Technical Author
6-month contract
Christchurch – Dorset (3 days a week onsite, 2 remote)
Certain Advantage are hiring for a Technical Author. We’re working with a global engineering and professional-services company that provides technology, infrastructure, defence, and mission-support solutions for governments and industries worldwide.
Role Overview
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.
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 trilogisoftware for delivery to the customer.
* General assistance with other ILS and LSA Tasks.
The Individual
* 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.
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