Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Bollinger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, and without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.

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