This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled writer with experience in engineering, infrastructure, mining, or heavy industry projects to work closely with project teams and subject matter experts in delivering high-quality technical documentation.
Position Details
- Location: Fremantle, WA
- Contract Duration: 6 months
- Start Date: ASAP – short notice periods considered
- Hours: Monday to Friday – 40 hours per week
Technical Writer will be responsible for developing, managing, and delivering high-quality documentation to support the planning, development, and delivery of major projects and studies.
Working alongside engineers, project managers, consultants, and stakeholders, you will ensure complex technical and commercial information is translated into clear, structured, and professional documentation aligned with organisational standards and project objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, write, edit, and format technical and project documentation
- Prepare feasibility studies, governance papers, business cases, presentations, and tender documentation
- Assist in documenting project strategies, methodologies, schedules, and delivery approaches
- Translate complex engineering and commercial information into clear and concise documentation
- Collaborate with project teams and subject matter experts to gather and consolidate information
- Maintain document control, versioning, and consistency across study deliverables
- Ensure documentation quality, accuracy, and completeness
- Support reporting templates, document registers, and general study administration
- Assist with communicating study outcomes and project findings through reports and presentations
- Contribute to knowledge management and lessons learned documentation
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:
- Degree qualification in Technical Writing, Communications, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in technical writing within infrastructure, engineering, mining, construction, or heavy industry environments
- Experience supporting large-scale studies or multidisciplinary engineering projects
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical information
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience using document management systems
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills
- 6-month contract | ASAP start
- Fremantle location | Monday to Friday
- Major infrastructure & engineering projects