Chinook Technical Author - Military Veterans

Job Description

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BDUK is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company and currently employs over 2,100 people in the UK. We are responsible for delivering several exciting contracts to our UK defence customers including new capabilities like the E-7 AEW&C and the P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Autonomous Systems, C4ISR Services, Support for the Chinook & Apache Fleets, Logistic Information Services and Training Services and are very much in a growth phase.

BDUK engineering function operates a matrix organisation consisting of engineering departments that deliver technical skills, expertise and products into our programmes. This role will be in the Product Support Engineering Department. The Department consists of the following technical areas:

• Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis
• Reliability and Maintainability
• Logistic Support Analysis
• Engineering Data Exploitation
• Obsolescence Management
• Technical Publications
• Product Support Engineering.

This position will report to the Technical Publications Manager based in Yeovil but will be required to be based at RAF Odiham, on a hybrid working pattern. This position will be technically supported by our other capability specialists within the department as required.

The Role:

Boeing Defence UK is looking for Aviation Technical Publications Development/Authoring Specialist.  The role will comprise of; organizes, reviews and edits technical publications, documentation, and related data. You will be required to gather and analyse customer requirements to understand scope and required elements.

Position overview:

BDUK has a requirement to support a range of Technical Publications supporting the platform with both the provision of Aircraft Maintenance Manuals and Component Maintenance Manuals. This position will execute against contract requirements with a Safety and First Time Quality mind-set working within an integrated team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Publications Lead in executing UK CH-47 publications deliverables to meet contract requirements.
• Manage publication discrepancy reports (MoD F765) and generate amendments and updates to the UK CH-47 Air System Document Set.
• Review technical support publications for grammatical errors, format, and style compliance with guidelines.
• Contribute to establishing standards and guidelines for technical document structure and format.
• Recommend content edits to improve clarity, impact, flow, meaning, and readability.
• Research source data to verify the technical accuracy of support publications.
• Participate in internal and customer reviews of technical publications.
• Maintain document configuration, data files, and archives.
• Ensure First Time Quality is applied to all publication updates in compliance with quality management system requirements.
• Serve as an interface between the customer and key stakeholders in the absence of the Publications Lead.
• Gather and analyze customer requirements to assess and process requests for change.
• Research and compile source technical information in line with documented processes.
• Determine graphic and authoring requirements, and develop detailed estimates and worksheets for integration into documents.
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask in a diverse, team-oriented environment.
• Apply knowledge of the MoD Unsatisfactory Feature Reporting (UFR) process (MoD F765) and aircraft maintenance procedures.
• Provide support for occasional travel requirements as needed.
• Leverage prior aviation maintenance experience, if applicable.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Conversant with ASD S1000D and or AVP70.
• Experience of working with Simplified Technical English.
• An understanding of Support Engineering as applied to a maintenance environment.
• Ability to work with cross functional departments to understand and deliver required outputs compliant with organisational processes and procedures.
• Focus on delivering first time quality with attention to detail and alignment with supporting engineering documentation.
• Previous experience in the Aviation Technical Publication (CMM, AMM, EMM, IPC) Authoring environment is essential.
• Ability to obtain UK Security Clearance

Preferred Skills/Experience Required:

• Previous experience with MoD Form 765 processes desirable.
• Previous experience liaising with internationally located Teams, including Design Organization (DO) interface.
• Preferred but not essential, CH-47 Chinook or rotary wing publications authoring experience.
• Experience with creating graphics would be desired but not essential.
• Ideally you will be educated to degree level in a relevant Engineering subject or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Relocation and Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.