Public Health Technical Writer & Editor

Fortis Industries, Inc. DBA - LTS, Inc.; Atmore (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortis Industries, Inc. DBA - LTS, Inc. seeks a Technical Writer/Editor to develop, edit, and quality-review scientific, technical, evaluation, policy, training, and public-facing products across the DNPAO portfolio and CDC clearance process.

The role supports high-volume scientific, programmatic, evaluation, policy, and public-facing materials while ensuring plain language, accessibility, and editorial consistency in collaboration with CDC review teams.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• At least 5 years of experience writing and editing scientific, technical, public health, policy, evaluation, or Government content.
• Experience supporting complex review and clearance cycles, references and citations, plain language, accessibility, manuscripts, reports, briefs, training resources, presentations, and web content is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality work in a multidisciplinary, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft and edit reports, manuscripts, briefs, guidance, toolkits, training materials, presentations, and web language.
• Perform substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact checking, and reference review.
• Translate technical and scientific information without compromising accuracy.
• Coordinate review and CDC clearance, reconcile comments, and maintain version control.
• Apply plain language, editorial standards, accessibility requirements, and approved templates.
• Prepare publication-ready, leadership-ready, and recipient-facing final products.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Collaboration

Organization

Judgment

Client-service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Fortis Industries, Inc. DBA - LTS, Inc. seeks a Technical Writer/Editor to develop, edit, and quality-review scientific, technical, evaluation, policy, training, and public-facing products across the DNPAO portfolio and CDC clearance process.

The role supports high-volume scientific, programmatic, evaluation, policy, and public-facing materials while ensuring plain language, accessibility, and editorial consistency in collaboration with CDC review teams.