Senior Technical Manual Lifecycle Management (TMLCM) Specialist
Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, seeks candidates for a Senior Technical Manual Lifecycle Management (TMLCM) Specialist to support the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). This position is based in Huntsville, AL.
Job Responsibilities/Duties:
Develop, revise, validate, verify, and sustain military technical publications, including Operator Manuals (-10), Maintenance Manuals (-20, -23, and -30), Repair Parts and Special Tools Lists (RPSTLs) (-24P), and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs).
Translate approved engineering source data, drawings, logistics information, maintenance requirements, and technical data packages into clear and technically accurate publications.
Develop technical manual content supporting system operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, disassembly, repair, reassembly, and teardown procedures.
Review and incorporate approved Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), redline markups, Modification Work Orders (MWOs), and other technical changes while maintaining configuration control and traceability.
Develop and maintain structured technical content using XML/SGML and applicable Document Type Definitions (DTDs), schemas, and publishing standards.
Support tabletop and hands-on technical manual Validation and Verification (VAL/VER) events with military maintainers, engineers, logisticians, and subject-matter experts.
Perform technical and quality-control reviews to ensure publications comply with applicable military standards, Army regulations, technical publication requirements, and approved style guidance.
Review warnings, cautions, notes, hazard information, illustrations, procedural steps, parts data, and distribution statements for accuracy and proper application.
Coordinate technical publication discrepancies and comment resolution with engineering, logistics, maintenance, program, security, records, and release stakeholders.
Maintain technical publication configuration management and master baseline control.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience:
MA/MS degree in Engineering, Technical Writing, Logistics, or a related technical discipline.
10 or more years of relevant technical publication, technical writing, engineering, logistics, or related experience.
Experience developing, revising, or sustaining military technical manuals and electronic technical publications.
Working knowledge of MIL-STD-40051 and military technical-writing and publication requirements.
Experience interpreting engineering drawings, blueprints, technical data packages, logistics data, and source manuscripts.
Experience with technical publication configuration management, baseline control, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and Modification Work Orders (MWOs).
Experience supporting technical manual Validation and Verification (VAL/VER) activities.
Proficiency with technical authoring and publication tools, including Arbortext Editor and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Experience with structured XML authoring and XML/SGML tagging, DTDs, and schemas.
Knowledge of technical publication graphics formats including Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
Knowledge of Maintenance Allocation Charts (MACs), Repair Parts and Special Tools Lists (RPSTLs), Logistics Product Data (LPD), and electronic technical publication viewing platforms such as IADS.
Strong technical writing, editing, quality-control, communication, and document-management skills.
Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD security clearance.
Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time. US travel only.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting Army Aviation technical publications and turbine engine systems.
Previous experience supporting ITEP/T901, T700, and/or T55 engine technical publications.
Experience supporting technical publications for fielded systems and warfighter maintenance operations.
Advanced experience with XML/SGML data conversion and structured technical publication environments.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex engineering, maintenance, and logistics data into clear and technically accurate maintenance procedures.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with engineers, logisticians, maintainers, program personnel, and other stakeholders.
Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin or any other reason prohibited by law.
- Location
- Huntsville, AL