Technical Author / Technical Documentation Writer

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense organization in Bristol seeks an experienced Technical Author to analyze, develop, and deliver technical publications for a complex portfolio of products across the Air, Land, and Sea domains. The role allows for dynamic hybrid working, and requires experience in technical authoring and familiarity with S1000D tools. Candidates will engage with various teams and maintain high standards in technical documentation, offering a salary of up to £43,000 plus benefits including a company bonus and flexible leave.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contribution up to 14%

Paid overtime opportunities

Up to 15 additional days of leave

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free parking

Excellent training and career development

Qualifications

• Experience in technical authoring is essential.
• Knowledge of military operational and maintenance publications is preferable.
• Ability to work with various types of people.

Responsibilities

• Author complex engineering documentation.
• Manage publication development, production and upkeep processes.
• Liaise with product suppliers to support publication technologies.

Skills

Technical authoring experience

Familiarity with S1000D authoring tools

Ability to adapt to various authorship formats

Calm professional manner

Willingness to travel

Tools

SGML

CSDB

Job description

Bristol

An opportunity has arisen in the transforming Technical Publications department within MBDA. The purpose of this roles is to analyse, develop and deliver the Technical Publications for a complex portfolio of MBDA's products across the Air, Land and Sea domains.

Salary

up to £43,000 Depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working

Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working — such as 2-3 day in the office a week.

Security Clearance

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more
• Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities
• Possible Relocation could be available.

The opportunity

An opportunity has arisen in the transforming Technical Publications department within MBDA. The purpose of this role is to analyse, develop and deliver the Technical Publications for a complex portfolio of MBDA's products across the Air, Land and Sea domains.

You will be placed at the forefront of engineering documentation where they will work closely with a number of enthusiastic and multi-disciplined internal and international teams across industry and government groups.

What we're looking for from you

• Authoring specialists to support and develop complex engineering descriptive and procedural documentation.
• Experience in technical authoring is essential. Use in particular of SGML is required but also the ability to adapt to other formats of authorship is desirable.
• You will need to be familiar in the use of S1000D based authoring tools, be aware of BREX (Business Rules Exchange) use and Guidance Documents, a CSDB (Common Source Data Base) environment and the associated reports.
• You need to be able to work with a variety of different types of people and will maintain a willing, helpful attitude and a calm professional manner.
• Provide technical expertise in ensuring design teams have a clear understanding of the publication development, production and upkeep process.
• You may be required to be involved in demonstration or process proving activities at an alternative MBDA site or the Customer's location, in the UK or overseas.
• Experience and a working knowledge of the military environment for operation and maintenance technical publications is preferable but not essential.
• Liaise with product suppliers in support of technical publication technologies whilst maintaining personal and technical reports, records etc. of all technical publication activities to a high standard.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas.

Our company

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