Technical Editor at Institution of Engineers of Kenya

Job Purpose:

The Technical Editor reports to the Editorial Board of the Institution of engineers of Kenya. The Technical Editor will be responsible for overseeing an efficient publishing cost, the day-to-day operations, supervising editors, designers and writers, ensuring that publications are produced to acceptable engineering quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Editing articles, journals, technical reports and papers, and related documents as well as prepares copy for final production.
• Editing and producing camera-ready copy of printed materials for publication
• Overseeing production schedules to ensure completion by set deadlines.
• Performs research in order to accurately edit, prepare, and produce technical documentation; maintaining appropriate databases and/or files.
• Formatting and producing computer-generated forms, tables, and graphs; instructing others on formatting and design methods.
• Serving as a liaison between the Editorial Board and authors, printers, and/or publishers; as appropriate to the position, locates peer reviewers and mediates between peer reviewer and author.
• Producing technical and scientific illustrations for presentations and/or publication, as appropriate to the requirements of the position.
• Maintain databases and files including those used to track subscriptions and mailing lists.
• Producing technical and non-technical documents such as grant proposals, manuscripts, articles, course descriptions, reports, and correspondence.
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned by the Editorial Board.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Masters Degree in Engineering
• At least 3 years’ experience in technical editing and publishing.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of editorial policies, practices and research techniques
• Must have people skills; both to lead a team of employees and to build relationships with outside contacts
• Must be a team player with ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve Organizational goals
• Must have computer skills and the ability to keep up with new publishing and information-gathering technologies
• An eye for detail with ability to spot errors and inconsistencies in a text.