Technical Author - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - BAE Systems

BAE Systems
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Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Technical Author

Job Title:
Technical Author


Location:

Portsmouth Naval Base, we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.


Salary:
£42,500 dependent on skills and experience


What you'll be doing:

  • Creating new technical documentation for Naval systems such as Books of Reference (BRs), and Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs) and amending existing technical documentation, ensuring all information is uptodate and accurate
  • Working closely with Support/Design Engineers and equipment manufacturers to gather information including design drawings, in order to fully understand the impact changes, have on technical documentation
  • Interpreting engineering data, and where appropriate, querying data to ensure correct and accurate interpretation
  • Working with the Illustrators to produce supporting technical graphics

Your skills and experiences:
Essential

  • Either a background in Technical Authoring, or military engineering experience, for instance, Ex-Royal Navy operator/maintainer in any of the following disciplines: Mechanical / electrical power and propulsion, electronics, weapons systems or hull construction
Desirable

  • Computer literate with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products and a confident user of either: Adobe FrameMaker (Structured & Unstructured), Eagle EPS or similar
  • Experience or exposure to Books of Reference (BRs), other service publications and civilian standards and Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs) viewed in trilogiView

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.

You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

In recognition of your role and as an added benefit to your compensation package, you will be granted a monthly car allowance of £510 to support your transportation needs.


The Technical Information Engineering Team:


You will be joining a team of experienced Technical Authors who are responsible for creating and updating technical documentation and publications for Naval systems fitted on-board a variety of military ships.

This involves researching, developing, writing and reviewing technical information and guidance for new and existing products, services and publications (reports and manuals) to be used by both UK and overseas customers.

Why BAE Systems?

Closing Date

26th July 2023

Job Engineering

Primary LocationGB-ENG-HAM-Portsmouth Naval Base

Closing Date 26/Jul/23, 5:59:00 PM
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