Defence Technical Author - Manuals & Specs, Early Finish

JFD Global; Westhill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Company Pension

Job summary

James Fisher Defence (JFD) is recruiting a Technical Author for our Westhill office to create and amend user and internal engineering documentation. You will work on OMs, MMs, BRs and AILs for our defence and marine product range, coordinating with engineering and production teams.

You will apply advanced Word, FrameMaker and Acrobat skills, ensure alignment to standards, and manage content through PLM/DMS systems with a focus on accuracy and clarity.

Qualifications

• Technical writing qualification or equivalent industry experience.
• Mechanical and/or Electrical background.
• Experience producing documents for defence, diving or marine sectors.
• Strong document design and production skills.
• Proficient with Word templates and styles.

Responsibilities

• Create and amend Operating Manuals (OM) and Maintenance Manuals (MM).
• Prepare Books of Reference (BR) and Advanced Information Leaflets (AIL).
• Source technical content from engineering, production and suppliers.
• Collaborate with drafting staff for graphical content.
• Deliver print-ready and PDF documents to client specs.
• Use JFD templates and follow documentation style.
• Record changes in PLM/DMS and issue Engineering Change Notes.

Skills

Technical writing

Mechanical background

Electrical background

Documentation quality

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Word

PLM/DMS familiarity

Education

Technical writing qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

James Fisher Defence (JFD) is recruiting a Technical Author for our Westhill office to create and amend user and internal engineering documentation. You will work on OMs, MMs, BRs and AILs for our defence and marine product range, coordinating with engineering and production teams.

You will apply advanced Word, FrameMaker and Acrobat skills, ensure alignment to standards, and manage content through PLM/DMS systems with a focus on accuracy and clarity.