Experienced Technical Author – Engineering Publications

Blue Arrow; South Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

Blue Arrow in the UK site is seeking an experienced Technical Author to research, author, revise, illustrate, review, and release controlled technical publications for complex engineering products, targeting customers, service personnel, and internal stakeholders.

The role emphasizes MadCap Flare authoring, strict document control, and close collaboration with engineering and project teams, with no line management duties and a clear focus on quality, accuracy and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent in engineering, science, technical communication, or related discipline.
• Proven technical authoring experience in manufacturing, scientific equipment, engineering, aerospace, or another controlled technical environment.
• Professional membership or accredited technical communication qualification desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Research, author, revise, and maintain manuals, guides, procedures, and related controlled publications for complex products and projects.
• Author in MadCap Flare using approved templates, reusable content, variables, condition tags, and controlled source files.
• Gather and verify technical information from engineers, service teams, drawings, specifications, photographs, test data, and existing source material.
• Produce and maintain technical illustrations, screenshots, mark-ups, diagrams, and visual content, or work with specialist illustrators where required.
• Apply document control, revision control, and configuration management requirements throughout drafting, review, approval, release, and obsolescence.
• Run quality checks for structure, clarity, terminology, safety content, cross-references, branding, and output accuracy before formal review.
• Coordinate review and comment resolution with subject matter experts and support final approval and controlled publication release in PDF and HTML outputs.
• Plan and manage assigned work to agreed priorities, communicate status and risks clearly, and support continuous improvement of authoring standards and workflows.
• Carry out any other tasks reasonably required by the Company.
• Take personal responsibility for health and safety and comply with company health, safety and environmental requirements.

Skills

MadCap Flare

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation

Interpreting engineering drawings

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering/Technical communication degree or equivalent

HNC/HND in related field

Professional membership or accredited qualification desirable

Tools

MadCap Flare

Adobe Acrobat / HTML authoring

Job description

Blue Arrow in the UK site is seeking an experienced Technical Author to research, author, revise, illustrate, review, and release controlled technical publications for complex engineering products, targeting customers, service personnel, and internal stakeholders.

The role emphasizes MadCap Flare authoring, strict document control, and close collaboration with engineering and project teams, with no line management duties and a clear focus on quality, accuracy and timely delivery.