technologies, read drawings, and write technical information in clear and concise language.
Core Responsibilities and Tasks
- Write installation, operation, and maintenance manuals
- Maintain company style and brand standards within the document
- Review documents for errors in spelling, punctuation, formatting, accuracy, etc.
- Communicate with project team members
- Upload and edit documents using relevant computer programs
- Assist in meeting project/customer requirements
- Customer satisfaction
Formal Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field—engineering, technical writing, communications, etc.
Required:
- Candid and timely communication
- Strong writing skills
- Ability to learn quickly and frequently
- Proficient in Microsoft Office—Word, Outlook, Teams
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Problem-solving skills
- Professional communication skills—emails, phone calls, IMs
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to type quickly and accurately
- Ability to regularly learn and adapt to new technologies
- Ability to read engineering drawings
- Ability to create and edit PDFs
- Experience with InDesign
- Experience using SAP
- Experience with Vault Pro
- Previous technical writing experience
- Previous engineering experience
- Previous document design experience
Meet Your Recruiter
Danielle Potschantek
Senior Recruiting Consultant
Danielle joins Corps Team as a Senior Recruiting Consultant with over 20 years of Human Resource and Recruiting experience both on the staffing side and the corporate side. Danielle has experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle and developing efficient procedures to identify high-quality candidates. She has recruited for all levels in the organization and across multiple industries including technology, software, consulting, finance, and medical technologies.
Danielle is passionate about building strong relationships with her clients and matching high-caliber candidates to their open positions. Danielle is a member of SHRM and is a certified trainer in behavioral-based interviewing. She holds a Bachelor's degree from William Paterson University in Elementary Education and a Master’s degree from Fordham University in Human Resources Education.