Technical Publications Engineer

This role can be based at either our Hingham, Norfolk or Reading sites. 

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

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

In your role as our Technical Publications Engineer, you will:

• 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

About you

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

Desirable:

• 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
• Problem solver

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.