Technical Writer I

✨ Technical Writer I

Join a leading name in the energy industry known for its focus on operational excellence and technical innovation, where your work will directly impact maintenance effectiveness, documentation quality, and asset reliability.

Job Information

Job Title: Technical Writer I
Job Type: Temp/Contract — High potential for direct hire with the company based on performance.
Location: Pensacola, FL
Pay Range:  $33.70/hr .

Job Overview

Are you a detail-oriented technical professional with maintenance experience and a passion for creating clear, effective documentation? We are seeking a Technical Writer I to support maintenance operations by developing, reviewing, and improving technical documentation used in a dynamic industrial environment. This role plays a critical part in ensuring maintenance procedures are accurate, standardized, and aligned with operational best practices. Ideal for candidates who enjoy collaborating with technical teams and making a direct impact on reliability and maintenance performance.

What’s the Job?

Develop, review, update, and maintain technical documentation, including user manuals, guides, preventive maintenance work orders, and job plans.

Create and revise documentation within the Maximo CMMS platform.

Review maintenance instructions against OEM manuals and technical specifications to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Validate labor estimates, task sequencing, and job steps to reflect actual field execution and operational standards.

Standardize documentation to align with OEM procedures, internal standards, and documentation best practices.

Produce clear, structured, and user-friendly technical content to improve maintenance efficiency and usability.

Collaborate with maintenance technicians, supervisors, reliability engineers, and cross-functional teams to gather information and validate documentation updates.

Support document control, configuration management, and data entry activities within Maximo.

Document technical activities and prepare detailed reports.

Ensure consistency, accuracy, clarity, and formatting quality across all technical content.

What’s Needed?

✅ Minimum 3 years of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or similar environment.

✅ Ability to read and interpret OEM manuals, technical drawings, schematics, and specifications.

✅ Familiarity with Maximo or other CMMS platforms preferred.

✅ Strong technical writing and written communication skills.

✅ Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PDF editing tools.

✅ Strong attention to detail with a focus on documentation accuracy and consistency.

✅ Ability to work within industrial environments, including climbing ladders and stairs, bending, twisting, and accessing elevated or confined spaces while following PPE and safety requirements.

✅ Willingness to work overtime, weekends, alternate shifts, or split shifts as needed.

⭐ Trade certification or Associate Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Maintenance preferred.

⭐ Experience supporting CMMS improvements, upgrades, or PM program standardization preferred.

⭐ Knowledge of Lean Maintenance, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), or similar methodologies preferred.

What’s In It for Me?

Opportunity to contribute to critical maintenance and reliability initiatives.

Collaborative environment working alongside technicians, engineers, and operations teams.

Gain valuable experience with technical documentation, CMMS systems, and maintenance best practices.

Exposure to industrial maintenance operations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Competitive pay at $47.00/hr.

Long-term contract opportunity with potential for direct hire based on performance.

Benefits

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

Ready to Apply?

If you're passionate about technical documentation, maintenance operations, and continuous improvement, we want to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup®️ (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.