Title:  Sr Specialist, Technical Writer

Job Title: Specialist, Technical Writing

Job Code: 30661

Job Location: Greenville, TX (On-Site)

Job Schedule: 1st Shift 9/80

Job Description:

The Technical Writing Specialist will be a part of the Technical Publications team of professionals committed to providing quality and timely publication deliverables for commercial and government projects in a dynamic environment. Team members are responsible for gathering, composing, and editing technical information to prepare flight manuals, maintenance manuals, and other technical documentation for our warfighters.

Essential Functions:

• Author a wide variety of Maintenance, Flight, Part, and Operator manuals under US DoD and commercial specifications (MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-40051/MIL-STD2361, ATA 100/iSpec2200, S1000D). Author flight checklists for pilots and operators.
• Develop content from Engineering assembly, installation, and component drawings and data.
• Author in structured/unstructured FrameMaker environments for Air Force, Army, or Navy programs.
• Author publications using S1000D tools for digital display.
• Help perform peer reviews of technical publication content.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to distill information for complex software driven hardware and avionics, and then distill information into concise, well-written step-by-step procedures, narrative explanations, and other technical publication content.
• Technical publication authoring experience within structured authoring environments (Structured FrameMaker/Arbor text/S1000D & XML authoring tools) and unstructured authoring environments (Unstructured FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, etc.).
• Consider cost, quality, and schedule factors and use that information to develop and author publications that adhere to cost, quality, and schedule requirements.
• Work well with colleagues, internal customers, and external customers.
• Strong computer skills with solid understanding of MS Office Suite and applications.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI Clearance.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with six (6) years of experience authoring technical publications for DoD or Aerospace programs and/or platforms.
• Graduate degree with four (4) years of experience authoring technical publications for DoD or Aerospace programs and/or platforms.
• In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of eight (8) years of experience authoring technical publications for DoD or Aerospace programs and/or platforms.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

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