Technical Editor

ENERCON; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

ENERCON is seeking a Technical Editor for its Environmental Licensing team. You will refine complex documents for clarity and accuracy, ensuring consistent style and grammar across reports.

You will manage comment resolutions and maintain file configuration control while collaborating with management and project leads. The role requires attention to detail, ability to work with diverse teams, and proficiency with MS Office and Adobe tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, technical communications, or a scientific discipline with 3 to 5 years of related experience
• Environmental or Nuclear experience preferred
• Requires knowledge of publishing standards and style manuals (e.g., Chicago Manual of Style)
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, planning and organizational skills
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Adobe Suite
• Ability to work independently and prioritize workload
• Very organized and adept at managing multiple project schedules
• Experience with diverse teams of technical staff and project management
• Adobe FrameMaker experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Edit technical documents for grammar, style, and content; incorporate review comments
• Collaborate with management, project leads and teams; manage comment resolutions
• Ensure quality standards and timely responses in large reports
• Establish or adhere to file management systems for configuration control

Skills

Editing accuracy

Communication

Organization

Project coordination

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's Degree in English/Technical Communications

3-5 years related experience

Tools

MS Office Suite

Adobe Suite

Adobe FrameMaker

MS Word Styles

Job description

Join us on our mission to shape the future as a Technical Editor with our Environmental Licensing team. In this role, you will refine complex documents for clarity and accuracy while ensuring consistent style and grammar. This role involves collaborating with management and project leads, managing comment resolutions, and maintaining file configuration control. If you are ready to bring your attention to detail and passion for excellence to help us deliver outstanding results, we encourage you to read more about this exciting opportunity. We are seeking a Technical Editor to join the team in one of the following office locations:

• Kennesaw, GA (Suburb of Atlanta)
• Naperville, IL (Suburb of Chicago)
• Chicago, IL (Downtown)
• Overland Park, KS
• Ft Worth, TX

Overview

Join us on our mission to shape the future as a Technical Editor with our Environmental Licensing team. In this role, you will refine complex documents for clarity and accuracy while ensuring consistent style and grammar. This role involves collaborating with management and project leads, managing comment resolutions, and maintaining file configuration control. If you are ready to bring your attention to detail and passion for excellence to help us deliver outstanding results, we encourage you to read more about this exciting opportunity. We are seeking a Technical Editor to join the team in one of the following office locations:

• Kennesaw, GA (Suburb of Atlanta)
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Naperville, IL (Suburb of Chicago)
• Chicago, IL (Downtown)
• Overland Park, KS
• Ft Worth, TX
• Plano, TX (Dallas)

Responsibilities

As a Technical Editor, your day is a dynamic blend of precision, collaboration and problem-solving. You transform complex documents into clear reports ensuring accuracy, quality and consistency. By managing feedback, organizing files, and working closely with teams, you help drive success, knowing your attention to detail makes a lasting impact.

• Precision in Editing : Edit technical and complex documents for proper grammar, consistent style, and accurate content. Incorporate review comments; cross-check references, acronyms, figures, and tables; build report elements such as table of contents, acronym lists and reference lists
• Collaboration & Coordination: Work with all levels of management, project leads, and resource areas to set schedules and expectations. Interact with client representatives to ensure access to file share folders and technical documents
• Quality & Standards Management: Ensure standards and quality requirements are met. Manage comment resolution for large technical reports, ensuring thoroughness and quality responses
• File & Configuration Control: Establish or adhere to existing file management systems for configuration control #LI-MB1

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in English, Technical Communications, or a scientific discipline with 3 to 5 years of related experience
• Environmental or Nuclear experience preferred
• Requires in-depth knowledge of publishing standards and demonstrated expertise working with technical documents and style manuals (e.g., Chicago Manual of Style)
• Requires excellent oral and written communications skills, strong interpersonal skills, and robust planning and organizational skills
• Requires proficiency with MS Office Suite
• Requires proficiency with Adobe Suite
• Requires formatting proficiency capability with MS Word styles
• Requires the ability to work independently and to prioritize workload
• Very organized and adept at managing multiple project schedules
• Experience working with diverse teams of technical staff and project management
• Adobe FrameMaker experience is preferred

Compensation Range

USD $67,200.00 - USD $100,800.00 /Yr.

Additional Information

ENERCON Services, Inc. (ENERCON) is powered by people who make a difference. We offer rewarding careers in a culture built on excellence, innovation, and growth.

The compensation range listed is a good-faith estimate of the compensationexpected for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, geographic location, and internal equity.

Some positions may be performed remotely in one or more U.S. states. Compensation is aligned with applicable pay transparency requirements and reflects expected compensation at the time of posting.

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