Technical Author / Technical Documentation Writer

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension contributions up to 14%

Paid overtime opportunity

Flexi Leave

Enhanced parental leave

Healthcare cash plan

Excellent career progression opportunities

Job summary

MBDA in Stevenage is seeking an experienced Technical Author to analyse, develop, and deliver Technical Publications for their complex product portfolio across Land and Sea domains. The role requires strong technical authoring skills and familiarity with SGML.

The position offers a hybrid working model, with a salary between £40,000 and £46,000 based on experience, and various employee benefits including a company bonus and enhanced parental leave.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical authoring is essential.
• Ability to work with different types of people.
• Familiarity with S1000D based authoring tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, develop, and deliver Technical Publications.
• Support and develop complex engineering documentation.
• Liaise with product suppliers for publication technologies.

Skills

Technical authoring

SGML

S1000D based authoring tools

Interpersonal skills

Military environment knowledge

Job description

Stevenage

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 Land and Sea domains.

Salary: Between £40,000 and £46,000, depending on experience.

Hybrid working: We seek to accommodate a blended approach to on‑site and remote working (2‑3 days in the office a week).

Security clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. After offer, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG BPSS checks.

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%.
• Paid overtime opportunity.
• 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, subsidised meals, free car parking, and more.
• Training and development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities.
• Possible relocation assistance.
• Healthcare cash plan: The healthcare cash plan provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

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 of SGML is required, but the ability to adapt to other formats of authorship is desirable.
• Familiarity with S1000D based authoring tools, awareness of BREX, CSDB environment and associated reports.
• Ability to work with a variety of different types of people, maintaining a willing, helpful attitude and a calm professional manner.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure design teams have a clear understanding of the publication development, production and upkeep process.
• 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 working knowledge of the military environment for operation and maintenance technical publications are preferable but not essential.
• Liaise with product suppliers in support of technical publication technologies while maintaining personal and technical reports, records and all technical publication activities to a high standard.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas.