Technical Author

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Author to join their team at the Devonport Royal Dockyard. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the documentation processes for nuclear submarine operations. You will support various projects by producing detailed documentation, ensuring compliance with strict standards, and providing expert guidance. With a hybrid working arrangement and a generous benefits package, this position is ideal for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a secure and dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to creating a safe and secure world.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing maintenance information and identifying progress against plans.
• Advantageous technical authoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Support production of detailed documentation for various teams.
• Provide guidance on work content for cost and planning analysis.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and legislative standards.

Skills

Technical Authoring

Documentation Production

Quality Checking

Education

Level 3 Qualification in Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Technical Author
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38,804 - £48,757 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60560

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Technical Author at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Technical Author, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll be part of a team that produces the work authorities for fuel handling/defueling of nuclear submarines. In this key role, you'll have an input and influence on the process, including the creation, change and implementation of processes utilised across the Devonport site.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Support in the production of detailed documentation to be utilised by various teams.
• Provide advice/guidance (within level of competency) to various projects on work content for cost and planning analysis.
• Ensure that strict contractual and legislative standards are maintained when drafting documentation.
• Attend meetings to answer questions concerning documentation content and to incorporate any justified changes, as agreed.
• Perform quality checking to own and peers’ documentation for agreed scope and / or area of expertise.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Technical Author

• The ability to assess maintenance information and identify progress against plan.
• Technical authoring experience would be advantageous.

Qualifications for the Technical Author

• Level 3 Qualification in engineering discipline or relevant experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 22/05/2025

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