Technical Editor
Office location: Any (remote considered)
Stillwater Sciences seeks a highly-motivated Technical Editor at the mid- to senior level. The right candidate will become a member of an inter-disciplinary team working on habitat restoration planning, design, permitting, and implementation, as well as general water resources management projects throughout the West. This position is 30–40 hours/week and fully benefited. We seek one full-time person preferably based in a city where we have an established office, but we are willing to consider remote candidates.
The Technical Editor will be responsible for:
- Editing client-deliverable technical reports, proposals, presentations, and marketing materials
- Managing production of large and complex multi-section documents, including integration of sections from internal and external (subcontractor) team members and graphics from different software platforms, and formatting
- Editing documents for organization, style, format, grammar, consistency, and logical coherency
- Reconciling differences in tone and voice from multiple writers
Verifying information cited in reports and that information in text,
tables, and figures is consistent and accurate - Collaborating with authors to select figures and tables that best amplify a document’s objective
- Assisting in the preparation of marketing materials and gathering relevant resumes or content
- Adapting to rapidly changing circumstances, client needs, and schedules
Providing support to all Stillwater offices and project managers
Qualified applicants should possess:
- Ability to work remotely with teams
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills
- Effective communication style (both verbal and written)
- Confidence to interact with all levels of staff, agency representatives, and vendors in a professional and courteous manner
- A healthy dose of initiative, creativity, and drive
- Strong writing, proofreading, and page composition skills
- Scientific literacy
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, with hours often depending on document deadlines
Required qualifications include:
- Advanced user of Microsoft Suite and Adobe Acrobat
- Experience with document management on SharePoint or other web-based collaborative platforms
- Document production expertise, including the simultaneous production of multiple documents at different stages of development and production of large and complex multi-section documents
- 3+ years of experience as an editor or technical writer
- Familiarity with federal and state permit document requirements, especially FERC hydroelectric project licensing, CEQA, and NEPA
- Exposure to or experience in an environmental organization/consulting firm is a plus
- BA in Technical Communication, Communications, English, Journalism, or related field is also a plus