Technical Writer / Editor, Senior

About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation’s war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Leveraging our executive team’s military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated “one-team” approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client’s transformational needs.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Job Description:

Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Tech Writer/Editor Sr to join our team, supporting the VHA CCPI Data Analytics and Support Services. The Tech Writer/Editor Sr will perform writing and editing activities across a variety of technical and business materials, translating complex technical and healthcare information into clear, accurate, and readable documentation for both technical and non-technical personnel. This role will support the development, editing, and delivery of high-quality documentation for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Write, edit, and proofread materials such as reports, regulations, articles, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference materials, speeches, scripts, and other customer deliverables.
• Gather, analyze, and compose technical information required for the preparation of user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, reports, and related documentation.
• Edit functional descriptions, system specifications, user manuals, special reports, and other customer deliverables and documents to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and quality.
• Conduct research and ensure the appropriate use of technical terminology, with particular attention to medical and healthcare industry terminology.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, concise, and readable documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with technical staff, subject matter experts, analysts, project managers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders to collect and validate information.
• Develop and maintain documentation supporting VHA CCPI data analytics, systems, processes, workflows, and operational activities.
• Review source materials and identify inconsistencies, information gaps, terminology issues, and opportunities for improved clarity.
• Apply established writing, editing, formatting, and documentation standards across project deliverables.
• Use computer-based systems and documentation tools to create, edit, format, organize, and maintain technical content.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and revisions while maintaining document accuracy, consistency, and version control.
• Support the development and maintenance of documentation templates, style guides, standard operating procedures, and editorial processes.
• Manage multiple documentation assignments and priorities while meeting established project schedules and deadlines.
• Ensure completed documentation is professional, technically accurate, well-organized, and appropriate for its intended audience.
• Support continuous improvement of documentation processes and deliverable quality across the project.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Eight (8) years of professional experience in technical writing, technical editing, communications, documentation, or a related field.
• Strong experience writing and editing a broad range of professional and technical materials, including reports, training materials, user manuals, proposals, system documentation, and custom…