Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aptive Resources is seeking a full-time Technical Writer to support the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology. The Technical Writer will be responsible for researching, writing, and editing a wide range of technical and communications products, ensuring that complex engineering concepts are communicated clearly and accurately.
Responsibilities
- Research, write, and edit original content for technical reports, magazine features, newsletters, fact sheets, brochures, user manuals, and other research communications products
- Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and subject matter experts to translate complex technical and engineering concepts into clear, accurate narratives for both technical and general audiences
- Provide substantive editing, copyediting, and proofreading across all stages of production, correcting grammar, spelling, style, punctuation, and logical flow
- Verify technical accuracy through interviews, research, and fact-checking, ensuring tables, schematics, and figures are seamlessly integrated with the narrative text
- Ensure all content conforms to the GPO Style Manual, the Chicago Manual of Style, and the TFHRC RD&T Communication Reference Guide
- Maintain compliance with Section 508 accessibility requirements and manage copyright permissions and attributions for all written materials
- Manage the full lifecycle of assigned documents and articles, from outline and interviews through multiple review cycles to final publication, while maintaining version control
- Coordinate review and approval of written materials with designated FHWA contacts and, when necessary, external stakeholders
Skills
- 5-10 years of professional experience in technical writing, editing, and publishing
- Bachelor's degree in Technical Writing, English, Communications, Journalism, or a related scientific/technical field
- Demonstrated expertise applying the GPO Style Manual and Chicago Manual of Style, and ensuring Section 508 accessibility compliance
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically
- Ability to manage competing deadlines
- Experience supporting complex projects and transformation efforts within the federal government
- Comfortability with supporting complex client relationships
- Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S
- Strong critical thinking, analytical, and time management skills
- Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and work well with others
- Ability to communicate thoughts, ideas, and solutions logically both written and orally
- Ability to stay calm under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to receive feedback from clients and implement changes quickly and effectively
- Ability to get up to speed quickly on complex issues
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
- Experience in the transportation sector, particularly highway or surface transportation research, is highly preferred
- Strategic thinker with a forward-looking approach to marketing trends and technologies
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