Documentation Specialist II

Jacobs Sverdrup, a worldwide leader in providing advanced engineering and technical services for government and industry, has an opportunity available for a:

 

Documentation Specialist II

 

Job Requirements and Description

 

This is a Team ITSS Position with Jacobs.  The candidate must have 6 years relevant experience, OR 4 years relevant experience and an Associates Degree in a Technical Discipline or related field, OR 2 years relevant experience and a Bachelors Degree in a Technical Discipline or related field.

 

Other Duties:

 

Excellent verbal, written, and organizational skills are required.  Demonstrated experience developing end user manuals, system documentation, data dictionaries, data diagrams and operational procedures.  Works independently to develop and maintain technical and graphical documentation for end users, technical personnel, and management.  Solely responsible for creating document plans, types, templates and predefined styles for use by documentation staff.  Coordinate, plan and schedule technical writing tasks for lower level documentation staff.  Ensure adherence to Army and DOD standards and performs quality assurance reviews of delivered documentation.  Work independently but under the supervision of a Project Leader and adhere to and are an advocate of safety.  Plan and set goals and objectives for weekly activities to ensure a high level of productivity, including prioritizing documentation requests, determining the most effective way to expedite a request and allocating the appropriate resources.  Creates document plans, provides work estimates and work plans.  Responsible for developing and maintaining technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and operational procedures utilizing predefined formats.  Lead efforts to write documentation for end users, technical personnel, and management.  Interview subject matter experts and technical personnel to gather information.  Performs data gathering and analysis; coordination and input to ensure timely and accurate response to data calls; system certification preparations; and other special interest data requests by customers.  Performs a variety of special projects/tasks primarily, concerned with Army, AMC, and LAISO issues, planning and initiatives for implementing an Manufacturing Execution System (MES).  Ability to upload/download data to and from AKO.  Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office product suite, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Excel and Microsoft Project.  Receives draft charts from customers and develops these into finished products to be presented to General Officers, Senior Executive Service personnel, and other Government and contractor personnel.  In many cases receives only verbal directions from which a finished presentation is to be developed, responsible for the graphics, grammar, and spelling of the presentation.

 

LOCATION: Huntsville, AL 35806 Fax: 256/971-0413

 

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified candidates may forward their resumes, including salary requirements to:

itssres@jacobs.com

 

Employer maintains a drug free workplace

EOE, M/F, D/V