Lead Technical Author
Any(with a mix of office and home-based working)
Salary up to £65k depending on experience
We are SEA.
Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.
Join us.
The Lead Technical Author provides technical and administrative support to Engineering, Bids and Projects (including Product Development Projects) as well as other departments across the company. This is primarily delivered through the writing of technical documentation and reports and involves communicating with customers and managing small/medium work packages to time, quality and cost objectives.
The jobholder will need leadership capabilities as they will play a key part in developing this capability within the business, developing our processes, and growing the team.
What we offer
Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at our top benefits below and click here to see everything we can offer you here at SEA.
- All Employee Bonus, Hybrid/flexible working arrangements, Half day Fridays.
- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing centre
- Electric vehicle charging points at all sites, Free on-site parking, Onsite showers.
What you’ll be doing
- Collaborating with subject matter experts and product teams to understand and gather information about SEA products
- Create, edit and update technical documentation, including user manuals for operators and maintainers and online help systems
- Create, edit and update document templates and support other users in their implementation.
- Organise complex technical information into logical and coherent documents suitable for various audiences, such as end-users, administrators, operators and maintainers
- Ensure the accuracy, clarity, and consistency of the documentation by following style guides and established standards such as ASD S1000D
The skills you need
- A good working knowledge of MS office suite and related IT, including an expert knowledge of MS Word
- At least five years direct experience creating defence related technical publications and related media.
- An awareness of ASD S1000D, Def Stan 02-40 & JSP 543 / 101 and STE100 guidelines
Join us and be part of something smaller - with 400 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
If you would like to know more, please give our Talent Acquisition Advisor, Ethan, a a call on 0333 041 4207.