Title: Technical Writer
Location: Onsite
Contract: 6–8 months,
Shift: 1st Shift
Pay: $35–$40 per hour
Benefits: Insurance (Health, Medical, Dental), Paid Holidays, PTO, and More!
The Technical Writer supports the Reliability team by creating, editing, and maintaining technical documentation within a manufacturing environment. This role focuses on developing clear, user-friendly work instructions and SOPs while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, quality, and manufacturing. The Technical Writer will transform complex technical concepts into structured documentation and incorporate technical drawings and diagrams where needed.
Job Duties
• Create and maintain work instructions, SOPs, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across reliability, engineering, quality, and manufacturing departments
• Gather technical information through interviews, observation, and research
• Develop new procedures from scratch using reference materials and existing documentation
• Review and standardize documentation to ensure consistency in formatting, tone, and clarity
• Incorporate technical drawings, diagrams, and visuals into documentation
• Update documentation to reflect process improvements and changes
• Ensure documentation meets end-user needs and supports operational efficiency
• Edit and revise content for accuracy, completeness, and usability
• Maintain organized document control and version management
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through documentation updates
• Work cross-functionally to ensure procedures align with manufacturing processes
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Technical Communication, Journalism, Engineering, or related field preferred
• 2+ years of technical writing experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience creating work instructions and standard operating procedures
• Ability to understand technical drawings and engineering documentation
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Ability to learn complex technical subject matter quickly
• Experience in medical device or regulated manufacturing environment is a plus
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
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Sterling Engineering, Inc.
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
500 to 999 employees
Staffing/Employment Agencies
http://www.sterling-engineering.com