Job Details

Technical Writer 2

Location: Remote: must be local to southern California and willing to pick up equipment from Tech Bar

Duration: 18 Months (Possibility of extension)

Responsibilities:

• Design, draft, and maintain the following documentation:
• Process Maps
• Business Process Procedures
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Job Aids
• Performance Support Notebooks
• Manual updates (e.g., Rubber Glove, Grounding, Rigging, Transmission Grounding Manuals)
• Videos

Ensure all documentation is:

• Field/business-ready, practical, and accessible for personnel
• Consistent with current standards, policies, and safety requirements Structured according to approved WMI governance and SOP procedures

Schedule and facilitate working sessions with:

• Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Reviewers
• Advisors
• Gather technical input, operational insights, and field practices, capturing consensus and translating decisions into clear documentation.

Conduct research and analysis to:

• Locate and integrate policy, materials, presentations, vendor information, and SME input into standardized work method documentation templates
• Validate the accuracy and completeness of deliverables before seeking approval

Collaborate closely with:

• WMI JEM Advisors and Project Leads
• Stakeholders and SMEs
• Continuous Improvement Project Managers
• Provide status updates and support project timelines. Uphold governance, review, and approval workflows as outlined in WMI procedures.
• Perform on-site visits and job walks as necessary to understand actual work practices.
• Conduct basic image editing to enhance documentation and coordinate with media vendors to script and develop media content.

Maintain existing documentation in response to:

• New or updated processes/procedures
• Changes in standards Pilot projects
• Corrective actions Safety workstreams (including new tools, equipment, or work method processes)

Required Skills/Attributes:

• Proven experience producing technical, procedural and or process documentation.
• Ability to translate complex technical input into plain, field usable language.
• Strong facilitation skills for SME working sessions.
• Experience working in: Utilities, energy, construction, manufacturing, or industrial environments (strongly preferred).
• Strong organizational, writing, and version control discipline.
• Comfort working collaboratively across organizational units.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photo Editing Software, SharePoint, OneDrive, Acrobat, Outlook, TEAMs, Visio, and Co-Pilot.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, or other technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience:

• 5–8+ years of technical writing experience or 3–5+ years of technical writing experience plus strong utility / industrial / field operations exposure.