Technical Writer

Overview

Develops, edits, and ensures compliance of technical documents for transportation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• document coordination
• draft development
• formatting standards
• content review
• proofreading
• production planning

Tasks

-Coordinate document production schedules with other technical writers, authors, and required resources, ensuring conformance to deadlines and specifications. -Serve as part of a functional team or work independently to complete assignments according to scheduled deadlines. -Compile and verify tables of contents, lists of figures and tables, references, and printer’s dummy. Mark copy to provide clear instructions for spacing, indentation, and corrections. -Assist in developing drafts and revisions for reports, manuals, white papers, and other internal and external technical content. -Ensure consistency in the application of technical abbreviations, acronyms, figure and table callouts, captions, and boilerplate materials. -Conduct research to support copywriting assignments and verify acronyms, terms, and technical details. -Ensure compliance of all assigned documents with required presentation standards, including correct use of paragraph headings, numbering, referencing of illustrative and tabular matter, and bibliographic styles. -Work directly with project managers, engineers, and SMEs to review content, illustrations, and materials, recommending improvements for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and grammatical construction. -Review and verify materials after reproduction to ensure conformance to the printer’s dummy. -Proofread and perform editorial functions, including formatting, stylesheet verification, copy editing, and production planning for technical documents.

Requirements

• technical writing
• 5+ years
• bachelor's
• office 365
• sharepoint
• detail-oriented

What You Bring

-Strong attention to detail, with expertise in reviewing documents for typographical, spelling, grammatical, punctuation, acronym callout, sentence structure, and active/passive voice issues. -Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. -Minimum 5+ years of technical writing experience, with expertise in system documentation and process documentation. -Comfortable collaborating with people from a variety of disciplines and asking questions to ensure understanding. -Recast text as needed, subject to review by the author/requestor. -Ability to interview SMEs to gather technical information and translate it into clear, concise documentation. -Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field. -Excellent time management skills and ability to multitask, supporting multiple projects and quickly shifting priorities. -Detail-oriented with a strong focus on compliance with project and client requirements. -Experience with Office 365 (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint.

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About Parsons Corporation

-Over decades it expanded into oil, petrochemical, water and infrastructure projects across the US and globally. -It leverages digital tools such as AI platforms, utility data systems, and drone integration alongside traditional design and construction. -Parsons completed high‑profile projects like major bridge, tunnel, and transit works. -Specializing in transportation, energy, environmental remediation, urban development, industrial, and cybersecurity projects. -The firm has delivered hundreds of mega‑projects worldwide, including infrastructure in the Middle East and environmental cleanup contracts.

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