Technical Author
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering
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Acro Aircraft Seating is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing manufacturers of passenger seats for commercial airlines around the world. We are an agile, innovative business at the forefront of disrupting the aerospace market. Through modern methodologies, lean techniques, inspired innovation, and passion to be the best, Acro is positioning itself to be the world’s leading aircraft seating supplier.
Collaboration is one of Acro’s core values, by working together and applying our skills and expertise across Sales, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Operations, we find the solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges and how we deliver our promises today and tomorrow.
Job Title Technical Author
Department Manufacturing Engineering
Reports to Lead Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Crick, Northampton (NN6)
Salary: Competitive
Excellent Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension
- Healthcare scheme
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Retail discounts
- Training opportunities
- 37.5 hours per week – 1 pm finish on a Friday
Job Description
The Technical Author will be responsible for the Creation and upkeep of our standard operating instructions. Working alongside of the Manufacturing Engineers the Technical Author will ensure the work instructions our operators use to do their jobs are safety, efficient, quality focused and to the process. Furthermore, the Technical Author will own the SOP change approval process working with operations, quality, and engineering functions to ensure the SOPs are to the best standard.
Job Title Technical Author
Department Manufacturing Engineering
Reports to Lead Manufacturing Engineer
Key Responsibilities
- To create and maintain SOPs in accordance with:
- Health and Safety
- Design data
- Process
- Quality
- To communicate with other key functions and take on their feedback to improve our SOPs through the SOP change request process
- Feedback SOP change requests to the manufacturing engineering team to improve the production process
- Revising or rewriting existing technical literature
- Experience writing technical literature
- Good interpersonal skills
- A positive attitude with an eagerness to learn
- Have a keen interest in manufacturing and engineering
- Able to communicate effectively
- Aptitude for learning new techniques
- Capable of prioritising and multi-tasking
- Capable of working to agreed schedules
- Capable of working as part of a multi-functional team
- Proficient in Microsoft office
- Ability to articulate meaning
- Catia V5 experience (1 Year)
- Smarteam experience
- Be able to read Engineering drawings
Accountability
We do the right thing and own our actions
Collaboration
We build trusted relationships and deliver through high performing teams
Respect
We develop our people and care for the environment
Outstanding
We relentlessly drive improvement and are obsessed about innovation
Seniority level
- Seniority level
Entry level
- Employment type
Full-time
- Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing - Industries Airlines and Aviation
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