Technical Writing Director jobs in Illinois

GTI Energy is an organization dedicated to advancing the economy-wide transformation needed to deeply decarbonize energy systems while supplying the energy needed to support rising standards of living and economic growth worldwide. GTI Energy embraces a vision for integrated, low-carbon, low-cost energy systems that leverage gases, liquids, efficiency, and infrastructure to meet the urgent challenges presented by climate change and global energy access. With a team that includes some of the nation's top energy scientists, engineers, and thought leaders, we are helping deliver clean and resilient solutions to a growing world. GTI Energy partners with organizations around the globe to operationalize the ambitious aspirations required for the global energy transition.

GTI Energy is re-establishing technical writing capabilities within our organization. We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Technical Writer to join our project management team. In this position, you will use your technical communication skills to assist scientists and engineers in creating technical reports and documents for our customers, for projects in research, demonstration, or development of new technologies. This position will also supervise one or more other technical writers.

GTI Energy offers generous benefits, competitive salaries, career advancement, and the opportunity to work in a professional R&D environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are proud of what we do because our work matters. GTI Energy is working toward solving global energy challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. We have a proven track record in producing innovative ideas and commercializing solutions to deliver clean and reliable energy. At GTI Energy, we deliver innovative technology solutions for safe, efficient, and responsible energy.

So, what does that mean for you? You will work in a positive and respectful work culture that fosters growth, collaboration, and opportunity. You will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits, while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement of delivering clean energy to the world.

The position is approved to be fully remote or can be based in the Chicagoland area at the GTI Energy Headquarters. We offer a hybrid/core work week, where employees are remote Mondays and Fridays, and required to be on-site Tuesday through Thursday. If remote, occasional travel (20% or less) to the headquarters in Chicagoland may be required.

• Interviewing subject matter experts, and coordinating the documentation effort throughout a research project.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure technical content is accurate, easy to understand, and formatted in a uniform and consistent tone.
• Creating and revising documents to be consistent with established, customer-directed document format and quality style guides to ensure consistency in presentation, tone, and style
• Verifying documents are complete, concise, clear, and that appropriate grammar and format is used
• May provide occasional proposal support, but will not be the primary objective of this position
• Development or improvement of standard work processes around content generation, modification, quality control, and version control.
• Determine a strategy and best practices/guidelines around use of Large Language Models (LLM) for preparing technical reports.
• Hire and supervise one or more other technical writers
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Experience with Large Language Model (LLM), such as Grammerly Pro
• Demonstrated successful interpersonal communication skills, to include experience working in a team environment
• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text and/or figures.
• Experience in document development, with demonstrated writing, editing, formatting, design, and proofreading skills
• Knowledge of interviewing for document content
• Strong working knowledge and experience with Microsoft products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio. Familiarity with AdobePro is also desirable.
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Ability to support and meet dynamic and tight deadlines
• Ability to function effectively in a telework environment where coordination and communication with coworkers and colleagues is largely through use of electronic tele-conference tools (i.e., Microsoft Teams).
• Experience in the energy industry a plus

• Seven (7) or more years of experience writing technical documentation
• Prior experience in a supervisory is strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or appropriate technical discipline with an emphasis on technical communication

GTI Energy is committed to developing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment.  If you require any accommodation, please e-mail us at HumanResources@gti.energy and we’ll work with you to meet your accessibility needs. You must have legal authorization to work for GTI Energy on your date of hire with no further action required by GTI Energy. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and give consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or genetic information.