Job Title: Senior Technical Writer
Location: Mathews, LA
Position Overview:The Senior Technical Writer develops, writes, and edits material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related technical and administrative publications in print or electronic media.
Key Responsibilities:- Writes technical manuals as per government and military standards.
- Reads and comprehends government contracts, standards, etc.
- Shipboard validation lead.
- Enters into configuration status accounting system.
- Manages ECPs.
- Researches and comprehends maintenance tasks and operational procedures on commercial equipment loaded aboard watercraft vessels.
- Other duties assigned or requested by Management.
- Travels when requested for job related functions, such as publications research and shipboard validation.
Qualifications:- A minimum of 5 years of technical writing experience.
- Experience in developing content for damage control and/or system manuals.
- Ability to review and comprehend Engineering drawings.
- General knowledge of watercraft vessels and their installed components.
- B.S. degree in English or Technical Writing is preferred.
- Extensive computer knowledge, preferably in Arbortext (Epic) Editor or Adobe Frame Maker and Microsoft Office software.
Skills and Abilities:- General understanding of watercraft vessels and their installed components.
- Knowledge of military publications and specifications, especially for the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and/or U.S. Navy preferred.
- Knowledge of SGML/XML software preferred.
- Knowledge of Interactive Electronic Technical Publications preferred.
