At Thales, brilliant people from all over the world come together to design innovative solutions for the aerospace, transportation, defence, security, and space sectors.
We research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact millions of lives each day with a focus on safety and innovation.
Courseware Designer
Thales is looking to recruit a dedicated Courseware Designer to work within a Through-life Support Engineering (TSE) team and undertake Technical Publications / Authoring activities to meet customer requirements with professional independence.
Location: Belfast
What can we offer you?
* Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Pension Scheme
* Hybrid working (2-3 days in the office)
* 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
* Life Cover
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and mental wellbeing app
* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
* Gym membership discounts
What will you deliver?
* Make Technical Publications/Authoring decisions within own sphere of responsibility.
* Fulfill operating, maintenance and support requirements agreed with the customer, presenting information clearly and unambiguously for users and maintainers.
* Maintain close liaison with engineering through interaction with personnel and interrogation of contributory engineering databases, researching and originating new and amended textual data for a wide range of equipment and maintenance activities.
* Compile data to meet national, international, civil and military specifications and produce physical/electronic deliverables.
* Provide help and direction to less experienced team members.
* Manage own elements of Technical Publications/Authoring work package.
* Take responsibility for contributing to team planning, risk management, quality and HSE.
* Set targets for and manage own development with line manager, sharing good practice and knowledge to continuously improve practices.
* Supervise and coach less experienced members of the team including apprentices.
Who are we looking for?
Essential
* Technical authoring experience.
* Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and authoring tools.
* Excellent written and spoken English.
* Engineering knowledge and experience.
* Understanding of engineering standards and processes.
* Ability to translate technical information into easily understood text.
* Supervisor experience.
* Experience with engineering product lifecycle.
* Experience with structured writing (e.g., XML to S1000D, DITA, Common Source Data Base).
Desirable
* Basic Logistic Support Analysis (LSA).
* Basic Technical Illustration.
* Support to Bids.
* Estimating skills.
* Risk and opportunity management.
* Work package management.
The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC). For further information and guidance please visit the UKSV website.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and to giving reasonable adjustments and support to help neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition achieve their best during the recruitment process.
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