At Team Carney, we believe that true performance acceleration happens at the intersection of innovative learning and deep strategic expertise. Since 1994, our mission has been to provide top-tier training, learning, and human capital solutions that empower Federal Government agencies to meet their critical mandates. We are seeking a Sr. Technical Writer/Editor to support our federal client.
This position is contingent on contract award.
Work Schedule and LocationEmployment Status: Full-Time
Location: This position is fully remote within the U.S.
The Sr. Technical Writer/Editor will provide expert technical editing and content refinement support across communications, web content, and technical resources for our federal client program.
In this full-time role, you will review, edit, and rewrite technical materials to ensure full compliance with plain language standards, active voice, logical content organization, and consistent formatting. You will adapt tone and style to suit various target audiences and sensitivity levels, ensuring complex technical information is communicated clearly, concisely, and effectively to diverse audiences.
What You Bring to the Table - RequirementsEducation: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, or a related field.
Experience:
4+ years of overall professional technical writing and editing experience.
3+ years of dedicated technical editing experience supporting federal or enterprise communications, web content, and technical documentation projects.
Core Capabilities:
Language & Syntax Mastery: Outstanding grammar, spelling, punctuation, and written communication skills in English.
Plain Language & Active Voice: Expert proficiency in applying plain language principles, active voice, appropriate detail levels, and consistent styling to improve ease of understanding and readability.
Audience Adaptation: Proven ability to adapt tone, structure, and style to match specific target audience sensitivities and technical comprehension levels.
Content Organization: Skilled in organizing, structuring, and editing technical resources, user documentation, and program communications into clean, accessible formats.
When you join Team Carney, you join a legacy of excellence. We focus on our people because when we make a positive impact on the lives of our employees, they are able to make a positive impact on our clients. We offer a full suite of competitive benefits, including:
Health & Wellness: Multiple medical, dental, and vision insurance options (BCBS CareFirst), health spending accounts (HSA), and flexible spending accounts (FSA).
Financial Security: 401(k) retirement plan with company match, plus Carney-paid life and disability insurance.
Work-Life Harmony: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), 11 paid holidays, and 6 weeks of paid parental leave.
Professional & Personal Growth: Annual tuition assistance (up to $5,000) and student loan repayment.
Get Out and Learn: Up to $200 annually to learn almost anything (from pottery to coding!).
Get Out and Run: Up to $200 annually to participate in fitness and active lifestyle events.
Continuous Development: Ad hoc training and ongoing professional development access.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, or a related field.
- 4+ years of professional technical writing and editing experience.
- 3+ years of dedicated technical editing experience supporting federal or enterprise communications, web content, and technical documentation projects.
- Outstanding English grammar, spelling, punctuation, and written communication skills.
- Expert proficiency applying plain-language principles, active voice, appropriate detail levels, and consistent styling.
- Ability to adapt tone, structure, and style to target audience sensitivities and technical comprehension levels.
- Skill organizing, structuring, and editing technical resources, user documentation, and program communications.
What We Do
Carney incorporated in 1994 with a single mission -- to dramatically improve the job performance and critical mission accomplishment of employees, work teams, and entire organizations. We provide solutions to our Federal government clients across many solution types. Some of these are human capital consulting, leadership development, business process re-engineering, serious gaming, e-learning, and social government. Generally, these solutions are blended to create a unique solution to a specific client. Each one is aimed at helping our clients realize their potential by effectively doing more with less. We know we are successful when our clients are able to carry out their mission faster and better than they ever have. We help individuals perform at the speed of need. What this means is that we develop solutions that enable individuals, teams, teams of teams, and entire organizations to get to performing (delivering on their mission) as quickly and as effectively as possible. We endeavor to deliver Performance Acceleration services to our clients, which is the enhanced ability to learn and acquire skills at the exact time and place of need.
