JAMES BARRETT

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Experienced Technical Writer skilled in testing, production, and writing

chemical/oil/gas content

for Oil, Gas, Refinery, and Chemical industries

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

7 years of experience writing and editing technical documents,

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including user manuals, white papers, S.O.P.s, presentations, tutorials,

and Web content.

17 years of experience in chemical, oil, and gas process operations.

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Excel at working with subject-matter experts to gather information,

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identify relevant data and audiences, and write documents that are clear

and user friendly.

Thorough knowledge of Technical Writing styles and ISO 9001.

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Outstanding technical skills. Adept with formatting programs and

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content management systems.

Superior communication, interview, and presentation abilities.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MUNDY, 2013 – PRESENT

HOUSTON, TX

Technical Writer/Process Clerk for leading chemical company.

• Assisting with the creation of training programs, study guides, and tests

for new and existing employees.

Organizing documents from a SharePoint site, putting them in a Word

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template, uploading them back to another SharePoint site.

Working with SMEs to ensure procedure formatting

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Assisting with maintaining training materials and updating documents

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after each product release.

Working with a broad range of individuals within the company.

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Reviewing existing procedures and determining the need for revisions.

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Updating as necessary using desktop publishing tools such as Adobe

FrameMaker.

Requisitioning of chemicals as needed for entry into the plant.

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Entering chemicals into SAP to ensuring reception.

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DIVERSITY 2011 – 2013

STAFFING,

HOUSTON, TX

Technical Writer/Lab Analyst.

• Planned, wrote, and edited operational and instructional manuals, as

well as maintenance and test procedures, for paper- and Web-based

publications.

Documented engineering processes and specifications for samples and

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quality control specimens.

Performed testing of samples and quality control specimens.

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QUALITY 2008 – 2011

ASSOC.,

HOUSTON, TX

Technical Writer

• Developing and writing procedures for use by site maintenance and

operations personnel in the manufacturing units.

Assisted in maintenance and updates of documents after application

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and business changes occurred.

Developed procedures using RoboHelp and other Adobe programs,

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observing personnel in the field performing work and researched

available documentation.

Organized material and wrote procedures according to set standards

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regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.

Worked with a broad range of individuals within the company.

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Selected photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts to

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illustrate material using screen shot programs such as Snagit.

Studied drawings, specifications and vendor equipment manuals to

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integrate with procedures, sequence and detail.

Interviewed Operations, Maintenance and Engineering personnel, and

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read journals and other material to become familiar with technologies

and methods.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Languages: XML, HTML, C#

Programs: MS Office Suite, Project; Adobe FrameMaker / RoboHelp /

Acrobat / Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio, Windows Paint, etc.

Operating Windows NT/XP/2000/Vista; Mac OSX, Leopard

Systems:

Databases: Oracle, Access, MySQL

Hardware: servers, mobile devices, computer systems, peripheral

equipment

EDUCATION

Certified, Fundamentals of Technical Writing (2013)Houston Community

College, Houston, TX

Certified, Chemical Process Operations (1995) College of the Mainland, Texas

City, TX

Texas A. & M., Fire, Rescue, and EMT Training

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Lab Technician

• Lab testing of finished products and processes.

• Log-in inbound items for testing.

• Deliver test samples to the sample staging area.

• Monitor the availability of the supplies needed for the testing processes, and to make any

needs for such supplies known to Laboratory Management.

• Prepare samples and quality control specimens, prepare and standardize reagents and

solutions, and calibrate equipment needed for the testing processes.

• Perform testing of samples and quality control specimens using specified methodology.

• Maintain documentation, equipment, and work areas in a neat and orderly condition.

Technical Writer

• The writing of technical manuals and procedures for chemical/oil/gas plants and refineries.

Chemical, Oil, and Gas Process Research and Production

• Controlled equipment that processed chemical substances into specified industrial and

consumer products according to knowledge of operating procedures.

• Controlled units that processed chemical substances into specified industrial and consumer

products according to knowledge of operating procedures.

Controlled systems that processed chemical substances into specified industrial and

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consumer products according to knowledge of operating procedures.

EXPERIENCE

Diversity Staffing Lab Technician 2011 - 2013

Quality Assurance Associates Technical Writer 2008 - 2011

Unidym Inc. Research & Production 2007 - 2008

Shell Chemical Company Chemical Process Operator 2003 - 2007

Celanese Chemical Chemical Process Operator 1996 - 2003

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