Procedure Writer Job Description
Procedure writer
provides technical and process guidance to project teams as needed, including regulatory (global and local) requirements, industry labeling standards and best practices.
Procedure Writer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Plan and prepare work instructions that provide direction to the Maintenance Department for corrective maintenance repairs, performance of preventive maintenance and surveillance's, and the implementation of modifications
Reviewing technical manuals and extracting key sequences and steps to produce technical maintenance and operational procedures
Produce technically accurate, complete and ‘easy to understand’ documents for Operations and Maintenance procedures
Technical edit and Produce technically accurate, complete and ‘easy to understand’ documents for Operations and Maintenance procedures
Analyze/Synthesize multiple documents and document procedures to support KYC policies
Transfer existing policies and procedures into the Procedure Automated System format
Editing safety procedures, vault protection, electrical, driving
Perform maintenance and operation department procedure revisions for the proposed installation of new equipment
To produce comprehensive, easy to follow, consistent in format written operational procedures based around our Registration System
Procedures to be agreed and in place in accordance with agreed timetable
Procedure Writer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Procedure Writer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PPA
Education for Procedure Writer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the procedure writer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Technical, Writing, Education, Business, Communications, English, Engineering, Associates, Communication, Science
Skills for Procedure Writer
Desired skills for procedure writer include:
Procedures
Plans
Policies
How instrumented IPLs are applied to process hazard scenarios
Products and regulatory requirements for assigned business unit
Maintenance
Implementation
Industry and plant specific requirements as they pertain to procedure development
Regulatory
SharePoint
Desired experience for procedure writer includes:
Assisting/managing the driving program
Keeping stats, putting together presentations, and coaching supervisors
Perform coordination with the two departments for their comments and resolution of the same
High School Diploma or GED with eight years of related experience, Associates Degree with four years of related experience or a Bachelor’s of Science Degree is required
Two years of experience in a DOE or commercial nuclear facility or less than two years of experience is acceptable if the candidate has documentation of formal training in technical writing from an approved provider (i.e, PPA Certification)
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of technical procedure writing protocols that would include but not be limited to verification and validation and as prescribed in DOE-STD-1029 and/or PPA AP-907-005 "procedure writers manual.”
Procedure Writer Examples
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Procedure Writer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of procedure writer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for procedure writer
- Interpret engineering drawings and manuals P & IDs, PFDs, Isometrics, Single Line Diagrams, plot plans and vendor manuals
- Adhere to the CB Regulatory Readiness process
- Develop task specific procedures
- Works with subject matter experts for the review and approval of technical procedures
- Ensures procedures are developed, reviewed, approved and distributed to appropriate personnel in accordance with the established approval process cycle
- Ensure procedures are developed, reviewed, approved and distributed to appropriate personnel in accordance with the established approval process cycle
- Route and track procedures through all stages of the process cycle utilizing automated database and document tracking and retrieval systems
- Maintain an accurate log of active procedures
- Perform reviews of other peer or subordinate procedure writer's output, prior to formal review process, to ensure that procedures are accurate, reflect all necessary comments and comply with the generally accepted site procedure development practices, conventions and formats
- Attend meetings to obtain data and stay current on technical, regulatory, scheduling and administrative changes and requirements
Qualifications for procedure writer
- Will be required to be Mine Safety Hazard and RadWorker trained in order to perform underground and plant/facility walk-downs, from which they will use their observations to incorporate human factors standards, performance capabilities and technical accuracy
- Advanced level writing skill and strong vocabulary and grammar is critical to the success of this position
- High School Diploma or GED with eight years of related experience, or
- Associates Degree with four years of related experience, or
- One year of experience in a DOE or commercial nuclear facility or less than one year of experience is acceptable if the candidate has documentation of formal training in technical writing from an approved provider (i.e, PPA Certification)
- High School Diploma or GED with eleven (11) years of related experience is required
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of procedure writer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for procedure writer
- Develop policy/procedure templates and write policies/procedures with consistent format and language
- Vet policies and procedures drafted with Executive Leadership Team and other relevant stakeholders
- Create manual on line for all policies and procedures with searchable index
- Write new technical documents and revises detailed process procedures, office work instructions, process maps, forms, and training material to prepare the company for certification to AS9100 and ISO 13485 Quality Management System (QMS) requirements and achievement of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for development and services
- Expect to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating practices and procedures
- Write new or update existing procedures to document policy driven standards
- Initiate creation of new procedures
- Inventory existing procedures and coordinate review and re-certification
