Technical Publications Specialist

Overview

Technical Publications Specialist – Military Helicopter programme.

Location:

Gosport – Hybrid Working (3 days onsite). Security Clearance: SC Required. Contract Duration: 6 Months. Rate: £40-£44 per hour (37.5hr per week). Inside IR35.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Publications Specialist to join a high‑profile aerospace and defence programme supporting the CH-47 Chinook platform. This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role within a specialist publications team, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality technical documentation in support of critical defence operations. The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert within the technical publications function, supporting publication delivery, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, and continuous improvement activities.

• Lead and support the delivery of CH‑47 Chinook technical publication outputs in line with programme and contractual requirements.
• Ensure First Time Quality standards are consistently achieved across all publication updates.
• Review, edit, and maintain technical documentation for accuracy, clarity, formatting, and compliance.
• Coordinate with customers, engineering teams, and key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of publication requirements.
• Support the development of support requirements, technical objectives, schedules, and implementation plans.
• Monitor progress of publication activities and manage documentation updates and engineering change impacts.
• Contribute to process improvements, documentation standards, and best practice initiatives.
• Provide leadership and mentoring support to the publications team.
• Participate in customer meetings, status reviews, and programme discussions.

• Proven experience within Technical Publications, ideally within aerospace or defence environments.
• Strong leadership and team coordination experience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing technical documentation deliverables within complex programmes.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and document control processes.
• Strong attention to detail and quality assurance capability.
• Experience supporting engineering change and configuration management activities.
• Ability to work effectively within customer‑facing environments.

• Experience working on military aircraft programmes.
• Knowledge of aerospace documentation standards such as S1000D and MIL‑SPEC.
• Experience working directly with defence or government customers.
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools and data management systems.
• Previous experience managing multiple stakeholders, schedules, and programme priorities simultaneously.

Hybrid working model: 3 days onsite in Gosport. Mid‑July start anticipated.

If you are an experienced Technical Publications professional looking to support a major defence aviation programme, we would be keen to hear from you.

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