Technical Writer

Position Description

About TechSource:

TechSource, a Salas O'Brien company, is a nationally recognized engineering and scientific company specializing in the management and technical delivery of large-scale nuclear and high-technology projects with numerous federal agencies, helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects nationwide. We provide direct access to hundreds of experts and industry leaders in the nuclear sciences, non-proliferation technologies, accelerator physics, and systems engineering arenas with offices in Washington DC, SC, TX, TN, and NM. Our outstanding technical service has earned the company a client retention rate of over 95 percent. As an employee-owned company, we work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. TechSource is a recent DOE Small Business of the Year recipient and eleven-time Inc. 5000 winner.

Your Opportunity:

In this full-time position with TechSource you will support the work performed at the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center's (AFNWC) Nuclear Certification Team. You will provide technical writing support for engineering documents and serve as a bridge between program management and technical teams. You will also provide documentation of technical programmatic decisions, including technical meeting minutes, action items, and other documentation.

It is a hybrid schedule, with 1-2 days in the office weekly, depending on client meetings and needs. Your onsite work with be at the AFNWC location on base, located in Albuquerque, NM.

What You Will Do:

• Produce technical documents to support both program management and technical teams.
• Interface with technical engineering experts to support engineering projects.
• Review technical meeting minutes to prepare 1-2 page summaries, including action items and technical decisions made.

What You Will Need:

• Active secret or L security clearance required, with ability to upgrade to TS.
• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, business, or other degree. Work experience in lieu of degree considered.
• 7 or more years of engineering technical writing experience. (those without this requirement will be automatically rejected)
• Proven ability to work effectively and closely with engineers and other technical professionals to produce highly effective technical documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Word, and PowerPoint; and proficiency with their versioning features.
• Proficiency with the Department of Defense/Department of War Secure Access File Exchange web application.
• Proficiency with the Atlassian Confluence collaboration software.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.