Senior Technical Editor - Remote, Federal Transportation

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Technical Editor to oversee editorial processes for high-stakes technical documents for the Federal Highway Administration. The role requires steering quality control, mentoring staff, and ensuring compliance with agency standards.

The successful candidate will transform engineering jargon into authoritative materials, manage the full document lifecycle, and uphold copyright and reference accuracy. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of supervisory and project management experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required for this position.
• Master's degree or higher in English, Journalism, or a technical field

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire editorial process for high-stakes technical documentation, ensuring stylistic consistency across large-scale programs
• Mentor junior staff
• Transform raw data and engineering jargon into authoritative documents that meet agency requirements, including reference checking, fact checking, and copyright compliance
• Verify technical accuracy and ensure compliance with agency style guides for all documents, reports, and manuals
• Manage the full lifecycle of a document from outline to final publication including online and web publishing

Skills

Editorial leadership

Technical editing

Mentoring

Quality control

Fact checking

Education

Master's degree or higher in English, Journalism, or a technical field

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Technical Editor to oversee editorial processes for high-stakes technical documents for the Federal Highway Administration. The role requires steering quality control, mentoring staff, and ensuring compliance with agency standards.

The successful candidate will transform engineering jargon into authoritative materials, manage the full document lifecycle, and uphold copyright and reference accuracy. U.S. citizenship is required.