Technical Writer Job in Marina Del Rey, California US

Technical Writer

Apply Now See all jobs at this company Printer-Friendly Version | Save this job | Email this job Technical Writer Apply Now Job Overview Company: Aerotek Job Type: Engineering Base Pay: N/A Other Pay: Based on Experience Employee Type: Full-Time Manages Others: Not Specified Relocation Covered: Not Specified Industry: Airline - Aviation Reference ID: 2515684 Required Education: Not Specified Required Experience: Not Specified Required Travel: Not Specified Location: Marina del Rey, CA 90292 ( Map it! ) Loading map ... Job Description Job Classification: Contract Technical Writer / Trainer This individual would need the following skills: - Excellent MS Office skills - Ability to rapidly learn and understand a very large and complex system - Ability to work with engineers and mine the information needed to produce training materials - Rail Transportation Industry experience desired (this would be a BIG plus) - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Ability to provide hands-on lab/classroom training of a highly technical and industry-specific system The job responsibilities for this position are as follows: - Work with project managers and software engineering group to mine the information needed to produce training materials. - Provide hands-on lab/classroom training of a highly technical and industry-specific system. - Develop, update, and review technical system documentation, including end user manuals, system administration manuals, software programmer reference manuals, database documents, policy documents, and operations guides. - Maintain baseline product training and user related documents and customize as needed for projects. - Work with customer training department to schedule and conduct classes and work with engineering group to set up equipment for hands on training classes. - Projects include system engineering and integration for rail dispatch, distributed control systems, customer information systems, and Intelligent Transportation Systems and security systems. - Technology includes applications and testing software, IT equipment such as server, workstation and network equipment. Training classes will include users, system administration, maintenance personnel, and train-the-trainer. Required Experience: 5 years of experience as a trainer and technical writer on large, complex, integrated systems projects is required. Ability to rapidly learn and understand a very large and complex system is required. Excellent MS office skills are required. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. Join Aerotek, one of the leading providers of engineering and engineering support professionals in North America. Due to our growth, we're constantly on the lookout for qualified professionals to place in contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement positions across a number of different industries. We know it's more than just your day-to-day responsibilities that can make or break a job. It's the support you get. That's the reason Aerotek offers a variety of benefits including medical, dental, optical, 401k, and many more. Don't put your career in the hands of just anyone, put it in the hands of a specialist. Join the Aerotek team! Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and will consider all applications without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Job Requirements technical training, 5 years experince as a technical writer, MS officce skills, BS degree Apply Now