Technical Publications Engineer

LOCATION:

Hingham, Norfolk (NR9) or Reading (RG41) – Office based role
DEPARTMENT:
Engineering, Applications
SALARY:
Competitive

HOURS:

Full time/permanent - 37 hours per week (Mon – Thurs: 8hrs/ Fri: 5 hrs – finish early) About the role

This opportunity works within a vibrant and collaborative team within the aerospace sector with a fantastic range of industry leading products providing the ultimate passenger experience with innovative, high performing aircraft seating with opportunities to work directly with OEMs, in addition to a global customer base.

Our Technical Publications Engineer has a passion in all they create, creating clear, concise and informative technical documentation. You will be transforming complex technical information into easily understandable materials for both internal and external global stakeholders.

• Generation and delivery of Technical Publications documents to customers, including Component Maintenance Manual (CMM’s), Service bulletins, Service lists
• Point of contact for the customers and authorities for all technical documentation queries
• Manage publishing software tools required by the business
• Co-ordinate the compilation and publishing of manufacturing instructions if required

• Author and publish documentation to high standards that serve the customer’s needs to service and maintain our seating products
• Work with a CAD/PLM system to manipulate design data/drawings and guidance materials to produce good quality and compliant documentation
• Ensure existing CMM’s are maintained, revision controlled and communicated with our customers in a timely manner
• Take responsibility of progress of technical publications documentations against project plan(s) to ensure documentations are available when expected and required by the customer
• Build strong relationships across engineering, production, quality assurance, customers, suppliers, aircraft manufacturers, and external DOA organizations

To be a successful candidate for this role we are looking for the below demonstratable skillsets and attributes:

• An engineering degree/Technical qualification/HND or HNC
• Previous experience of working in a technical role and/or support function ideally with a sound knowledge of CMMs, SB’s and SL’s
• Experience of authoring engineering documentation and a solid understanding of English
• Must have a good knowledge of publishing software and tools
• Must have used CAD images to aid authoring of publications
• Background in aerospace, automotive, or similar manufacturing environments
• Experience working within aircraft cabin interiors or seating is beneficial but not essential

Personal skills / attributes:

• Has a keen eye for detail
• Ensures accuracy in their work
• A passion for engineering and design

Please kindly note, if Reading based occasional travel to our Hingham site will be required.

Be eligible to work in the UK and work flexible hours as required.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced company pension. Up to 8% contribution (4% employee/ 4% employer)
• 25 days annual leave with an additional day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays
• Option to buy one week’s additional annual leave each year
• Agile working. Flexible start and finish
• Early finish on a Friday
• Full company Christmas shut down
• Training and development
• Generous family friendly benefits
• Simply Health (covers opticians, dental and GP)