- Obtain information from diverse stakeholders within DFCM, University and Banner Health on current procedures and practices
- Use Document Control and Engineering Records to retrieve vendor manuals, references, prints, schmematics, design documents, FSAR, etc, to collect information
Qualifications for procedure writer
- For a given operational task, identify the steps to complete the task, list task steps sequentially, write concise directions to accomplish each step in-accordance-with Operations Procedure Writers guide (write a procedure)
- Design, develop and test state of the art, automated metrology solutions
- Conform with explicit procedure development guidelines and contribute in their ongoing refinement
- Consult with engineering, production, service, and customers concerning cost effective, metrologically sound methods of measurement and automation
- Research and archive details required to calibrate and adjust instruments
- Bachelor's degree in a science, engineering or technical degree program
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Procedure Writer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a procedure writer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for procedure writer
- Provide technical review of the reformatted procedures to insure they are technically accurate, follow the approved format, contain the human factors upgrades and verify the commitments are still required and are included in the procedure
- Provide writing/editing support to assigned internal clients
- Develop and provide relationship support
- Balance conflicting demands to support scheduled work urgent ad hoc requests
- Escalate schedule adherence issues that could put CTO scorecard metrics at risk issues related to work load, tools, and processes
- Provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced writers
- Identify risks and process inefficiencies and propose solutions
- Provide leadership on a Dedicated Writer team
- Act as Competency Assessor to multi -national workforce
- Establish working relationships and routinely interface with business stakeholders, technology, subject matter experts
Qualifications for procedure writer
- In lieu of the above, metrology background with (5+ years) multi-discipline experience required
- Experience working with instrumentation or in a laboratory environment
- Applicable test engineering experience in the M&TE industry may be considered
- Strong, varied knowledge of M&TE hardware and associated applications
- Basic understanding of programming and programming concepts is required
- Previous MET/CAL® experience is highly desirable
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a procedure writer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for procedure writer
- Be familiar with the station operating license, technical specifications, operating procedures, and other applicable regulations
- SMEs), compliance, or any other relevant party
- 60% - Work with department subject matter experts to develop new and/or revise policy and procedure documents and forms
- 40% - For change tracking, approval tracking, and audit purposes, retain pertinent communications with department management, members of the Publication Approval Committee and other key persons, and draft versions with changes/comments from all parties
- Manage share point library
- They will be required to use the company's fleet’s procedure template, which is in Microsoft Word, and therefore will need to either already be familiar with the template or will need to have it demonstrated to them in a short two or three hour session
- Prepares established reports and may create ad hoc and trending reports
- May perform review of peer output
- Prepare established and ad hoc tracking and trending reports
- May represent the organization to internal groups and provide development-specific information to requestors
Qualifications for procedure writer
- Experience with other metrology software such as SureCAL® or Keysight® Test Management Environment (TME) is preferred
- Preference for RF experience up to 26.5 GHz is a plus, including direct experience with spectrum/network analyzers, power measurement, signal generators
- Must be highly organized, adaptable, and able to work under pressure
- Technical skills in the use of software applications
- Associate's Degree in Business, or Engineering/Nuclear Technology, or experience as follows
- Technical writing conventions and methodology (Info-mapping is an example)
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Procedure Writer Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of procedure writer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for procedure writer
- May assume lead role for special assignments or special projects of short to mid-range duration
- Use QMS and CMMI requirements as basis to interview and collaborate with subject-matter experts to produce succinct and effective documentation
- Coordinate and leads small- to medium-sized teams across multiple functional areas to plan, write, edit, and release documentation
- Ensure final written documents clearly and effectively communicate processes and are developed in accordance with applicable requirements (e.g., Company templates, stylistic/grammatical standards)
- Ensure accuracy of documents
- Present document(s) and project status to program management staff, delivers related presentations, and assists in the document security classification process
- Report on procedure inventory status and champion Credit Bureau Operations Control initiatives
- Document and train on procedure best practices and standards
- Evidence the procedure lifecycle is moving forward and vetted with internal approval forums
- Establish and maintain relationships with the subject matter experts to ensure timeliness of publication
Qualifications for procedure writer
- Must be able to quickly grasp the mechanics of a job function and synthesize the new knowledge into existing parameters
- Must be able to communicate with all levels of employees, including the end-user, project teams, operation managers, and control partners
- Must be able to make independent decisions based on known criteria
- Decisions made can impact the CTO organization negatively when accuracy and timeliness of content, risk and controls, and employee relationships are not managed appropriately
- The reputation of Ops Docs is also impacted by employee decisions
- Ability to coach and mentor less experienced employees