Technical Information Engineer

Job Title: Technical Information Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent. (On-Site)

Salary: £32,000 – £36,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

• Creating new technical documentation and amending existing technical documentation, ensuring all information is up-to-date and accurate
• Working closely with engineers 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
• Producing production specifications for sub-contracted work packages and effectively managing the lifecycle of the sub-contracted packages

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• BTEC Level 3/HNC/HND in an engineering discipline
• Understanding/ability to read technical design drawings
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Good communication, problem solving, organisation and prioritisation skills
• Experience in a maintenance or manufacturing environment
• Computer literate with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products

Desirable:

• Exposure of using any mark-up language (e.g. XML, SGML, HTML)

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 Technical Engineering team:

As a Technical Information Engineer, you will work within a team of Technical Author’s and ILS Engineers, as part of Electronic System’s supportability engineering function. You will be contributing to the development and through life support of customer facing documentation. This will involve researching, developing, writing and reviewing technical information and guidance for new and existing products, used by both UK and overseas customers.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work within many project teams across a wide range of products and grow key skills to prepare you for future senior positions. The role is open to career change. If you have experience in an engineering/manufacturing/maintenance environment and are considering a career change our team would be pleased to hear from you. We are looking for your ability to acquire new skills and your willingness to develop as a Technical Information Engineer. You will be coming into a supportive team and an ability to learn from experienced team members will be crucial. The role can also provide future opportunities for development to senior, or even principal, level positions.

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: 28th February 2025

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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