Defence Technical Author: Manuals & Publications

James Fisher and Sons plc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on Fridays

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Company Pension

Job summary

James Fisher and Sons plc is recruiting a Technical Author to join the Defence Engineering team at our Westhill office. You will create and amend operating manuals, maintenance manuals and other technical publications, supporting our standard product range and wider engineering function.

This role is hybrid in Westhill with security checks, offers a competitive package and clear career development. You will work with engineering, production and external suppliers to source content and deliver

Qualifications

• Technical writing qualification or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant document design and production skills in defence, diving or marine sectors.
• Highly skilled in generating and checking documentation and company publications.

Responsibilities

• Creating and amending OMs, MMs, BRs and AILs.
• Using Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe Acrobat software.
• Sourcing technical content for inclusion in manuals by liaison with engineering, production, and external suppliers when necessary.
• Liaising with drafting staff to produce graphical content for inclusion in manuals.
• Taking photos for inclusion in documents.
• Producing deliverables to client requirements including printed matter, Adobe PDF, etc.
• Using JFD documentation templates.
• Following the JFD documentation style.
• Filing document creation and amendment details within the Product Lifecycle Management System (PLM).
• Creating Engineering Change Notes when amending documents to adhere to the Engineering Change Control Process.

Skills

Technical writing

Mechanical background

Electrical background

Defence/marine documentation

Framemaker familiarity

Education

Technical writing qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

James Fisher and Sons plc is recruiting a Technical Author to join the Defence Engineering team at our Westhill office. You will create and amend operating manuals, maintenance manuals and other technical publications, supporting our standard product range and wider engineering function.

This role is hybrid in Westhill with security checks, offers a competitive package and clear career development. You will work with engineering, production and external suppliers to source content and deliver