Senior Technical Editor
About The Position
This Senior Technical Editor role is for a proposal and is pending funding or award. The role is hybrid, with two days onsite. The editor oversees the editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation, ensuring stylistic consistency across large-scale programs and mentoring junior staff. The team transforms raw data and engineering terminology into authoritative documents that meet agency requirements, including reference checking, fact checking, and copyright compliance. The role focuses on substantive editing, verifying technical accuracy, and ensuring compliance with agency style guides across documents, reports, and manuals. It requires expert-level command of the GPO Style Manual and attention to detail in quality control. The editor and team manage the full document lifecycle independently, from outline through final publication, including online and web publishing.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in English, Journalism, or a technical field.
- 10+ years of experience in technical writing.
- Supervisory and project management experience.
- Expert-level command of the GPO Style Manual.
- Strong substantive editing, fact-checking, reference-checking, and copyright-compliance skills.
- Ability to manage the full document lifecycle, including online and web publishing.
- Excellent mentoring and leadership skills.
Nice To Haves
- Transportation experience, especially in highway and surface transportation.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation and maintain stylistic consistency across large-scale programs.
- Mentor and guide junior staff.
- Transform raw data and engineering terminology into authoritative documents that meet agency requirements.
- Conduct substantive editing and verify technical accuracy.
- Ensure compliance with agency style guides and the GPO Style Manual.
- Perform reference checking, fact checking, and copyright compliance checks.
- Manage the full document lifecycle from outline through final publication, including online and web publishing.
- Ensure quality control for publications and documents.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
