Technical Author

Job Description:

About our team...

Airbus Helicopters is the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer and the company’s site at Oxford Airport is Britain’s civil helicopter hub.

AHUK offers considerable experience in helicopter sales, bespoke completions, maintenance and spares support. Its in-house engineering capabilities include design, customisation, installation, flight-testing and certification, as well as technical support, maintenance, training and the supply of spares for civil and military applications.

AHUK is the MoD’s chosen provider of helicopters and maintenance for its No.1 Helicopter Flying school (referred to as MFTS) located in RAF Shawbury (Shropshire) and RAF Valley (Anglesey).

Description/Overall purpose of the Job

As a Technical Author for AHUK, you will be responsible for the creation and control of task cards and work cards for the engineers and technicians to use and follow when carrying out their tasks.

Working with maintenance managers, planning engineers and hangar floor staff, you will be expected to extract the key task milestones and format into an easy-to-read and purposeful document that aids in the correct and logical execution of tasks.

Main responsibilities

Translation: Converting complex tasks from the AMM or Service Bulletins (SBs) into clear, sequential, and detailed task cards

Version Control: Ensuring the shop floor is always using the latest revision of produced workcards, eliminating the risk of working to superseded data.

Usability Testing: Physically validating workcards alongside technicians to ensure instructions are executable in the actual work environment (e.g., tool accessibility, torque sequences).

Review and continuous improvement: Work with key users to continually improve the accuracy and validity of the data presented

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Experience with complex engineering processes

Ability to understand, extract and write technical instruction in clear English

IT literacy (Microsoft processing / GSuite)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)

Thorough attention to detail

The ability to think clearly using logic and reasoning

Proper and effective administration skills

The ability to engage with key stakeholders, compiling information and produce clear document sets that encapsulate key themes and ideas

Desirable

Aviation experience as a maintainer

Part 145 and Part-CAMO knowledge

Maintenance planning exposure

Knowledge of Envision

Education, Qualifications or Training

Essential

Engineering qualification (Level 3 equivalent or above)

Desirable

Part 145 / Part CAMO familiarisation training

Aviation industry training

About you

Attention to detail

Ability to deliver to deadlines

Ownership to task and area of responsibility

Additional requirements

Due to the nature of this position you will require DBS Security Clearance and be eligible for SC clearance.

Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.

All candidates must possess the current, legal right to work in the United Kingdom. Airbus will not be able to offer sponsorship for any employment Visa's.

The Reward

In joining the Airbus family, you will play a critical part in delivering the most efficient helicopters for its customers, who serve, protect, save lives and carry passengers in demanding environments. On top of your competitive base salary, you will have access to the following benefits below via our Airbus salary sacrifice schemes:

Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) – single cover for employees paid by the company

Pension: Employees are auto-enrolled into the Airbus Group UK Retirement Fund. Initially, AH contributes 6%, employee 4% basic

Share Incentive Plan and ESOP. Annual share schemes at company discretion.

Success Share, Discretionary Group bonus scheme (conditions apply)

Bikes to Work (up to £3,000) (employee purchase scheme)

Technology ( employee purchase scheme)

Mydrive (employee car purchase scheme)

Den-Plan (employee purchase scheme)

Health-care Cash Scheme

Personal Accident Insurance (employee purchase scheme)

Health Assessments

Travel Insurance

Shopping vouchers/discounts

Financial/Legal Advice (eg, Will-writing; Lasting Power of Attorney)

Data Protection

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. After this date the applications will then be reviewed, Feedback will be given and Interviews will be arranged. Please direct any questions relating to this job posting to contact.recruitment.ahuk@airbus.com in the first instance for the attention of the HR Team.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Software Engineering

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.