Technical Writer Job at Peyton Resource Group in Houston

Job Summary

Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documentation, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions. An understanding of the solid waste industry and market, including commercial and industrial hazardous materials, is highly desirable. A background in technical business writing is also acceptable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with SMEs to capture current workflows, identify gaps, and define optimized procedures
• Create, update, and standardize process and procedure documents for business operations, including those specific to Oracle HCM.
• Ensure technical verbiage is easy to understand for the layperson.
• Gather information on subjects from libraries and the web.
• Ensure fields flow in the correct sequence.
• Write clear and concise policies and procedures.
• Create tables of contents and cite sources.
• Submit copies to managers for feedback.
• Adjust copy as necessary and proofread for grammar and spelling.
• Follow a document development life cycle.
• Release the document following final approval.
• Provide updates and different editions as necessary.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in professional writing, English, journalism, marketing, communications, or a related field and zero to two years of previous experience, or four to six years of previous experience in proposal writing, technical writing, copywriting, speech writing, editing, or a related field in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree plus experience.
• Excellent understanding of a Microsoft Office environment, including PowerPoint, Visio and Desktop Publishing.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle HCM processes
• Ability to effectively demonstrate and/or document large mathematical formulas extracted from Excel, systems, or other documentation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.