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Technical Writer II. Provide technical writing, document development, revision, distribution, auditing, maintaining custody and administrative support of technical documentation for the Lightweight and Heavyweight Torpedo programs. Principally supporting documentation in work methods and procedures, installation, operations and maintenance of torpedoes and related components.~ Document development, revision, and distribution of lightweight and heavyweight torpedo procedures, and related other technical documentation, as identified by the government customer.~ Monthly audits of above technical documentation.~ Document development, revision, and distribution of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).~ Document development, revision, and distribution of Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) posted in shops and buildings, auditing twice yearly.~ Collaboration with subject matter experts (technician, engineering, Quality Assurance (QA) and management customers), to create and revise written products for clarity, style, and proper format.~ Preparation of procedure changes from source material and customer supplied change documentation.~ Writing assignments proofed and edited for structure, completeness, accuracy, organization and consistency.~ Conversion of procedures and QA checklists from WORD master documents to PDF format, posting them to website (LIDOL) for online viewing of procedures, and download of QA checklists.~ Maintenance of website (LIDOL) of information regarding revision and change of documentation, publication date, distribution of documentation, auditing data, and reliability of hyperlinks.~ As requested, provide administrative and technical support to the Torpedo Certification Examining Board (TCEB), during yearly audits of the NUWC Keyport Heavyweight and Lightweight Torpedo programs.~ Provision of weekly technical briefs and monthly reports for reporting status of task.

Technical Writer I: Provide technical data support in support of the Advanced Skills Management (ASM) data servers.~ Addition/modification of Task Lists and associated data (Accreditations, Duties, Billets, On the Job Training, examinations, formal training) on ASM data servers as directed by NUWC Keyport customer.~ Verification of data provided, identifying any issues, consulting customer for clarification/resolution.~ Perform quality assurance of Task Lists and associated data.~ Validation of data when changed or added to ASM.~ Perform changes to Task Lists in ASM as directed by customer.~ Participation in daily scrum, for tracking of scheduled progress.~ Use of Microsoft Excel/WORD for preparation and validation of data.~ Utilization of SharePoint for tracking of the progress of multiple projects.

Provide administrative support services. Preparation (receipt, formatting), routing and distribution of naval correspondence (letters, memos, naval messages). Preparation and routing of access requests for NUWC Pass and ID personnel for processing. Entry of visit requests into the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS). Formatting, edit and processing of technical briefs for inclusion to Keyport Command Staff. Perform data entry in systems. Provide property management support including development, signature preparation, and distribution of shipping documents, and Material Movement Documents (MMDs) in Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Preparation of property passes for government signature. Security of general access areas at end of day. Support of Government Key Custodian to maintain key inventory for controlled and uncontrolled keys and spaces (check-in, check-out, lost key reports), to issue and receive back keys and to ensuring that key control documentation is accurate. Notification of Information Technology (IT) help desk in the event of service problems, addition or deletion of service. Calling for service as service is required for office machines. Preparation, input update, file and routing of training requests in Navy ERP. Other duties as assigned.

Secretary II: Assemble and process Technical Data Packages (TDPs). Responsible for locating, accessing and compiling technical documentation for the NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVSUB Force and NAVICP project execution office, in support of Program Y. Research systems information for the location of documentation to support NUWC Division Keyport’s effort in acquiring project orders for the repair and fabrication of fleet and other military assets. Conduct technical assessments (evaluation and completion) of information collected to provide NUWC Division Keyport sufficient and timely information for capability decisions in quoting repair or manufacture work. Maintenance of tracking databases used for drawing number statuses and reporting of any package shortages. Collection, verification and printing of TDPs using available resources and databases (NSDER JEDMICS, MEDALS, NATEC JEDMICS, Air Force Base JEDMICS, Marine Corps, TARP, CMPRO, BINCS, Haystack, IHS, Fedlog, JDRS, AIMTC, Crane, AMCOM, TDMIS, EQL). Support of Customer Advocates, Deputy Customer Advocates, Program Analysts, Technical Program Managers and Department and Project Management staff in budget development. Duties include quote letter generation along with pertinent documentation to create a drawing packet. This is given to the customer for review and further action in developing a quote for their customer. This requires research into various DOD, DON, NUWC DIVISION KEYPORT, Keyport databases, including Haystack, One Touch, SWMS, to identify National Item Identification Numbers (NIIN), unit costs, priority repair data and other pertinent data. On acceptance of funding for quote packages, created task assignment documents for defining details of the tasking (funding allocations, work year allocations, project scope).

