Roles & Responsibilities
- The Manager, Architectural Technical Writer serves as the bridge, translating complex architectural ideas into clear, articulate documentation.
- Marrying technical expertise with refined writing skills, this role encompasses the following duties:
- Draft, review, and finalize RFPs, ensuring all requirements and specifications are captured accurately.
- Create clear and concise scopes of work that detail the needs and expectations for
- architectural projects.
- Liaise with architects, project managers, and other team members to gather technical details for documentation.
- Translate intricate architectural designs and concepts into understandable language for diverse audiences.
- Maintain a comprehensive library of architectural documentation, ensuring updates are timely and accurate.
- Review and edit existing documentation for clarity, consistency, and technical accuracy.
- Provide guidance and support to the project team on documentation standards and best practices.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to clarify project details and address any documentation-related queries.
- Stay updated with the latest trends in architectural documentation and technical writing.
- Ensure all documentation adheres to industry standards, company guidelines, and best practices.
- Collaborate with the design and proposal teams to ensure alignment between design intent and documentation.
- Mentor junior writers and provide training on best practices in architectural technical writing.
- Develop and maintain a documentation roadmap.
- Incorporate feedback from cross-functional teams.
- Implement and manage a version control system for documents.
- Collaborate with graphic designers for visuals in documentation.
- Organize workshops to gather requirements or feedback.
- Oversee the quality control of all elements within each allocated project, inclusive of design, mockups and final construction.
- Ensure overall responsibility over their allocated project teams for the technical performance of the project, ensuring design defects and construction defects are addressed effectively.
- Take the lead role in coordinating with all client teams that impact Project performance and ensure that all internal stakeholders are effectively managed and their requirements (where possible) are incorporated within each project.
- Stay proficient in the latest technical writing software and tools.
- Participate in training to stay updated on architectural trends.
- Ensure documents adhere to accessibility standards like WCAG.
- Implement a thorough review process for documentation, including legal and procurement, for compliance with technical specifications.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for architectural projects, including design specifications, user manuals, and installation guides.