Technical Author - Contract

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) is a market leader in international marine surveillance technology and systems. The company, headquartered in the UK, serves a global customer base ranging from national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

Role Overview

As a Technical Author within the Systems Delivery Team, you will liaise closely with several departments both in the UK and globally. This contract role is primarily based in our Bristol office with flexibility for hybrid working. Please note: This is a contract role inside of IR35 or PAYE.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality Training and Technical Publications in compliance with relevant standards, using approved authoring tools and software.
• Work with our Graphic Designer to ensure all publications and illustrations meet company and customer requirements for operation, maintenance, and repair documentation.
• Review and verify all content to ensure accuracy, particularly with regard to safety, hazard, and caution statements.
• Deliver all Training and Technical Publications on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Monitor and report task progress, highlighting issues, risks, or resource constraints to your Line Manager.
• Provide Training and Technical publications support and advice to project teams to ensure documentation requirements are fully met.
• Support the Global Systems Delivery Teams to ensure all publication deliverables are completed efficiently and in line with project schedules.
• Ad hoc: work with the wider Projects Support Team for the translation of overseas customer publications through approved translation partners to maintain quality and consistency.

Requirements

• Experience of Training and Technical Authoring to challenging timescales.
• Experience working in Military, Uniformed Services, or IT sector would prove highly beneficial.
• Good communication, planning and organisational skills.
• Planning and delivery to schedules, at time, cost and quality.
• Development of Training and Technical Publication solutions; ability to build and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Appreciation of cultural differences in overseas territories and ability to communicate well with overseas colleagues.
• Working knowledge of all MS Office Products, especially MS Word.
• Experience with Configuration Management and Documentation Control.

SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom.