Location

Ottawa, Ontario

Description

iFathom has been providing custom application design and development work, system integration, and quality IT Professional Services to government and private sector clients for more than 15 years. iFathom holds a number of Supply Arrangements and Standing Offers with various government departments for IT Professional services in different categories. These represent our clients' projected and ongoing specific IT Professional Services requirements. Our Client has identified Technical Writer as one of these categories. Qualified candidates who apply for this position will be contacted when contracts for this position come up, as and when required by our client. CVs will be kept in our database for this purpose for six months.

Candidates must have at minimum a Reliability Status Security Clearance from CIISD.

Duties

These services will cover a range of technical data and publications related services including but not necessarily limited to the following:

Physically assembling complete or partial Technical Data Packages (TDPs), and identifying and actioning deficiencies in data packages of systems and equipment;
Receiving, logging, taking custody of and acknowledging the receipt of TDPs which describe additions, modifications and/or deletions of technical data;
Collecting, reviewing and updating configuration management data for input into the environmental configuration management information system;
Modifying, validating and compiling technical data package lists, that include:
- Technical publications Canadian Forces Technical Orders (CFTOs), in general specifications;
- Performance test sheets;
- Equipment and system data lists and drawings;
- Repair and overhaul specifications;
- Other technical descriptors in accordance with Data Technical Descriptions (DTDs) and Data Item Descriptions (DIDs);
- Updating, validating and compiling technical data action notices;
- Assisting and participating in physical and functional configuration audits of systems and equipment;
- Reviewing documents, drawings and associated data for conformance to DND Standards;
- Formatting technical documents in accordance with Canadian Forces Technical Orders (CFTOs), Computer Aided Logistics (CALS), Data Technical Descriptions (DTDs) and Data Item Descriptions (DIDs);
- Assisting and participating in physical and functional configuration audits of systems and equipment; and
- Reviewing documents, drawings and associated data for conformance to DND Standards.

Skills

Minimum of twelve (12) months of demonstrated experience writing and formatting technical documents through the use of computers within the last three (3) years.

Education

Minimum education of two (2) years secondary school or equivalent.

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