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Company Profile: Our client is a leading manufacturer of Solid-State, Free Electron Technology and Photonics-based products, supplying key components and systems to a diverse range of markets.

Job Location: Essex

Job Position: Engineering Lead - Technical Authority

Reporting To: Head of Projects

Job Status: Permanent Staff Position

Context and Purpose:

This Engineering Lead - Technical Authority will work directly in the Technical Authority Team in partnership with the wider project team to provide support & expertise on the various activities of a CCD and CMOS design, development and manufacturing...

Technical Author – Gosport, Hampshire
Competitive salary and benefits package

Vector Aerospace, is an industry-leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft operators around the world.

We believe that our success as a company is based on the success of our employees. We provide our employees with the training, resources and opportunities to be the very best they can be.

The opportunity:
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, we require a Technical Author to provide technical and administrative support to the Engine Services UK Product Engineering Team. Working...

Trainee Technical Authors / Experienced Technical Authors – Contract considered if you have experience as a Technical Author but Permanent preferred – Bristol and Derby

We are looking for Technical Authors with a good understanding of Gas Turbine engines to work on a permanent or on a contract basis. It would be beneficial to the client if you have worked as a technician or engineer and then moved in to a technical authoring role however the client will train ex services personnel who have worked as a technician on engines, has a thorough understanding and would prefer to work in an office environment.

As a technical author you...

Technical Authors – Contract / Permanent – Bristol – Aircraft Structures and Systems

£Market rates

Protec Technical is currently recruiting for Technical Authors to work with our major aerospace client based in Bristol.

As a part of the authoring team, the Technical Authors will be responsible for creating or amending Aircraft manuals in accordance with technical specifications provided by the customer and using customer specific authoring tools. They will also be responsible for addressing customer queries and will work closely with the Customer's technical publications department and associated subject matter experts...

Trainee Technical Authors / Experienced Technical Authors – Contract considered if you have experience as a Technical Author but Permanent preferred – Bristol and Derby

We are looking for Technical Authors with a good understanding of Gas Turbine engines to work on a permanent or on a contract basis. It would be beneficial to the client if you have worked as a technician or engineer and then moved in to a technical authoring role however the client will train ex services personnel who have worked as a technician on engines, has a thorough understanding and would prefer to work in an office environment.

As a technical author...

Technical Author - Online documentation, Author-IT, home working potential

Our client is a market leader in SaaS resource management solutions. They need a Technical Author with experience designing creative online help and the capability to provide information to users in modern and innovative ways.

As a member of the User Information Team, you will be responsible for producing quality multi-lingual user information to support their product solutions in a timely manner. You will propose, define and develop new ways of providing information to users for both new and existing products, while following defined procedures and standards...

Job Title: Technical Author
Location: Derbyshire
Duration of contract: Temp to Perm
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000

Job Description - Technical Author
Position Summary + Key Attributes

Technical Authors work in the authoring team to develop maintenance and operation manuals for new build rolling stock and completion projects. Manuals are produced for new developments, in conjunction with engineering and depot teams as part of the Product Introduction process. Ensuring new and existing documents conform to a house style. Maintaining and updating existing maintenance manuals as defined by Engineering Change processes to...

Our Client, an innovative, groundbreaking technology company based in Cambridge require an additional Technical Author to join their busy team.

Ideally you will be degree qualified with 6+ years experience as a Technical Author.

You will also come from a telecoms background and and have experience of working in an internet protocol environment with an understanding of router technologies and switches.

Experience of the following tools is also desirable:

• Madcap Flare
• Author IT
• RoboHelp

A self starter, you will enjoy working as part of a team and yet be experienced enough to confidently take ownership...

Job Title: Technical Author
Sector: Engineering
Niche: Automotive Technical Authoring
Selling: Automotive Technical Authoring
Selling To: Automotive Manufacturers

Territory: North West, South West, South East, North East, Wales

Package: £35 basic, Car option, Laptop, Home office set-up, Pension, Mobile

Consultant: Justin Webb

Company Info:
* Global provider of engineering support services across a wide variety of industry sectors including design, product development, and product management
* Great people company with excellent support and real chances to progress globally
* Locations in nearly...

Our client delivers technical publications and engineering support, mainly to the Defence sector and they currently require an additional Technical Author to join their busy team of technical authors, technical illustrators and publication assistants. The work is diverse and interesting and most projects have short delivery timescales. The ability to manage and drive a project to meet the exacting standards and delivery schedules expected by the business and the customer is essential as well as:

• Experience of working in a technical authoring environment, managing and delivering technical publications
• Can demonstrate ability of producing...

