Technical Writer
Summary of Position
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BQMI is adding to their growing team of professionals supporting government contracts across the United States. We are a well-established team who are known for being employee-focused while providing superior support to our customers. BQMI is looking for a well-qualified technical writer who will leverage their experience and knowledge to develop technical documents and communications for the United States Navy at their Crane, IN location. Â This is primarily an onsite role with occasional telework opportunities.
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Generate and maintain technical documentation for the USCG SAFECEN.
- Gather, analyze, and compose technical information.Â
- Conduct research and ensure the use of proper technical terminology.Â
- Translate technical information into clear, readable documents to be used by technical and non-technical personnel. Â
- Ensure documents are clear, concise, technically correct, and compliant with USCG correspondence requirements. Â
- Assist in the formulation and definition of documentation scopes and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable USCG correspondence standards. Â
- Assist in performing analysis of business and user needs to generate documentation requirements.
- Apply process improvement practices to re-engineer methodologies/principles and process modernization projects.
- Generate and communicate progress reports for management and customer leadership.
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Essential Skills:
- Experience preparing technical documentation including user guides and manuals, reports and bulletins, information brochures and newsletters, and other types of formal correspondence for United States Government (USG) agencies.Â
- Experience incorporating accessibility standards into technical documentation.
- Experience conducting research on applicable Government and industry documentation standards.
- Ability to work with and coordinate the activities of technically oriented teams.
- Demonstratable oral and written communication skills.
- Use of project management tools to plan and schedule work.
- Experience supervising small teams.
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Experience/Education:
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline, preferably English, Communications, Technical Writing, JournalismÂ
- Minimum of eight years of experience preparing technical documentation for United States Government (USG) agencies.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, or other document development and management tools.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.Â
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BQMI is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Due to contract requirements, U.S. citizenship is required to obtain access to government facilities and systems. Â
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