Senior Project (Technical) Specialist 2 (Editor)

GAI Consultants Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Technical Specialist 2 to join our team in our Pittsburgh, PA office. This specialist will assist the Archaeology team in creating and editing documents for varied government deliverables. Enhancing the overall readability and flow of documents, while maintaining the integrity of technical information. In this position you will Collaborate closely with directors and project managers to understand the scope and details of assignments, providing real-time editing support.

Primary Responsibilities include:   

• Review and edit environmental documentation such as NEPA and Section 106 submittals.
• Review format and layout of documents of draft and final products for varied government deliverables.
• Edit copy for clarity, accuracy, grammar, punctuation, and consistency.
• Enhance the overall readability and flow of documents, while maintaining the integrity of technical information.
• Verify that all references and citations are accurate and properly documented.
• Perform final proofreading to ensure that edited documents are free from errors, typos, and formatting inconsistencies.
• Ensure that documents follow the organization's style guide.
• Responsible for maintaining the organization’s style guide.
• Create, edit, automate, and maintain user documentation, including templates, boilerplate text, training guides, tutorials, etc.
• Collaborate closely with directors and project managers to understand the scope and details of assignments, providing real-time editing support.
• Create automated processes to transfer data recorded by apps like Survey123 into government-required formats (Access, Word, or PDF).
• Perform other duties, as requested.

General Characteristics 

• Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems. 
• Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that impact organizational activities and culture. 
• Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests. 
• Leads programs with complex features with work performed directly, or by others. 
• Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems. 
• Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas. 
• Demonstrates ethical leadership, behavior, and decision making. 

Education 

• B.S. in Archaeology or equivalent experience. 

Certification/Licensure 

• Driver's License

Experience 

• 18+ years of experience. 

Technical Responsibilities 

• Develops standards and guidelines. 
• Leads a program in the organization in their area of specialization. 
• Develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints. 
• Integrates advanced concepts, including sustainability, to solve complex problems. 

Project and Task Management 

• Oversees large or multidiscipline project teams. 
• Recommends facilities, personnel, and funds required to carry out programs. 
• Oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire program. 
• Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project. 
• Implements effective teamwork, leadership, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles into solutions for engineering problems. 
• Determines program objectives and requirements. 
• Develops organizational policies and procedures. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits. 
• Implements staff development plans within their organizational segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills. 
• Advocates for and establishes professional attitudes within the organization. 
• Evaluates the effectiveness of leaders a