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Description
Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc., (BKi) is a leading energy consulting firm that focuses on fostering energy efficiency and environmental gains in buildings, power supply, and vehicles. BKi specializes in designing and implementing community-scale building upgrade programs and policies for government and utilities. The firm has a strong background in governmental policy development and management of programs to move new technical practices and technologies from R&D into practical commercial use.
Founded in 1980, the firm continues to expand its teams by attracting and bringing on board dedicated, talented people with a passion for making a difference. BKi's engaging work atmosphere is casual, collegial, focused, and active.
Position Overview:
Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc., seeks a skilled and experienced technical writer to support BKi on a short-term basis with the production of technical reports related to its comprehensive building retrofit programs in Southern California. The Senior Technical Writer will help lead the writing and documentation process for sharing project summaries with clients and key government constituents.
The ideal candidate will be a skilled editor and savvy technical writer with the ability to communicate complex technical details to various audiences in a clear and concise manner. The final candidate will have superior writing and copy-editing experience, and an unflappable attention to detail.
This is an excellent position for a writer with both technical and non-technical writing experience, who has a passion for energy efficiency and an understanding of related policies. This position will report to the Program Manager. The Senior Technical Writer will produce persuasive, strategic written materials under tight deadlines and within a dynamic, team-based environment.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Technical Writer will perform the following and other duties as assigned:
- Draft, edit, and provide final review of written documents for a variety of projects within BKi. Duties will include the full range of writing and editing responsibilities, including narrative organization and structure, sentence-level editing, and copy editing.
- Write new or review and edit existing documents to prepare them for final delivery, publication, or distribution.
- Coordinate with government defined stakeholders to collect and compile data necessary to create new technical documents and follow up with the client to develop the final version of the report.
- Conduct research, sourcing, and outreach as needed for written work products.
- Provide recommendations to continuously improve program results and processes.
- Serve as writing and editing resource for all BKi staff, as needed.
Qualifications:
The successful applicant will have the following minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with coursework in journalism, English, or another writing-intensive subject
- 5-10 years experience as a writer and editor of technical and non-technical pieces in both short and long form
- Experience writing about energy efficiency or related topics
- Extensive experience working in an intense, deadline-driven, collaborative writing environment-experience in a newsroom a plus
- Experience crafting technically complex communications products for a variety of audiences
- Superb editing skills and attention to detail
- Experience serving as a project manager or team leader for written work products
- Experience providing documentation to demonstrate compliance with government-funded programs strongly preferred
- Experience writing for funders, policymakers, and nonprofits a plus
- A creative, resourceful, and professional demeanor
- Excellent research and analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and be flexible
- Ability to work in a startup environment
- A passion for energy efficiency and environmental issues strongly preferred
Compensation: BKi is seeking someone immediately to assist with project completion deadlines (with the possibility of permanent employment in the future). This is a full-time, temporary, contract position without benefits; the Senior Technical Writer will receive $35/hour.
This position will be located at BKi's offices in downtown Los Angeles, CA, across the street from the Pershing Square Metro station.
Full Time Contract (6 months)
To Apply:
To be considered for this position, interested candidates must follow this link to submit a resume and cover letter. CEA Recruiting is assisting BKi with this search. Please direct all applications and inquiries to CEA Recruiting. This position will remain open until filled.
BKi is an equal opportunity employer.
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