Technical Writer/Ed Senior

Job Description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

Leads the writing and updates of technical material for reports, manuals, briefs, instruction books, and publications associated with military ground vehicle experimental prototype.  Tasks include:

• Manages the preparation, approvals, printing, and distribution of publications.  Tasks include:
• Edits draft and finalized documents through application of substantial knowledge and understanding of editing and writing standards, procedures, formats and terminology.
• Assures descriptions of equipment and processes are sufficiently developed for application by targeted audience; similarly, reviews narrative presentation, tables, graphs (test data, etc.), drawings, appendices, and other illustrative material.
• Travels to site of vehicle/operation to gain and capture experience to include in documentation.
• Edits for conformance to customer requirements, logical sequence, and appropriateness of technical terminology.
• Reviews material for proper grammatical usage, punctuation, format, spelling, style, and order of presentation.
• Rewrites sentences within paragraphs to improve clarity of meaning and consistency.
• Checks references to other publications for accuracy of titles, numbers, dates, and applicability of subject matter.
• Reviews and proofreads camera-ready copy of technical publications to assure compliance with standards and requirements.
• Develops technical documentation formats and assures conformance to military standards and customer specifications.
• Coordinates changes or extraordinary situations regarding format, content, grammatical usage, etc., with the customer and disseminates to desktop publishing and technical writing staffs.
• Attends in-process reviews and start-of-work conferences.
• Maintains records documenting development of documents such as dated milestones, letters of instruction, format, page counts, man-hours expended, number of drawings and numeric designation, writer, revisions, etc.
• Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 6 + Years with BA 4 + Years with MBA

Experience as a technical writer for automotive or military vehicle industry.

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Target salary range: $75,001 - $100,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

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