Senior Technical Author

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Technical Author

Location: Rochester, Kent. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 depending skills on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Preparation and amendment of technical manuals/handbooks including the generation of original text, functional block diagrams, circuit diagrams and technical illustrations. Authoring of Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs)
• Producing data that is compliant with Civil, MoD and Company standards, procedures/specifications and contractual requirements
• Understanding product structures and Technical Data Packs, enabling gathering of information from various sources to create your publications
• Managing all aspects of Change Control, internal/supplier/customer
• Having an in depth understanding of Hardware, enabling you to query data content with Project Engineers to ensure accurate representation/interpretation within your publications

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of Adobe FrameMaker (Structured & Unstructured), S1000D editor or Eagle EPS, Initial Provisioning to S2000M
• Proficient in the creation of clear highly detailed documentation to support an engineering readership
• Proficient in the creation and editing of drawings, layout of documents and the creation of text to a professional standard

Desirable:

• A background in Engineering demonstrated through a HND equivalent or above in Electronic Engineering or an associated subject
• Experience or exposure to Data Modules (DMs) Component Maintenance Manuals (CMMs) Initial Provisioning Lists (IPLs), and Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs)
• Experience in compiling LSAR using Eagle LPD Software
• Experience in mark-up languages for example SGML, XML, XSLT

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Technical Publications team:

Join our dynamic team ss a Technical Author, you’ll enjoy a varied role with exposure to different products and customers, bringing your ideas to modernise the department. You’ll research, develop, write, and review technical information for both UK and overseas customers, ensuring job satisfaction and future development. Within the role you will have the chance to gain broad exposure over a range of exciting projects giving you the opportunity to progress and develop your career further.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 4^th December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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