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Role title: Technical Authors

Location: RG7 4PR and RG30 3RR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £35,000 - £45,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)

Closing date: 6th January 2025

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

We are looking to recruit a number of Technical Authors with varying levels of knowledge and experience who are looking to develop their career. Successful candidates will be deployed throughout the business producing core product documentation which will include, but is not limited to the design, assembly, movement, maintenance and disassembly of the UK's nuclear deterrent.

These roles are ideally suited to experienced Technical Authors or Technical Authors at varying levels of their career.

Training with continuous professional development in a truly unique environment

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

A background in the generation of technical documentation

Engineering experience in an industrial environment or a knowledge of manufacturing & assembly processes

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Delivering technical documentation in accordance with Company Processes, Standards, Licence Conditions, Legislation & Regulations

Effective stakeholder management, engaging others in order to complete the tasks

Dependent on entry level, candidates will either have a level 3 qualification (ONC/OND), a recognised apprenticeship or a level 4/5 qualification (HNC/HND/Degree) in a relevant discipline.

We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the roles therefore close.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role (more information on this can be found on our website).

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in these roles. It is anticipated that the successful candidates will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston or Burghfield.

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