Technical Writer

About the Role

Join our team as a Tech Writer, where you'll play a pivotal role in creating and enhancing technical publications for both military and commercial sectors. You'll collaborate with ILS leads, develop Aircrew Publications, and support continuous improvements in our technical publication processes, ensuring top-tier quality and compliance with industry standards!

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and specialist advice to the ILS programme leads on technical publications requirements.
• Generate Aircrew Publications
• Produce technical publications to a variety of industry-standard specifications to a high standard and within set timescales. This includes both Military and Commercial standards.
• Validate publications ensuring a high-standard of technical publication production.
• Support continuous improvement of the processes for technical publications, and where possible improve the performance measurements.
• Support the development of project-specific Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
• Provide timely notification to the Technical Publications Lead of any potential problems, and proposed solutions.
• Develop and support Databases to support:
• Internal LM MF765 process
• Technical Publications Graphics Library
• Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Technical Manuals.
• Carry out Problem Tracking Reports (PTR) assessments including the raising of associated MF765s to close-out the tasks
• The status and configuration issues for the technical publications and to status Tech Pubs updates, amendments and Corrections (F765's)
• Support the management of the CIETP updates amendments and Corrections (F765's) for LM programmes.
• Provide support to the co-ordination of deliveries and updates to technical publications.
• Provide ILS interface to LM at Merlin Training Facility (MTF) at RNAS Culdrose
• Provide Technical Publications support.
• Maintain the Merlin Logistics Support Analysis Records (LSAR) for LM workshare
• Preparation of Special Category Work (SCW) claims.
• Support the EPRMs and provide support to review meetings.
• Comply with legislative requirements and Company and department procedures.

Contractor/Agency to be responsible for maintaining adequate liability insurance, certifications, accreditations, and training required to perform their tasks.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Extensive experience, including 5 in aerospace (military/commercial)
• Proficient knowledge and experience using Framemaker software
• Detailed experience of authoring Component Maintenance Manual (CMM) content (specifically Air Publications or Books of Reference (BRs)
• Knowledge and experience of producing Data Module content for Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP)
• Understanding of Def Stan 0060/00600 and Defence Logistics Framework (DLF) requirements
• Knowledge and experience of ILS disciplines and the associated interactions

Duration

6 months

Hours Per Week

37.5

Working Schedule

4 day working week!

Business Environment

Lockheed Martin UK Ltd is a leading prime contractor and systems integrator responsible for a wide portfolio of high technology programmes, complex integration, training and through-life support, spanning the defence and civil sectors. The LMUK IS business is a leading provider of systems engineering, software development and complex programme management for global security, cyber, civil and commercial markets.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by Optamor Limited. Optamor is a specialist Recruitment Process Outsourcing provider. We provide a flexible full recruitment solution which takes care of all recruitment requirements from planning to on-boarding. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.