Senior Technical Writer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

TDI Technologies, Inc. (TDI) has an immediate opening for a full-time Sr. Technical Writer in San Diego, California. Qualified candidate must have proven technical writing skills and experience writing technical manuals according to MIL-SPEC.

The position will also require project management knowledge and experience specializing in developing, publishing and maintaining professional, concise manuals such as user guides, operation manuals, maintenance manuals, logistics’ support manuals, configuration management plans / manuals, and training manuals.

Qualified candidate will be highly skilled in all Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as a strong knowledge of Windows 7 and Windows 10 and other associated desktop publishing software or similar software expertise.

Candidate will be tasked with day-to-day support providing customer and technical support, planning and optimization for the department, as well as responsible for developing and maintaining a strong relationship with management.

Duties :

• Prepares technical documentation by generating technical content and converting technical descriptions into user-understandable language.
• Review the documentation content for accuracy, consistency, and grammar. Provide suggested changes and confer with the author to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepares layout by writing, editing, keying, and copying text; creating and importing graphics; converting, scanning, and enhancing photographs, images, and art into digital images;

completing color separations.

• Formats the documents IAW the projects Styleguide.
• Convert approved Word documents and Excel Spreadsheets to PDFs.
• Manages resource of draft and final released technical documentation by filing and organizing publications and files on the project share drive.
• Store approved PDFs on the share drive.
• Archive previously released version of documents on the share drive.
• Provide the documents master copy to the System Administrator for filing on the Control Drive.
• Track and manage the documentation peer-review process from inception to release.
• Notify reviewers of overdue documents and coordinate obtaining a timely review.
• Notify the team by email when a document has been released.
• Interfaces with customers by attending weekly Program Manager meetings.
• Prepare and provide the status report for the PM meeting.
• Completes projects by coordinating with Engineering, Fielded Systems Support and Site Coordinators.

Requirements :

Required Qualifications :

• Minimum of 5 Years of experience in writing user guides, operation manuals, maintenance manuals, logistics support manuals, configuration management plans / manuals, and training manuals according to MIL-SPEC.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Office, including creating templates and formatting in Microsoft Word and Power Point, and hyperlinks in Microsoft Excel.
• Active Secret clearance.

Additional Qualifications :

• Attention to Detail, Quality Focused, and Organized
• Deadline-Oriented
• Ability to work individually with minimum supervision
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Experience with Visio a plus.

Travel : Travel outside the region may be up to 10%

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy : TDI Technologies, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layout, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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