Provide administrative support services. Preparation (receipt, formatting), routing and distribution of naval correspondence (letters, memos, naval messages). Preparation and routing of access requests for NUWC Pass and ID personnel for processing. Entry of visit requests into the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS). Formatting, edit and processing of technical briefs for inclusion to Keyport Command Staff. Perform data entry in systems. Provide property management support including development, signature preparation, and distribution of shipping documents, and Material Movement Documents (MMDs) in Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Preparation of property passes for government signature. Security of general access areas at end of day. Support of Government Key Custodian to maintain key inventory for controlled and uncontrolled keys and spaces (check-in, check-out, lost key reports), to issue and receive back keys and to ensuring that key control documentation is accurate. Notification of Information Technology (IT) help desk in the event of service problems, addition or deletion of service. Calling for service as service is required for office machines. Preparation, input update, file and routing of training requests in Navy ERP. Other duties as assigned.

Technical Writer I: Documentation control for Lightweight Torpedo, Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) and Target Technical Manual Maintenance Activity (TMMA). Support the maintenance of fleet, Intermediate Maintenance Activity (IMA) level Technical Manuals (TMs), and Depot procedures in both hardcopy and electronic media for both U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).~ Create and edit Standardized General Markup Language (SGML)/Extensible Markup Language (XML) source test using Arbortext Epic Editor and SGML/XML tagging, in compliance with the prescribed Document Type Definition (DTD) approved for use with Navy Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) and technical manual formats, specifications and conventions.~ Preparation of new technical manuals from customer supplied source documentation, describing technical manual input. An Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) document also generated.~ Assignments performed according to specifications regarding order, clarity, style and terminology. ~ Preparation of technical manual changes from source material and customer supplied change documentation.~ Writing assignments edited for structure, completeness, accuracy, organization and consistency.~ Documentation of reviewing, processing and entering of Technical Manual Deficiency Evaluation Reports (TMDER) changes into annotated copies of master technical manuals kept in a master copy library.~ Scanning of TMDER documentation from hard copy to PDF format, and inclusion of documents in database of TMDER documentation on server. ~ Conversion of shop procedures checklists from WORD to PDF format, posting them to website in HTML format using Microsoft FrontPage Editor. Interaction with technician, engineering, and management Code 40 customers, for clarification of technical content, to ensure correct implementation.~ Other projects as needed.

Support of torpedo shop workload management system, process control systems, and information systems for the Lightweight and Heavyweight torpedo programs.~ Production control scheduler. Maintain and update the scheduling module of shop workload management system in conjunction with planning and production requirements, coordinating shop order releases with available material and funding.~ Meeting with planners, production controllers, engineers and supervisors ensuring that scheduling module data is correct at all times.~ Collaborate with customer to implement timelines.~ Assist in resolution of shop order trouble tickets generated by system users.~ Collection and analysis of torpedo data for completeness and accuracy.~ Maintenance of databases and spreadsheets.~ Update of data in shop process control system information system.~ Information retrieval of torpedo hardware data for accurate documentation.~ Writing, update, routing, canceling, and querying of torpedo documentation.~ Perform verification/update of data, ensuring torpedo data meets parts requirements criterion and retrofit specifications, as torpedo/hardware finishes shop process.~ Loading and validation of data to configuration based technical information management system database used to provide logistics data and supply support automation information.~ Conversion, creation and modification of Lightweight and Heavyweight technical repair instructions and procedures from Microsoft WORD format to HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)/ASP (Active Server Pages) using Microsoft FrontPage Editor, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Photo Editor, Microsoft WORD, and Adobe Acrobat.~ Data research and gathering, meeting with engineering and technician uses to determine needs of documentation being published and posted on line.~ Posting of technical repair instructions to NUWC Division Keyport intranet servers for access to system users.

Support information and torpedo shop process control systems for the Lightweight and Heavyweight Torpedo programs. ~ Maintenance of data generated as a result of torpedo ranging, testing, and general processing.~ Interpretation of reports/data retrieved for better evaluation by the customer.~ Entry of torpedo configuration data into torpedo fleet-wide repository history/database. ~ Interaction with all levels of users for clarification of procedure, problem solving, and information.~ Support of heavyweight torpedo process control systems and peripheral equipment.~ Initial analysis of production software problems as reported by shop and engineering users.~ Maintenance and update of procedure lists used by shop technician to track progress of work.~ Configuration of system. Monitor system operation.~ Backups of the operating system, applications software and production databases.~ Troubleshoot system problems.~ Provide demonstrations of the system and its capabilities.~ Provide training to all levels of users.~ Edit, compile, modify, test, verify and debug programs to enhance system operation.~ Maintenance of three individual tape libraries.~ Receive torpedo baseline flows modifications from customer. Analyze modifications for potential effect on in-process efforts of shop floor production during use.~ Support of users in operation of process control system and its software. Gather, organize, compile and update of data for shop procedure manuals.~ Perform testing and documentation of results during initial changes to the system.