Technical Writer / Editor

SMX USA

  • Beltsville, MD
  • 2 days ago
  • $47.22–$48.76 Per Hour

Highlights

SMX Services & Consulting is seeking a Technical Writer / Editor to support documentation, reporting, meeting records, validation findings, procedures, and Section 508-compliant deliverables for the FDA CBER CASA-CV Support project. Experience preparing technical reports, procedures, meeting minutes, presentations, or project-management documentation.

Numbers & Facts

LocationBeltsville, MD
Salary$47.22–$48.76 Per Hour

Description

Job Title: Technical Writer / Editor

 

Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area, including Rockville, Silver Spring, and Beltsville, Maryland

 

Work Arrangement: Local hybrid position. Remote work may be authorized by FDA, but the employee must be available for onsite meetings and activities when directed.

  Schedule: Monday through Friday, generally 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time

  Travel: Local DC metropolitan travel may be required and is not separately reimbursable

  Citizenship: Must be a United States citizen

  Security Requirement: Must be able to obtain a Tier 2 Public Trust background determination and HSPD-12 PIV credential

  Classified Clearance: Secret or Top Secret clearance is not required

Compensation

 Target Candidate Pay Rate:  $47.22–$48.76 per hour

 

Position Summary

SMX Services & Consulting is seeking a Technical Writer / Editor to support documentation, reporting, meeting records, validation findings, procedures, and Section 508-compliant deliverables for the FDA CBER CASA-CV Support project.

 

The Technical Writer will work closely with project managers, bioinformatics analysts, clinical-data standards specialists, and FDA personnel to transform technical and scientific information into clear, accurate, well-organized documents.

 

Primary Responsibilities

  • Prepare, edit, format, and quality-check technical and management deliverables.
  • Develop meeting agendas, presentations, and meeting minutes.
  • Capture and distribute meeting minutes for contractor and FDA meetings.
  • Support preparation of weekly status reports.
  • Support preparation of monthly status reports.
  • Support monthly financial-report narratives and supporting documentation.
  • Maintain consistent terminology, formatting, grammar, and document structure.
  • Prepare and edit Pinnacle 21 Enterprise quality and findings reports.
  • Translate technical validation findings into clear language suitable for FDA reviewers and stakeholders.
  • Develop standard operating procedures, process descriptions, user guides, checklists, and training materials.
  • Support the Project Management Plan and O&M Optimization Cost Reduction Plan.
  • Edit risk registers, issue logs, action-item logs, schedules, and project documentation.
  • Ensure documents conform to FDA-provided templates and standards.
  • Coordinate document reviews, comments, revisions, approvals, and version control.
  • Verify deliverables for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and traceability.
  • Ensure final electronic documents comply with applicable Section 508 accessibility requirements.
  • Remediate Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents for accessibility.
  • Support WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements where applicable.
  • Maintain documentation in FDA-authorized repositories such as SharePoint.
  • Protect CUI, sensitive information, and non-public FDA information.
  • Use only FDA-authorized equipment, email, VPN access, and document repositories.
  • Meet recurring weekly, monthly, and rapid-response documentation deadlines.

 

Required Qualifications

  • United States citizenship.
  • Ability to obtain a Tier 2 Public Trust determination and FDA PIV credential.
  • Approximately three to five years of relevant technical-writing, editing, documentation, or communications experience.
  • Experience preparing technical reports, procedures, meeting minutes, presentations, or project-management documentation.
  • Strong command of English grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and document organization.
  • Ability to understand and accurately communicate technical or scientific subject matter.
  • Experience collaborating with technical subject-matter experts.
  • Ability to manage multiple documents and recurring deadlines.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat or comparable PDF tools.
  • Ability to follow government templates, naming conventions, review processes, and version-control procedures.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting FDA, HHS, or another federal agency.
  • Experience writing about clinical data, health information, scientific systems, bioinformatics, or regulatory processes.
  • Familiarity with CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, SEND, or Pinnacle 21.
  • Experience creating Section 508-compliant Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files.
  • Familiarity with WCAG accessibility requirements.
  • Experience working with SharePoint or another controlled document repository.
  • Experience supporting government project-management and contract deliverables.
  • Familiarity with CUI, federal records-management, and information-security requirements.

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