An experienced Technical Author is required for this well established company based in the Midlands. Ideally you will have previous experience of working either in the automotive industry or with a Tier 1 supplier and be able to author and layout manuals, service manuals and other technical publications.

Comfortable using a variety of page layout and graphics packages such as FrameMaker and Illustrator, the successful candidate will be expected to enjoy a hands-on role. Some liaison with translation agencies will also be required.

You will possess a self driven attitude and be able work effectively and precisely with no supervision...

SENIOR AUTHORISED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
BASED SOUTH EAST
SALARY Circa £45K + Car + Benefits

Our Client are becoming recognised as a leading provider of engineering services, not only to the utility sector but also wider markets, working primarily within electricity distribution networks.

Immediately required a Senior Authorised Person up to 33kv distribution. Must have previous DNO Authorisation at this proficiency to work on UKPN Areas across East Anglia, Kent, Sussex. You will be qualified to Degree/ HND or equivalent in Electrical Engineering and have a degree of negotiation, communication and people management skills...

The Company - Our Client:
Our client is a leading developer and supplier of Practice Management systems for public accounting, consulting firms and other service providers worldwide, particularly in Europe and the U.S.A. Their products are developed using industry-standard Microsoft .Net (Windows forms and ASP.net) technologies and are typically deployed on Microsoft SQL Server DBMS platforms. They are currently looking for a Technical Author to join their expanding team based in Watford.

The Role - Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produce, develop and maintain a professional and accurate end-user documentation suite for the...

Our Client, a leading global software company with offices in the Berkshire area is seeking a Technical Author to join their busy team and work closely with engineers and developers on open-source documentation (DITA and XML).

Ideally you will be degree educated and have at least 6 years experience of Technical Authoring. It is also desirable that you will have worked in an open-source environment and have some of the following skills:

DITA, XML, Agile, CMS, Audience

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a young and energetic company and to work at the forefront of technology where you will be rewarded...

Technical Author

A prerequisite for this position is good working knowledge of Adobe Frame Maker 9/10.
Experience of creating illustrations or working with illustrators to create illustrations.
AutoCAD experience.
Summary Requirements:
The Technical Publications area of the Engineering department produces the technical documentation required to commission, use and maintain the Company's products effectively and safely. The Technical Author has a vital role to play in producing that documentation.
To write, produce and accurately maintain instruction and installation manuals and associated amendments/addendums, including...

Technical Author

An exciting opportunity to join an innovative multi-disciplinary informatics company as a technical author to establish their documentation framework to support their developments making them understandable to technical teams and users.

The successful candidate will have proven track record in a similar capacity delivering documentation across multiple projects. You should also have experience of setting up technical documentation framework from scratch. In addition, you will have excellent numeracy and oral and written communication skills together with the ability to translate complex technical information in...

Our client, based in Cambridge is seeking a Technical Author to document user manuals, reference material and training courses for their software tools.

Working with the Support Team, the Technical Author is responsible for all aspects of supporting our client's desktop and web tools. This can range from telephone and email support of technical issues through to developing documentation and running training courses.

You will maintain existing documentation and author new documentation for our client's product range, including online help, technical reference manuals, training manuals and user guides. Around these principal responsibilities...

Working within the support team of this dynamic and rapidly expanding company who see documentation authoring as an integral part of their development process, you will be required to drive forward the advancement of documentation for both their existing and new ‘industry-leading’ product range including on-line help, technical reference manuals, user guides and training manuals.

Degree educated with a strong Science background and excellent written and verbal skills you will be able to communicate complex ideas with great clarity to a diverse audience and you will have excellent visual presentation skills together with a good understanding...

Technical Author / Writer
Location - Harwell
Rate - Up to £35 to £40 per hour
4 month contract
Nuclear experience is required.
Current security clearance would be beneficial but is not required.
My client is a nuclear site license company responsible for a number of closure programs. Due to a ramp up of project work they have an urgent need for a Scope /Technical Writer to join the team at Harwell.

You will be responsible for integrating an updated site plan into the lifetime plan including recommendations and options.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Generate and prepare scope and work package documentation.
Review...

Due to continued growth an opportunity has arisen for a Technical Author to join my client a global leader in fire and security systems, Building Management Systems and other disparate building systems.

You will need to be conversant working with Microsoft office, PDF, Autocad (2010) reading technical drawings and have knowledge of security and fire systems at entry level. The role will be working alongside the design team, Project Managers to transform technical drawings through to a user manual.

Full job description upon request.

The role will be predominately office based and you will need to reside in the West...