Technical Writer

Akkodis is seeking a Technical writer for a 6+ Contract position with a client located in Garden City, NY

Pay Range: $30/hr - $35/hr (The rate may vary based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.)

Job Summary:

• Develop, revise, and maintain manufacturing work instructions, assembly instructions, and process documentation.
• Observe manufacturing and assembly operations firsthand to understand how work is performed.
• Collaborate with engineers, operators, technicians, and subject-matter experts to capture accurate process details.
• Translate technical or shop-floor processes into clear, logical, step-by-step instructions that can be easily followed.
• Take and incorporate photographs, diagrams, screenshots, and other visual aids to improve document clarity.
• Review existing documentation and identify opportunities to improve organization, readability, consistency, and usability.
• Standardize document formatting and terminology across work instructions.
• Update documentation as manufacturing processes, equipment, or procedures are revised.
• Review completed documentation for accuracy, clarity, completeness, and consistency.
• Manage multiple documentation assignments and revisions while maintaining close attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Previous technical writing, manufacturing documentation, work-instruction, or process-documentation experience preferred.
• Strong written communication, proofreading, and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand mechanical or manufacturing processes and explain them using straightforward language.
• Comfortable spending time on the manufacturing floor observing processes and gathering information.
• Ability to work collaboratively with employees across technical and operational functions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, including document formatting and working with photographs and other visual elements.
• Manufacturing, assembly, machining, welding, fabrication, or other hands-on technical experience is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records by federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance