Technical Writer

Canon U.S.A., Inc.; Greenville (SC); Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

Training programs

Job summary

Canon Business Process Services is seeking a Technical Writer to develop and edit technical content for GT maintenance procedures. The role requires understanding complex scientific information and strong writing skills, with collaboration across engineering teams.

The position supports NPI tooling, field procedures, and digital documentation, including conversion to fillable PDFs, metadata tagging, and master index synchronization. Remote-friendly, with comprehensive training and benefits.

Qualifications

• Gas Turbine maintenance/assembly experience
• Formal training in document creation and revision control
• Experience in writing technical procedures or documents
• Microsoft Word/Adobe-based editing and publishing skills

Responsibilities

• Review and understand drawings/diagrams
• Review BOMs for NPI and new tooling
• Revise GT maintenance procedures based on design changes
• Draft, edit, and standardize GT disassembly and reassembly procedures
• Collaborate with Productivity Engineering to update Field Procedures
• Maintain revision control of documents
• Create procedures from templates and update legacy formats
• Digitize documents and ensure metadata tagging in the Master Index

Skills

GAS turbine maintenance experience

Strong English communication

Education

Associates Degree in Technical Writing

High school diploma + 2+ years in technical document design

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Adobe

Job description

Technical Writer

Requisition ID: 2026-21821

# of Openings: 1

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Job Locations: US-SC-Greenville

Overview

Canon Business Process Services has an excellent, work from home opportunity. This role can be based in Schenectady, NY, Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC or Houston, TX.

The Technical Writer will be responsible for reviewing technical documents to develop, write, and edit a broad range of technical content. The Technical Writer must be able to understand complex scientific information, theories, and practices in addition to possessing strong writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and understand arrangement, assembly and schematic drawings/diagrams
• Review and compare Bills of Materials (BOMs) for New Product Introduction (NPI) including new units and new outage tooling
• Review and compare mechanical configurations to revise GT maintenance procedures or create new ones based on design enhancements
• Write, revise, proofread, review, standardize, and digitize GT disassembly, inspection, repair, and reassembly procedures and inspection forms
• Collaborate with Productivity Engineering to update Field Procedures as required for NPI tooling development
• Collaborate with regional Field Engineering teams to simplify and improve Field Procedures
• Maintain revision control of created and/or revised procedures and documents
• Create procedures based on standardized templates
• Convert legacy/previous formatting to latest formatting
• Work with databases, digital libraries and workflow systems
• Create One-Page sign-off Field Procedures affecting gas turbine maintenance outages, Field Engineers (FE) and Craft Labor
• Convert existing FP's into "fillable PDF" format, enabling mobile devices and simplifying/digitizing outage document retention
• Apply and maintain metadata tags on created/revised documents. The tags are used in the Master Index search, which is used by over 10,000 FE's and operations personnel to locate the documents in the Library. Keep library and master index in sync.
• Self-sufficient interaction with multiple design teams/engineers to secure content necessary for procedure creation/revision
• Graphics: Experienced in creations and modifications of Fields Procedures, Forms and other documents

Qualifications

• Gas Turbine maintenance and/or assembly experience. Field Engineering background or GT manufacturing experience.
• Formal training in document creation and revision control, basic Work Flow Form. Experience in writing technical procedures or documents
• Microsoft Product knowledge and demonstrated skill set
• Expertise in MS Word, Excel and Adobe to edit/fix/publish/format the documents. Perform formatting, administration, and publishing tasks
• Graphics: Experienced in creation and modification of Field Procedures, Forms and other documents
• Associates Degree in Technical writing or High school diploma with 2 plus years in technical document design, compliance to standards and printing industry.
• Strong English language communication capability, both verbal and written

What We Offer

Competitive pay & benefits!

Comprehensive training and development programs that prepare employees to advance from within.

A company focused on creating a positive work and client environment.

Employee discounts on entertainment, products, and services nationwide!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Canon Business Process Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and employees and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding or related medical conditions),gender, gender identity/transgendered status, gender expression, national origin (including language use), ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, familial status, physical and/or mental disability (including HIV/AIDS, cancer and genetic characteristics), protected medical condition as defined by applicable state and/or local law, military and/or veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, political affiliation, domestic violence victim status or any other protected category.