Senior Technical Writer

Job ID: 2403834

Location: CALIFORNIA, MD, US

Date Posted: 2024-03-21

Category: Communications

Subcategory: Technical Writer/Ed

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a NAVAIR Document Specialist in California, Maryland to support the update/creation of Navy Flight clearance products to support a key NAVAIR Customer with challenging requirements within the Airworthiness and Cyber Safe Directorate.

This position is contingent upon award news this Spring/Summer 2024.

This role will sit in California, Maryland with hybrid-remote capability. Candidate must sit near California, MD for as-needed on-site availability.

A Secret clearance is required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads efforts to update and maintain NATOPS and NATIP flight manuals and associated derivatives in XML format
• Ability to train junior and journeyman level editors and guide their development
• Evaluates tools and processes to identify improvements
• Leads tools and efficiency improvement efforts
• Meet with government customers during reviews and working groups capturing changes/updates
• Audit materials for specification adherence and perform checks for anomalies and deviations
• Reviewing format and layout of documentation to ensure accuracy of draft and final products for varied government deliverables
• Migration of data from varied sources as provided into XML 
• Travel for various working group and reviews may be required

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors degree and 6 years of experience preferred; 10+ years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
• Ability to learn Arbortext XML Editor
• Ability to become familiar with Naval Airworthiness Style Guides, MIL-DTL, Standard Work Packages, NATOPS/NATIP, Broadvision Quicksilver and Flight Clearance Process Guide
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Office
• Minimum of a Secret clearance is required

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.