Technical Editor/Engineering Report Editor

Technical Editor/Engineering Report Editor

If you're an editor who notices inconsistent formatting, catches grammatical errors others miss, and takes pride in producing polished, professional documents, we'd love to hear from you. Knight Piésold is seeking a Technical Editor to join our Denver team and support the quality and consistency of engineering, environmental, and consulting deliverables.

This role is ideal for an experienced technical editor who enjoys working with complex technical content prepared by engineers and scientists. Rather than creating software documentation or user manuals, you will review, edit, proofread, and format reports, proposals, presentations, and other technical documents to ensure they are accurate, clear, professional, and client-ready.

In this role, you will collaborate with subject matter experts around the world and play an important role in how technical information is communicated to clients, regulators, and stakeholders.

Why Join Knight Piésold?

• You will be joining a reputable, well-established global consulting firm with over 100 years of industry experience.
• We believe in the One Team approach, with everyone working together toward achieving a shared goal. Our employees develop their skills through working on diverse projects, our knowledge-sharing culture, career mentoring program, and collaborating with top professionals in the industry.

About This Role

As a Technical Editor, your primary responsibility will be serving as the final editor and quality reviewer for technical documents prepared by engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, and other technical professionals. Your focus will be on editing, proofreading, formatting, and quality assurance rather than on developing software documentation or creating content from scratch, as is common in other similarly titled positions.

Working closely with project teams, you will help review deliverables for clarity, accuracy, professionalism, and compliance with company standards before being issued to clients.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Edit, proofread, and format engineering reports, technical memoranda, studies, proposals, presentations, and other business documents.
• Review content for grammar, punctuation, spelling, readability, clarity, consistency, and adherence to company style standards.
• Ensure consistency between text, tables, figures, appendices, references, and supporting documentation.
• Serve as the primary editor for engineering reports and technical documents, collaborating with engineers and technical subject matter experts to improve organization, flow, readability, and consistency.
• Verify facts, references, data, figures, and tables for consistency and accuracy throughout documents.
• Apply advanced Microsoft Word formatting, including styles, templates, section breaks, captions, cross-references, automatic numbering, and tables of contents.
• Maintain and enhance document templates, formatting standards, and style guides to promote a consistent professional brand.
• Perform final quality-control reviews of client deliverables prior to submission.
• Coordinate multiple editing and document production assignments while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Support project teams with document control and document management activities, including maintaining document logs and tracking issued and received documents.
• Confirm compliance with company processes, ISO requirements, and project-specific documentation standards.
• Assist with other administrative or project-related tasks, as needed.

Who Will Be Successful in This Role?

This position may be an excellent fit for candidates with backgrounds such as:

• Technical Editor
• Engineering Document Editor
• Proposal Coordinator
• Proposal Specialist
• Document Control Specialist
• Technical Publications Editor
• Scientific Editor
• Environmental Report Editor
• Communications Specialist supporting engineering or consulting organizations
• Legal Editor or Proofreader
• Professional Editor with experience reviewing technical or highly regulated documents

Please note: This role focuses on editing and proofreading engineering and consulting deliverables and is not primarily a software technical writing, API documentation, UX writing, or software product content development position.

Compensation (Colorado)

In accordance with Colorado state law, the following hourly compensation range is applicable for the job and Colorado location associated with this requisition: $35-$45/hour. Actual compensation may vary from posted hiring range based on compensable factors, including experience, education, and skill level.

Benefits

Because our employees are our most important asset, we created a benefits program to support you and your family now and into the future. Our benefits include: 401(k) / Roth 401(k) / Employer matching, Health insurance – including Prescription drugs, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Flexible spending account (health and dependent care reimbursement), Health Savings account (HSA), Short and long-term disability, Life insurance, Wellness and employee assistance programs, Flexible work schedule, Paid time off (Vacation, Sick, Holiday), Professional development assistance, Employee referral bonus, Transit benefit program, as well as a Discretionary annual bonus program.

Qualifications and Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Technical Writing, Professional Writing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional editing, technical editing, proofreading, or similar experience.
• Experience reviewing and editing engineering, environmental, scientific, construction, consulting, legal, or other highly technical documents strongly preferred.
• Exceptional editing, proofreading, and written communication skills, with a strong command of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and style.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, review, and edit complex technical documents for a variety of audiences.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, consistency, and quality.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Word, including styles, templates, section breaks, captions, automatic numbering, cross-references, and tables of contents.
• Experience with Bluebeam Revu preferred.
• Experience performing document quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) reviews preferred.
• Ability to understand technical information sufficiently to identify inconsistencies, formatting issues, grammatical errors, and opportunities to improve readability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with multiple authors and subject matter experts.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Creative, curious, and able to understand and communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Ability to adapt writing and editing approaches to different authors, disciplines, document types, and client requirements.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain professionalism when providing editorial guidance and feedback.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours, when needed, to support project deadlines and deliverables.

Work Environment and Schedule

Work will be performed in an office environment during normal business hours. While we do provide a flexible schedule there may be occasions where a Technical Editor needs to modify their work schedule to meet obligations of a publication deadline.

EEO/ADA

Knight Piésold provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

EEO Policy

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. If you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to Denver@knightpiesold.com or please call us at 1-303-629-8788 between the hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm MST, Monday-Friday.