Senior Military Technical Writer for Shipboard Manuals

Newsletter Jobs; Moss Point (MS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to develop, write, and edit material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related publications in print or electronic media. The position is based in Moss Point, MS and involves working with shipboard systems and military standards.

The role requires experience with engineering drawings, SGML/XML familiarity, and software tools like Arbortext and FrameMaker, as well as strong MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of technical writing experience.
• Experience developing content for damage control or system manuals.
• Ability to review and comprehend engineering drawings.
• General knowledge of watercraft vessels and installed components.

Responsibilities

• Writes technical manuals per government and military standards.
• Reads and comprehends government contracts and standards.
• Shipboard validation lead.
• Enters into configuration status accounting system.
• Manages ECPs.
• Researches maintenance tasks and procedures for equipment on watercraft vessels.
• Travels as required for publications research and shipboard validation.

Skills

Technical writing

Military publications

Engineering drawings

Arbortext Editor

Adobe FrameMaker

MS Office

Education

B.S. in English or Technical Writing

Tools

Arbortext Editor

Adobe FrameMaker

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bollinger is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to develop, write, and edit material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related publications in print or electronic media. The position is based in Moss Point, MS and involves working with shipboard systems and military standards.

The role requires experience with engineering drawings, SGML/XML familiarity, and software tools like Arbortext and FrameMaker, as well as strong MS Office skills.