Role and Responsibilities

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
  

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
  

Summary

CAE USA Inc. (CAE) is seeking an experienced proposal editor to provide copy editing for government proposals. The editor should have 5 years of editing experience and must have schedule flexibility to keep up with the department’s fast-paced, rapidly changing proposal environment. **This role requires hybrid schedule of 3 days in office and can sit in Arlington, TX or Tampa, FL.**

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Collaborates with proposal managers and teams to support the development of proposals that clearly articulate winning strategies, compelling solutions, and substantiated themes
• Ensures technical documentation is accurate, complete, meets editorial and government specifications, and adheres to standards for quality, graphics, coverage, format, and style
• Ensures that all proposals and responses (e.g., proposals, RFIs, sources sought notices, white papers) are compelling, well-written, grammatically correct, accurate, and consistent in voice and terminology
• Ensures that proposals and all responses are in full compliance with agency specifications and assembled with the highest levels of professionalism
• Understands federal RFP structures and associated documents (e.g., SOWs, PWSs, specs)
• Edits proposals for submission to the government, reviewing for and correcting grammatical mistakes, misspellings, and incorrect punctuation; removing unnecessary and repetitive text; ensuring consistency in word usage, headings and subheadings, cross-references, table and figure numbers, and other numbers throughout reports; correcting errors in citations and references; and rewriting or offering suggestions for rewriting poorly structured material
• Provides in-depth editing support as well as copy editing based on the needs of a given proposal or other opportunity
• Uses best judgment to determine the level of edit required within a given timeframe
• Adheres to company, government, and military branch style guides regarding grammar, usage, punctuation, formatting, etc.
• Participates in establishing and maintaining style guidelines and standards for text and illustrations
• Ability to work a flexible schedule

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience as an editor in a corporate or government environment
• Schedule flexibility – ability to work nontraditional hours (i.e., evening hours, weekends, holidays) when necessary. **This role requires hybrid schedule of 3 days in office and can sit in Arlington, TX or Tampa, FL.**
• Ability to work independently with only general management direction
• Solid reading comprehension with the ability to decipher technical descriptions and explain them clearly
• Excellent time management skills and proven success in meeting deadlines and adapting to changing schedules
• Proven ability to edit to present clear, concise responses
• Ability to independently handle multiple, simultaneous assignments and meet tight deadlines, providing a consistent level of quality and accuracy
• Superior communication skills and quick responses to job requests
• Proficient in grammar, spelling, and punctuation and have accurate proofreading skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly with Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficient in working in and revising Word templates and using style sheets
• Exceptional organizational skills and an ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
  

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with editing software (e.g., PerfectIt, Visible Thread)
• Knowledge of AP, GPO, Chicago style manuals and ability to apply appropriately to corporate style guide and needs
• Experience with U.S. Federal Government proposal development processes
• Familiarity with government writing style and military populations
• Familiarity with managing external editing resources
• Knowledge of SharePoint and experience in a collaborative working environment
• Experience working in a hybrid in-person and remote environment using online collaboration software such as Teams
• Demonstrated ability to work with version control processes
• Understanding of win themes, proposal concepts, and the business development lifecycle
• Familiarity with aviation, modeling and simulation, and/or adult learning
  

Security Responsibilities

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, media, and online collaboration tools.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal .

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.

The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.