Technical Writer Specialist – $80k to $130K annually

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Technical Writer Specialist based out of West Valley, NY, with remote work allowable.

Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client’s success. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.

The Technical Writer Specialist would be providing very complex, non-routine research and analysis, and technical writing for use by management and project teams in support of their programs.

•  Education– Bachelor’s degree in English, Technical Writing, Communications, or Journalism plus a minimum of twelve (12) years of related experience or the equivalent combination of education and related experience

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing and in person.  Requires excellent grammar, writing, and copy editing skills.
• Must be able to interface with individuals or groups from inside and outside of the organization, senior management, DOE and DOE Headquarters.
• Willingness and ability to proactively collect information from multiple sources.  Requires ability to coordinate and prepare projects, meet deadlines often involving significant time constraints.
• High degree of self motivation and evidence of success in team environments.
• Strong interpersonal ,l communication, organizational and coordination skills.
• Ability to synthesize technical information and to identify missing content.
• Strong commitment to developing high-quality content, to assessing and accommodating user needs, and to writing for the appropriate audience.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products including Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in using word processing, desktop publishing, HTML-editing, and content-management applications.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Demonstrates strong project technical understanding.
• Shows a high degree of emotional intelligence for dealing with complex groups and issues.
• Ability to complete projects with minimum of supervision.  Ability to meet tight and shifting deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Requires excellent written, verbal interpersonal communication and customer relation skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrates ability to sufficiently understand difficult technical issues to support broader communications