Technical Writer

Position Description

Seattle City Light is hiring a Technical Writer. In this position, you will work in tandem with a second technical writer to support a team of standards engineers and subject matter experts. Seattle City Light's standards are important because they define the utility's best practices. Compliance with these standards is mandatory for all City Light employees, contractors, and suppliers.

• Create and edit technical documents, such as design standards, construction standards, material standards, work practices, handbooks, and reports, as well as organizational procedures.
• Manage the publishing process for documents, including review cycles with teams and stakeholders.
• Project management of more complex publications, such as handbooks and a stock catalog.
• Coordinate the production and revision of CAD drawings with a technical resources team.
• Maintain a SharePoint site.
• Maintain electronic standards history files.
• Work with electrical engineers to develop and revise technical documents.

This position reports to the Supervisor of Standards Engineering.

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Here Is More About What You’ll Be Doing.

• Technical writing and editing - Revise or create documents and perform content editing as well as copyediting following the Standards Style Guide. Coordinate review cycles with subject matter experts until approval to publish is obtained.
• Document formatting and production - Edit and apply style-based formatting to documents including tables and figures. Create and update templates, including layout, design, and style definitions.
• Graphic design - Coordinate production of new or revised CAD figures and incorporate images into documents. Perform minor digital editing of photos.
• Publishing - Manage the publishing process from project initiation to final publishing on a digital library site for a large library of technical documents and books.
• Archive/library management - Manage a library and archive of digital documents.
• Project management - Manage all steps of larger document production, including review cycles, coordination with an external printer, and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain all aspects of a SharePoint site - Manage and maintain a team SharePoint site, including updating webparts, menus, lists, forms, and other tools and applications within the site.

In addition to the skills and experience mentioned below, a successful applicant will have experience that reflects a commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes and has:

A Certification in Communications, English, Technical Communications, Technical Writing or other relevant field. Proficient user of work processing and spreadsheet programs. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or similar print design software; or other combinations of education and/or relevant experience.

• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Word, such as creating and modifying styles and templates, and creating and revising complex tables.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Proficiency in managing the writing, editing, and production of technical or instructional documentation.
• Writing and/or editing experience at an electric utility, other utility, or engineering firm.
• Expert-level proficiency in SharePoint.
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel, and Photoshop or other digital photo editing software.
• Electronic publishing experience, including document revision management.
• Project management for publications, including managing multi-stage review cycles, document revision, stakeholder communications, and schedules/deadlines.
• Ability to lead meetings and facilitate conversations with stakeholders to communicate expectations and desired outcomes.
• Ability to work as a team member in a culturally diverse…