TECHNICAL WRITER and TRANSLATOR – TUCSON

Position Summary: Prepares, edits, translates, and coordinates a broad range of technical and business documents for M3 and its clients. Assignments include project studies, specifications, reports, manuals, procedures, proposals, and supporting publications. The position works with technical specialists and other contributors to produce complete, clear, consistent documents and keep submissions and reviews moving toward project deadlines. Preferred people for this role would be someone who enjoys detailed document work, varied assignments, and learning new technical subjects. Professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required, along with sound judgment when using translation and publication tools.

Main Duties

• Create and revise project studies, specifications, handbooks, reports, proposals, standards, procedures, and other company and client documents.
• Compile and integrate material from multiple contributors, including sections of scoping, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies, using applicable report structures and project requirements.
• Edit and proofread for clarity, grammar, completeness, terminology, and consistency. Check numbering, references, tables, figures, and units; refer technical questions to the appropriate specialists.
• Translate documents between English and Spanish and review translations for accuracy, meaning, tone, and appropriate technical terminology.
• Review and correct machine translations and AI-assisted content against source material, resolving omissions, mistranslations, and unsupported statements before use.
• Coordinate with M3 personnel, clients, and external contributors. Track study sections and review comments, follow up tactfully and persistently, and communicate delays or unresolved items to the supervisor or project manager.
• Research unfamiliar topics, interview subject matter experts, and draft missing explanations, summaries, or procedures for technical review.
• Format and assemble documents using company templates, styles, tables of contents, captions, cross-references, and revision conventions. Prepare final Word and PDF deliverables.
• Use and learn modern translation and publication tools, including translation memories, terminology resources, automation, and generative AI, with appropriate review and in accordance with company policies.
• Maintain templates, terminology resources, reference libraries, and document trackers. Create supporting flowcharts, diagrams, and presentations as needed.
• Support other departments and perform related assignments as project and company needs evolve.
  
  

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Two years of years of relevant work experience in technical writing, translation, editing, document production, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English and Spanish, including the ability to translate and review technical documents in both directions.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with close attention to detail and the patience to work carefully through lengthy technical documents.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including strong Word skills for document styles, numbering, tables, and references, and the ability to work with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Clear, professional communication and the ability to request information, ask questions, follow up on commitments, and work cooperatively with technical contributors.
• Strong organization, dependable follow-through, and the ability to manage several assignments and communicate priorities and progress with limited supervision after initial guidance.
• Ability to learn technical terminology, adapt to varied assignments, and evaluate the quality of output from machine translation and other assistive tools.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, construction, mining, or a consulting environment, including work on technical studies or specifications.
• Familiarity with NI 43-101 technical reports or other structured study-report requirements.
• Experience with translation memories, terminology management, PDF editing, document automation, or AI-assisted translation and publication workflows.
• Proficiency in additional languages or experience creating flowcharts and other supporting technical graphics.