Technical Writer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Technical Writer to support our contract under Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) out of Quantico, VA.

ManTech is responsible for assisting our Government customer and ensuring that material solutions developed or acquired by MCSC are system engineered, integrated, interoperable, and certified to provide the warfighter with equipment required to accomplish their mission.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Focus on Tech Publications (TMs, SIs, TI, etc.).
• Using established document and brief formats, assists determining document needs of end
  users.
• Provides grammar, style, and formatting recommendations to documents and brief drafts
  provided for review.
• Provides first draft creation for pre-formatted documents and briefs using technical
  information provided by Subject-Matter-Experts.
• Works with graphics personnel to assist with professional integration of photographs,
  drawings, diagrams, and charts of documents and briefs.
• Captures and distributes meeting minutes to ensure broad understanding and transparency
  of information relevant to PdM Mission Support Systems employees and to support future
  decision making and resource planning for Command-level initiatives.
• Development of MIL-STD-40051 compliant technical manuals for Army test equipment.
• Development and maintenance of stylesheet for MIL-STD-38784 technical manuals for USMC

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (+5 years' experience), Associate's Degree (+7 years' experience), or High School Diploma (+12 years' experience).
• Five (5) years in relevant technical field which required significant writing/editing of technical documentation, procedures and guidelines relevant to Information Technology (IT) systems or equipment.
• Familiar with technical manuals and have a logistics background
• Familiar with MILSTD 40051, MILSTD 38784, and formatting using XML to include Style Sheets and DTD.
• Proficiency with Arbortext, FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio, and/or Adobe Pro

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Naval and Marine Corps specific correspondence guides
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills.

Security Clearance Required:

• Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Sedentary work