Senior Technical Editor

Patriot Enterprises • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The FHA Senior Technical Editor oversees the entire editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation, ensuring stylistic consistency across large-scale programs and mentoring junior staff. Leads a team responsible for transforming raw data and engineering jargon into authoritative documents that meet the stringent requirements of the agency, including reference checking, fact checking, and ensuring copyright compliance.

Requirements

• Master's Degree (Senior) in English, Journalism, or a technical field
• 10+ years of supervisory and project management experience
• Expert-level command of the US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Style Manual
• An eye for detail when ensuring quality control for all publications and documents

Nice To Haves

• FHA transportation experience, especially in highway and surface transportation is preferred

Responsibilities

• Focus on substantive editing, verifying technical accuracy, and ensuring compliance with agency style guides for all documents, reports, and manuals
• Lead an independently working team, managing the full lifecycle of a document from outline to final publication including online and web publishing
• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs), project managers, technical staff, leadership, and stakeholders to translate complex technical, scientific, regulatory, or policy information into clear, concise, and audience-appropriate communications
• Establish, maintain, and enforce editorial standards, writing conventions, branding requirements, and document formatting guidelines to ensure consistency across all organizational publications
• Provide substantive editing, copy editing, line editing, and developmental editing to improve document quality, logical flow, readability, and usability while preserving technical accuracy and author intent
• Review documents for compliance with applicable organizational policies, contractual requirements, regulatory guidance, publication standards, and accessibility requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior