Senior Technical Editor

Patriot Enterprises LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Patriot Enterprises LLC in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Technical Editor to oversee the editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation, ensuring stylistic consistency across large programs and mentoring junior staff.

You will lead a team transforming technical data into authoritative documents, perform copy and developmental editing, coordinate with SMEs and managers, and enforce branding, formatting, and accessibility standards.

Qualifications

• Advanced editing skills focused on technical content.
• Experience supervising editors and coordinating large editorial workflows.
• Familiarity with agency style guides and accessibility guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee editorial process for documents, reports, and manuals.
• Lead a team from outline to final publication, including online/web publishing.
• Collaborate with SMEs, project managers, technical staff, leadership to translate complex information.
• Enforce editorial standards, branding, and document formatting across publications.
• Provide substantive, copy, line, and developmental editing to improve quality and readability.
• Review documents for policy, contractual, regulatory, and accessibility compliance.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Technical editing

Team mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Master's degree in English/Journ/technical field

Tools

GPO Style Manual

Job description

Description

• The FHA Senior Technical Editor oversees the entire editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation, ensuring stylistic consistency across large-scale programs and mentoring junior staff
• Leads a team responsible for transforming raw data and engineering jargon into authoritative documents that meet the stringent requirements of the agency, including reference checking, fact checking, and ensuring copyright compliance

Duties and Responsibilities

• Focus on substantive editing, verifying technical accuracy, and ensuring compliance with agency style guides for all documents, reports, and manuals
• Lead an independently working team, managing the full lifecycle of a document from outline to final publication including online and web publishing
• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs), project managers, technical staff, leadership, and stakeholders to translate complex technical, scientific, regulatory, or policy information into clear, concise, and audience-appropriate communications
• Establish, maintain, and enforce editorial standards, writing conventions, branding requirements, and document formatting guidelines to ensure consistency across all organizational publications
• Provide substantive editing, copy editing, line editing, and developmental editing to improve document quality, logical flow, readability, and usability while preserving technical accuracy and author intent
• Review documents for compliance with applicable organizational policies, contractual requirements, regulatory guidance, publication standards, and accessibility requirements

Education

• Master's Degree (Senior) in English, Journalism, or a technical field

Experience

• 10+ years of supervisory and project management experience; FHA transportation experience, especially in highway and surface transportation is preferred
• This position requires an expert-level command of the US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Style Manual and an eye for detail when ensuring quality control for all publications and documents