Technical Writer
Granite Group · Melbourne VIC ·
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Technical writing
A fixed-term contract Technical Writer role in Melbourne, placed by Granite Group with an electrical and communications services client. Day to day the writer produces and controls inspection and test plans (ITPs) and standard operating procedures, maintains document registers and revision control, and interviews site teams — using advanced Microsoft Word and Excel.
Our electrical and communications services industry client is looking for Technical writer in Melbourne on FTC basis.
Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
Essential
Required
Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
- Write and format inspection and test plans to a single agreed SME standard.
- Build the master ITP library so that inspection points, evidence requirements and acceptance criteria are consistent across projects.
- Interview site teams to capture how tasks are actually performed.
- Convert proven work methods into standard operating procedures with named owners, revision control and review dates.
- Source acceptance criteria from project specifications, drawings and Australian Standards, and quote the values within the document.
- Tailor generic ITPs and SOPs to contract requirements and project risks ahead of mobilisation.
- Apply document numbering, revision control and approval workflow so that every document is traceable.
- Maintain the document register and keep superseded versions clearly marked.
- Incorporate review comments from the Quality Manager, engineering and site supervision.
- Update ITPs and SOPs when non-conformances and lessons learned identify a gap.
- Prepare supporting material such as visual work guides and pre-start aids where they improve uptake on site.
Essential
- Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to write plainly for a site audience and keep instructions short enough to be used on the tools.
- Experience producing controlled documents under revision and approval control.
- Confidence interviewing tradespeople and supervisors to draw out how work is really done, and the judgement to push past vague answers.
- Advanced Microsoft Word: templates, styles, numbering, tables and cross-references applied consistently across a large document set.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel for maintaining registers and trackers.
- Organised and self-directed, able to run a document programme to agreed deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Attention to detail, particularly with numeric acceptance criteria, hold and witness points, and cross-references between documents.
- Experience writing inspection and test plans, checklists or quality forms in a construction, manufacturing or utilities setting.
- Familiarity with electrical installation work and the terminology used on site.
- Ability to produce simple visual aids such as annotated photographs, sketches and single-page field guides.
- Ability to read drawings, specifications and Australian Standards and pull firm requirements out of them, including numeric acceptance criteria
Required
- Demonstrated experience in technical writing, documentation or procedure development.
- Construction Industry General Safety Induction (White Card), or willingness to obtain one before attending site.
- Current Australian driver’s licence, with the ability to travel between project sites.