Job Title: Technical Writer

Location: Ottawa, ON

Remote: Yes

Business Unit: Advanced Technologies

Department 1: Engineering

Department 2: Defence

Job Type: Part-time

Position Overview

Calian is seeking a Technical Writer Professional to assist our client with the facilitation of their project.

Responsibilities

• Document help text, user manuals, technical documentation, web page content;
• Review documentation standards and the existing project documentation;
• Determine documentation requirements and makes plans for meeting them;
• Gather information concerning the features and functions provided by the developers;
• Assess the audience for the documents/manuals which are required and prepare a statement of purpose and scope for each;
• Develop a table of content for each document/manual and write or edit the required content;
• Investigate the accuracy of the information collected by making direct use of the material being documented;
• Prepare or coordinate the preparation of any required illustrations and diagrams; and
• Design the layout of the documents/manuals.

Qualifications

• Completed an undergraduate degree in any field from a Canadian University or equivalent from an accredited foreign institution
• Have a minimum of 8 years’ experience in the last 10 years in creating and editing project documentation (e.g. user manuals, technical documentation and standards) in support of 2 of the following 5 service areas listed below:

-Concept Development;

-Experiment and Exercise Design;

-Experiment and Exercise Conduct;

-Operational Research and Analysis; and/or

-Strategic Analysis.

• Have a minimum of 8 years’ experience in the past 10 years in using technical writing software (e.g. MS Word, Adobe, Notepad/Notepad ++, Javascript).

Other Requirements

• Experience as the principal writer having created more than 8 technical documents in the English language over the last 10 years in 2 of the following 5 provision of service areas:

-Concept Development

-Experiment and Exercise Design;

-Experiment and Exercise Conduct;

-Operational Research and Analysis; and

-Strategic Analysis.

• Experience as the principal editor of more than 8 technical documents in the English language over the last 10 years in 2 of the following 5 provision of service areas:

-Concept Development; and/or

-Experiment and Exercise Design; and/or

-Experiment and Exercise Conduct; and/or

-Operational Research and Analysis; and/or

-Strategic Analysis.

Additional Requirements

• Be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Secret level.