Technical Writer III

Red Peak Technical Services, LLC a subsidiary of Alutiiq, LLC has a remote opportunity in North Carolina for a Technical Writer III. This position will support the F5 Adversary FST technical publication sustainment and Block Upgrade (Phase 2) using FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Acrobat suite.

• Responsible to work as an integral part of an existing technical publication team to produce technical manual changes, modified revisions, revisions, conversions, and/or new manual development using FrameMaker software.
• Changes, revisions, or new development shall be in the same style and forward as the original manuals unless otherwise identified by the customer.
• In support of the technical publication updates, perform minor edits/revisions, redraw existing illustrations/figures or create new illustrations/figures as needed derived from source data provided by the customer.
• Will serve as the technical lead of the F5 contractor team and will manage the personnel, workload, and tasks. They will develop and update the POA&M for the task order period of performance and work closely with the government TOCOR to develop consistency and training on the FrameMaker technical publication updates.
• Develops, writes, edits material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related technical and administrative publications concerned with work methods and procedures, and installation, operation, and maintenance of machinery and other equipment, receives assignment from supervisor, observes production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine operating procedure and detail.
• The writer interviews production and engineering personnel and reads journals, reports, and other material to become familiar with product technologies and production methods, and reviews manufacturer's and trade catalogs, drawings and other data relative to operation, maintenance, and service of equipment.
• Responsible to study blueprints, sketches, drawings, parts list, specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrate and delineate technology, operating procedure, and production sequence and detail, organizes material and completes writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology; and reviews published materials and recommends revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.
• May perform the following tasks:
• Maintain records and files of work and revisions, select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.
• Assist in laying out material for publication, arrange for typing, duplication and distribution of material, write speeches, articles, and public or employee relations releases, edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or plant personnel.
• The Writer may specialize in writing material regarding work methods and procedures.

Payrate: $43.80 Hourly