Principal Technical Author

Job title: Principal Technical Author

Location: New Malden, Broad Oak – Portsmouth, Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £65,000 (depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• The day-to-day team management and co-ordination of assigned work within the Technical Documentation Team
• Production and Maintenance of Data Modules (DMs) that provide both descriptive and procedural information within the System Handbooks/Technical Documentation
• Working with S1000D standard coded data modules
• Ability to manage multiple projects, including reporting and managing budgets, expectations and workload
• Act as point of contact with internal/external customers and suppliers with respect to Technical Publications content and associated toolsets
• Ability to resolve complex problems and issues with regard to Handbook content and related material
• Grow knowledge and relationship between the engineering development teams and support teams

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience within a Technical Author role with working knowledge of S1000D Standards
• Ability to write/review clear and concise system/equipment descriptions and maintenance procedures
• Ability to recognise and manage safety aspects of maintaining a hardware system

Desirable:

• Knowledge of using tools such as:
  • Common Source Database & Editing tools (CSDB – e.g. EAGLE Publishing System, FrameMaker)
  • IETP production/viewing tools (e.g. trilogiBuild/trilogiView, Adobe Acrobat)
  • Graphic Editing (e.g. Microsoft Visio, Photoshop, PTC IsoDraw)
  • Configuration Management (e.g. SBM or Windchill) & Responsible Document Management (e.g. SharePoint)
  • General Office tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint)
• Management of a small team

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Naval Ships Combat Systems team:

As a Principal Technical Author, you will be responsible for production, maintenance and delivery of the Handbooks/Technical Documentation (TD) material that supports our customer in performing Support/Maintenance activities on the Naval Platforms that use Combat Systems (CS) software/hardware. Produce costings for Investigation/Implementation proposals and produce plans for the work to be undertaken, providing timely reporting. You will support technical investigations or Studies as directed. Communicate effectively within the team and with Project areas in support of the work being done. Maintain good relationships with staff & liaise with Customers in an effective manner.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 13th February 2025. Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 17th February

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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