Technical Editor

Come join our team as a Technical Editor! This pivotal role is essential to maintaining Osborn Consulting's reputation for accuracy and professionalism. As a team player, you will support all our practices as they deliver critical public infrastructure projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. You will collaborate with project managers and technical staff to produce a variety of unique project deliverables, including memorandums and reports, supporting projects that make a direct impact on our local communities. 

 
About the Role 
We are looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented, and reliable individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent tasks. If you have a passion for learning and a curiosity about the civil engineering and landscape architecture world, we encourage you to apply! This will be a part-time, benefit-eligible role at 32 hours/week with the potential of developing into a 40-hour full-time position. 

 
General responsibilities for the position: 

• Oversees the technical editing of material for reports, memorandums, sales proposals, training materials, engineering specifications, meeting minutes, presentations, and other technical and administrative publications. 

• Performs copyediting on technical documents according to the Chicago Manual of Style and Osborn’s in-house style guide. 

• Reviews documents with a strategic lens to ensure they fulfill their intended purpose, asking clarifying questions and using editorial expertise to enhance clarity, flow, and audience understanding. 

• Conducts research and ensures the use of proper technical and industry terminology; ensures consistency and accuracy of language use and acronym usage. 

• Prioritizes editing focus (e.g., grammar and punctuation, clarity, word choice, and formatting) based on the requested level of effort and time available for each project. 

• As necessary or as requested,  
  reorganizes, cuts, or rewrites document content. 

• Reviews draft Word tables and figures to ensure the content supports and is consistent with the accompanying text. 

• Serves as the company subject matter expert on Microsoft Word and Excel formatting. 

• Ensures documents meet ADA accessibility requirements and follow recommendations for accessible Word documents.  

• Performs final formatting and production of documents, including compilation of PDFs. 

• Manages the Osborn template library, creating new, easy-to-use Word templates and revising templates as needed. 
• Manages the Osborn style guide and usage guide.  
• Develops internal training to promote technical report writing skills. 

About You 

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, engineering, or related field. 

• 5+ years of related work experience 

• Strong writing, technical editing, proofreading, and page composition skills. 

• Strong Microsoft Suite skills, including formatting and report production. 

• Ability to manage competing deadlines and work with multiple project managers concurrently. 

• Flexibility to edit to requested level of effort and understand when lighter copyediting or more detailed line editing may be required. 

• Strong attention to detail and takes ownership of managing workload. 

• Experience in A/E/C industry strongly preferred. 

• Experience in SpecsIntact is preferred but not required. 

Location 

Bellevue, WA (Hybrid, 1-3 days in office each week) 

About Osborn 
Osborn Consulting is an employee-owned consulting firm providing civil engineering, landscape architecture, and urban design on public projects across Washington state. The power of these public projects surrounds our daily lives, from the sidewalks we stroll to visit our neighborhood park, to the confidence in knowing our homes are safe from flooding when heavy rain comes. Our team develops strong foundations of trust with cities, counties, and agencies to achieve more resilient and more sustainable communities.     

We have grown strategically over the last 20 years from a firm of one to a team of more than 100 motivated, hard-working, and creative individuals. Working for Osborn provides you with the chance to learn new skills, follow your passions, and have fun along the way!     

What We Offer 
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, success, and ownership. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles are eligible for limited benefits.

• Competitive pay, medical and dental insurance, a 401K plan with matching, PTO and holiday pay, health and fitness stipend, commute support, and profit sharing.
  
  
• A collaborative and fun environment with idea-sharing, learning, and curiosity.
  
  
• Training and mentoring.
  
  
• Opportunities for growth within the company.
  

The expected compensation range for this position for employees based in the Bellevue/Seattle area is $35-$50/hr and is dependent upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location.   

What We Value 
Our new team member will be someone who aligns with our core values of Professionalism & Responsibility, Collaboration &
Creativity, Health & Well-Being, Laughter & Fun, Relationships & Respect, Growth & Exploration.

Our Diversity and Inclusion 
Osborn is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.

If you are an individual with a disability and need
assistance completing the online application, please call 425-451-4009. Please leave a message and a member of our People Operations team will return your call within three business days. Alternatively, an email may be sent to hr@osbornconsulting.com. “Applicant Accommodation” should be included in the subject line of the email. Please note that this phone number and email are only for those individuals who would like to request
an accommodation to apply for a job.

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