Technical Author

TECHNICAL AUTHOR

CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET

HYBRID WORKING (3 DAYS OFFICE/2 DAYS REMOTE)

INSIDE IR35 - PAYE ONLY

£50.35 PER HOUR + HOLIDAY PAY & PENSION CONTRIBUTION

INITIAL 6 MONTH CONTRACT

The role will be working as part of a small technical documentation team on a wide-area military communications system. The role requires the production, amendment, and management of technical documentation outputs to support the development, operation, and maintenance of the system.

Core Responsibilities

• Request, gather and assess the required source logistic information from equipment suppliers to inform the required technical publications.
• Undertake Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA) on electronic computing and communication systems including an array of radios and masts.
• Author Data modules from the MTA and other publications including operating procedures and training material. This will include technical drawings.
• Liaise with Training Team to provide assistance with training content.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of the Data Modules Requirements List
• Author from new and update the full suite of descriptive, procedural and IPD data modules to populate the Common Source Database (CSDB).
• Proofread and review Data Modules produced by other team members, using the CSDB workflow.
• Produce new IETPs using trilogi software for delivery to the customer.
• General assistance with other ILS and LSA Tasks

Skills / Experience

• Technical Publications specifications e.g. S1000D 4.1, Def Stan 00-601
• Data Module authoring to an S1000D 4.1 standard.
• Standard Numbering Systems
• Population and maintenance of a Data Module Requirements List (DMRL)
• Technical authoring processes and techniques using industry proprietary software tools preferably through an EAGLE LSAR and EAGLE Publishing System to construct a comprehensive CSDB.
• Knowledge and experience of XML Data Module technical authoring using EAGLE xml editor or industry equivalent.
• Technical Publications/IETP/CSDB Configuration Management processes
• Excellent attention to detail
• Knowledge of trilogi build is desirable.
• Illustrations