Is technical editing your passion? Are you highly organized and detail-oriented? Then INTERA has a great opportunity for you! We are looking for an experienced, highly skilled, and self-motivated Technical Editor to support our talented team of scientific experts in our Albuquerque, New Mexico, office. In this position you will be responsible for creating, editing, and polishing our technical documents to ensure that they represent INTERA’s high standards for quality and our commitment to deliver exceptional products to our clients. You will also support our technical and administrative staff with a variety of tasks around the office.
Our ideal candidate excels in receiving and providing constructive feedback, is undaunted by deadlines, and wants to be helpful to our clients and our technical teams. If this sounds like you, apply today!
Responsibilities
Our Technical Editor / Office Assistant will support our Mining and Environmental line of business in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the following tasks:
- Editing documents to improve readability and ensure consistency
- Coordinating the development of complex documents with multiple authors
- Providing word processing and document formatting for technical reports, work plans, memorandums, presentations, and other communications
- Collaborating with technical personnel to ensure documents are accurate, visually engaging, and highly compelling
- Providing QA/QC support
- Coordinating production of documents and electronic deliverables
- Supporting electronic approval, client document clearance, and submission to government administrative records for finished documents
- Greeting clients and distributors as needed
- Supporting technical and office staff to optimize processes
- Assist with other tasks as needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Technical Writing, or a related field
- 2 – 5 years or more of experience as a technical writer/editor
- Superior communication and organization skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.
- Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat
- Ability to multitask and meet challenging deadlines
- Self-directed and able to complete projects with limited supervision
- Able to provide samples of prior work to demonstrate experience, if asked
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in office administration or customer service
About INTERA & Our Benefits
Founded in 1974, INTERA has grown into an international geosciences and engineering consulting firm that helps clients make informed business decisions, mitigate risk, and drive optimal outcomes in a multitude of industries. Building and sustaining a strong company culture is at the heart of INTERA’s practice of good stewardship. We strive to foster an environment where people love the work that they do and the place that they work because we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. As an employee-owned company, we are committed to investing in our people’s needs for security, health, and well-being with:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance that includes a free health plan option for employee-only coverage
- 401k with employer match
- Paid parental leave – up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents
- PTO including floating holidays, 3 weeks of vacation (at minimum), and sick time
- Group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term coverage – paid 100% by the company
- Opportunities for stock ownership
- Performance-based bonuses and award programs for technical paper publications and employee referrals
- Career coaching instead of performance evaluations
- Tuition reimbursement, financial assistance for professional licensure and registration, and one paid membership to a professional society
- Pet insurance, LegalShield, IDShield, and more
These are some of the reasons why many of our employees have spent 10 to 25 years at INTERA. We love what we do, and it shows.
