Senior Technical Writer - Shipboard Manuals & Govt Standards

Bollinger Shipyards; Moss Point (MS); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards in Moss Point, MS seeks a Senior Technical Writer to develop, write, and edit technical publications for reports, manuals, briefs, and instructions in print or electronic media. The role requires deep knowledge of government and military standards, shipboard publications, and the ability to read engineering drawings, with hands-on experience in Arbortext or FrameMaker and MS Office.

This position involves travel for shipboard validation and publications research and offers

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of technical writing experience.
• Experience in developing content for damage control and/or system manuals.
• Ability to review and comprehend Engineering drawings.
• BS degree in English or Technical Writing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Writes technical manuals as per government and military standards.
• Reads and comprehends government contracts, standards, etc.
• Shipboard validation lead.
• Enters into configuration status accounting system.
• Manages ECPs.
• Researches and comprehends maintenance tasks and operational procedures on commercial equipment loaded aboard watercraft vessels.
• Travels when requested for job related functions, such as publications research and shipboard validation.

Skills

Technical writing

Shipboard publications

Reading engineering drawings

Watercraft knowledge

Education

BS in English or Technical Writing

Tools

Arbortext (Epic) Editor

Adobe FrameMaker

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bollinger Shipyards in Moss Point, MS seeks a Senior Technical Writer to develop, write, and edit technical publications for reports, manuals, briefs, and instructions in print or electronic media. The role requires deep knowledge of government and military standards, shipboard publications, and the ability to read engineering drawings, with hands-on experience in Arbortext or FrameMaker and MS Office.

This position involves travel for shipboard validation and publications research and offers