PG&E Corporation

Technical Writer

PG&E Corporation$78K — $116K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in English, Technical Writing, or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 2 years related work experience
  • Experience in content management and process improvement
  • Proficient in documentation technologies, MS Office, and SharePoint
  • Strong written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Translate complex procedural information into user-friendly documentation
  • Develop and manage policies and procedures
  • Provide operational consulting for document/content development
  • Design and maintain SharePoint sites for documentation
  • Create manuals, training materials, and quick reference guides
  • Manage the document lifecycle including reviews and revisions
  • Project manage the development of documentation and track deliverables

Benefits

  • Participation in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs
  • Opportunity for hybrid work environment
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams and external clients
  • Involvement in project management across various documentation types
  • Potential for professional development through diverse documentation projects
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 174482

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Ramon

Position Summary:

Translate complex procedural information based on business requirements and standards into user-friendly references such as Policy and Procedures, user manuals and job aids. Collaborating with and gathering information from internal and external clients to develop documentation that is easy to understand and use. Performs document editing, editing written materials prepared by other writers, document lifecycle management, basic web setup and document publishing.

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $78k.

Bay Area Maximum: $116k.

&/OR

California Minimum: $74k.

California Maximum: $110k.

Job Responsibilities:
• Full understanding of technical/professional concepts
• Selects from different methods, approaches and tactics to achieve documentation goals and needs
• Receives little instruction on day-to-day work Supervisor sets priorities and reviews work as needed.

Major Responsibilities Include:
  • Policy and procedures development and management

• Provide operational consulting for document/content development for internal/external clients.
• Design, develop, and manage SharePoint sites for Policy and Procedures
• Design document management and retention processes and maintain departmental document systems.
• Create Policy and Procedures, user manuals, training materials, job aids, and quick reference guides
• Use PG&E GDI (Guidance Document Initiative) standards in developing Policy and Procedures
• Editing documentation for content and compliance

Project Management
• Write task analyses and documentation plans to establish project goals, content, parameters, and deadlines in relation to new technical document
• Project manages policy and procedure, user manuals, training materials, job aids, and quick reference guides development. Tracks deliverables, schedules, and resource requirements in project plan.

Document Lifecycle
• Interviews and collaborates with subject matter experts, develops document content, applies GDI principals, facilitates document reviews and revisions, and manages ongoing documentation issues and lifecycle.
• Documentation reviews ensure technical accuracy, quality, and business compliance
• Produces final documents as defined in the documentation plan and creates and maintains document and systems.

Deliverables
• Take complex technical information and make it clear and easy-to-understand for a non-technical audience.
• Produces manuals and guides, including administration, configuration, installation, operation, standards, guidelines, procedure, process, and user.
• Develop procedures and service level agreements (SLAs) in relation to document management
• Develops Word, Excel, and PowerPoint templates.
• Develops graphics, flowcharts and organization charts

Qualifications:

Minimum:
• BA/BS in English, Technical Writing, or related field or equivalent work experience; minimum of 2 years of related work experience.
• Two years of related work experience

Desired:
• Experience in content management, process improvement, and project management in the development of a wide range of business documentation deliverables.
• Proficient in documentation technologies and processes.
• Written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office and SharePoint.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

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26,000 employees
Market Cap
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Net Income
-$1.3 billion
Founded
1905
Revenue
$18.4 billion
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