Junior TCTO/EC Technical Writer

Junior TCTO/EC Technical Writer

Deployed to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) facilities in the Baltimore area, write and provide administrative support for technical orders and engineering change documents related to USCG surface fleet logistics. Maintain engineering change project files as per established procedures and style guides. Draft prototype packages for review and signature. Coordinate reviews of preliminary and final engineering change documents. Support the execution of technical orders, engineering change development, and deployment functions.

Required Skills

• Excellent grammatically correct American English language, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
• Ability to prepare complete, logically arranged, and legally defensible technical documents for incorporation into contracts.
• Ability to speak to a wide variety of people, both internal and external to the Coast Guard, and in commercial industries that serve the Coast Guard’s needs.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
• Ability to edit and proofread the work of colleagues (e.g., detailed technical documentation and reports).
• Working knowledge of all standard office equipment (phones, computers, scanners, copiers, etc.) and as Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work in a team environment that requires collaborating with others to solve problems and develop innovative solutions (often working with a diverse group of people who are geographically dispersed).
• Working knowledge of various Coast Guard processes, principles, and tools such as databases used to review, maintain, and update cutter maintenance records.

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of Coast Guard tools: Fleet Logistics System (FLS), Naval & Electronics Supply Support System (NESSS), Electronic Asset Logbook (EAL), CG-LIMS STIP, SFLC Central, MPC Electronic Routing tools, and CG-LIMS.

Job Duties

• Provide support to assist the agency with Time Compliant Technical Order (TCTO)/Engineering Change (EC) and administrative support.
• Collect, review, and analyze technical orders and engineering change documents.
• Support the execution of TCTO/EC development and deployment functions.
• Maintain engineering change project files per the current SFLC process and desk guides.
• Initiate and track tasking activities for engineering design, planned maintenance, configuration, and supply documentation using applicable IT tool(s).
• Draft prototype packages for Product Line Management review and signature.
• Prepare draft and final engineering change documents incorporating deliverables that address all surface fleet elements of logistics.
• Coordinate reviews of preliminary and final Engineering Change documents with Product Line and Shared Service Divisions of SFLC.
• Complete other engineering administrative tasks to move engineering changes from conception to deployment.

Experience and Education Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience writing, reviewing, and editing engineering and technical documents and presentations.
• Minimum Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Work Location

• Baltimore, MD, on-site at a Federal Government client’s facility.

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.