TRC is Hiring a Technical Writer (Vegetation Management) Near San Ramon, CA

TRC is a global consulting firm providing environmentally advanced and technology-powered solutions for the natural gas, oil, infrastructure, power, real-estate, and environmental industries. TRC has over 7,000 employees in over 150 offices globally, including the United States, Canada, China, and the UK. We have an immediate opening for an experienced Technical Writer. The technical writer will report to Deputy Program Director and will have a great understanding of the standard operating procedure, proposal, and or scope of work. They must have a proven background working as a technical writer and or have similar experience working with documentation. This individual will write and edit technical documentation, user manuals and training literature. Apply specific functional, working, and general industry knowledge.

Description:

• Build a technical writing document defining best practices, standard operating procedures, and tools for documentation.
• Author documentation for the product and program processes.
• Consulting with Subject Matter Experts to ensure technical accuracy and overall quality of written materials.
• Engage daily with your distributed, remote cross functional team working on various parts of program.
• Ability to deliver high-quality documentation summarizing complex technical concepts in an easily understandable format.
• Ability to support documentation, including standard operating procedures, system design documents, service contract documents and interface control documents.
• Coordinate with the client for the development of a Quality Management Plan inclusive of a quality manual, quality procedures, and any necessary forms to support quality records.
• Creating and updating various project's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Conducting research and analyses relating to existing or required policies and procedures.
• Drafting content for Statements of Work (SOW).
• Creating and uploading documentation to SharePoint site weekly and produces reports.

Compensation:

• This role is estimated to pay $25 - $35/hr.depending on experience and qualifications.

Education
Bachelor's Degree preferred or relevant experience.

Professional Experience
Skills - Technical:

• Professional technical writing experience working within the software development and/or professional services environment is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and an eye for detail are required.
• Proven ability to learn, intuitively understand and explain complex technical subjects in a short amount of time.
• Experience identifying and implementing a documentation strategy is required.
• Previous experience writing technical API documentation, operating procedures, user manuals for various audiences.
• A minimum level of 1 years of experience in technical writing, preferably for infrastructure planning and/or engineering projects.
• Experience in organizing technical information to document standards, rules, SOPs, and handbooks.
• Background in quality management and quality documentation.
• Experience working with Controlled Documentation.
• Ability to extract information from key stakeholders, and to communicate the information in written form.
• Strong skills in MS Word and experience with SharePoint Library Management.
• Strong verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Experience working under tight deadlines.

Physical, Environmental, and Mental Requirements
The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Employee is expected to use good judgment when lifting or moving office supplies and/or furniture and to seek assistance or wear back support appliances when appropriate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus in use of computer monitor and other manual, task-related functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, use hands and fingers, to handle, or feel objects, tools, controls. Reach with hands and arms, hear and talk. The employee is required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch.

Department/Location Specific Requirements and Comments

Any other task that may be required during the performance of duties. Ability to travel as dictated by job requirements. This job will require the majority of work to be performed in a well-lighted, temperature-controlled office setting. Most activities require work to be performed at field locations, governmental agencies, corporate entities, and client offices. There are frequent interruptions during the workday for impromptu meetings.

TRC is an equal opportunity employer: disability/veteran. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

TRC offers advancement potential and a competitive compensation and benefits package including a 401k plan with a company match. For more information, please visit our website at: https://www.trccompanies.com/