Job Description
Job Details:
Industry: Healthcare
Location: Barrington, IL
Job Title: Technical Writer
Duration: 3+ Months (Strong possibility of extension)
Overview:
Main job duty will be to draft, edit, and publish technical documents using DITA and Arbortext.
Description:
· The Technical Writer creates software product and service documentation for end users and service engineers.
· Develop and manage all documentations requirements.
· Review, edit and test documentation
· Adhere to technical publications standards
· Track and fix documentation defects
· Assist in the development and implementation of the user documentation strategy
· Crete work breakdown structures, document product plans and documentation staffing/resourcing plans.
· Manage work plans through the entire software development process
· The technical writer may be asked the coordinate the work of other technical writers.
· Coordinate amongst design engineers to gather/edit system requirements and product design statements
· Publish system requirements and product design documents
· Generate, edit, and publish trace matrices.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Experience working with global development sites
· Experience managing software documentation projects and staff
· Experience in an Agile software environment
· Previous supervisory experience, including global and/or virtual team
· Experience in a health-care related field.
· Experience with ALM
Qualifications:
· Bachelor's Degree in English, Technical Writing, Journalism or a similar field or Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years of Technical Writing or Journalism or equivalent (defined as High School Diploma/GED and 4 years progressive experience as Technical Writer or Journalism)
· 5+ years’ experience writing and editing software documentation
· Demonstrated proficiency in the following: Arbortext and DITA - Must have!
· Proven ability to work independently and in teams
· Experience with user interface design and usability testing
· Strong interpersonal, verbal communication, presentation skills and technical communication skills.
· Previous project or team leadership experience; demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
If interested please contact:
Ujjwal Mane
973-805-7557
ujjwal.mane(@)collabera.com