Specialist, Technical Writing

Job Description:

Job Title: Specialist Technical Writing

Job Code: 42464

Job Location: Salt Lake City Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced technical writer.

Essential Functions:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong editing proofreading and formatting skills

Proficiency in researching and analyzing detailed technical processes to extract technical information

Confidence and experience with team coordination including working with engineers customer representatives subject matter experts vendors technical personnel and the internal illustration team

Adaptable to changing priorities and workloads and able to work independently

Strong time-management skills

Proficient with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and/or Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Experience authoring Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals Technical Orders (TOs) Technical Manuals (TMs) Users Manuals and other related technical documents in various formats

Familiar with military and aerospace technical documentation requirements such as standards and specifications (e.g. MIL-STD-38784 MIL-STD-40051 MIL-DTL-38807 S1000D)

Familiar with SGML and/or XML content for DoD operation and maintenance manuals

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint)

Proficient with Adobe Acrobat

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

Occasional travel required

Ability to obtain security clearance and maintain eligibility requirements to access U.S. classified information