Technical Publications Writer

Drive major Military Structures & Systems Engineering outcomes.
- Stable, established and well respected leading organisation in Defence.
- Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance as a minimum.

**Tell me about this role**:
**We are currently looking for a security cleared (NV1 or higher) Technical Publications Writers to join our team on a permanent basis. We are looking for multi-skilled, flexible, hardworking people who are keen to grow their career within a leading Defence supplier.

These roles will be Melbourne based and will play a critical part in delivering the latest in Land capability technology to our Defence Force.

Some of the projects include armoured fighting vehicles, soldier modernisation program, lifecycle management of in-service fleet, deployable health infrastructure and more.

This role offers uncapped training and development opportunities as well as other benefits including free parking, flexible working and different leave arrangements including paid parental, study, reserve and volunteer leave.

**What will I be doing day to day?**
- Plan, develop, organise, write and edit standard operating procedures and manuals
- Research, develop and write technical design specifications & technical manuals
- Developing written or visual product/process/technical documentation, business process maps, and user manuals
- Manage updates and revisions to technical documents, procedures and manuals

***What sort of skills do I need?**
- Tertiary qualification, certification, vendor course or relevant industry experience
- Demonstrated experience in strong technical authoring skills
- Ability to write in explanatory and procedural styles for multiple audiences
- Strong communication skills
- Process orientated with good attention to detail
- Minimum NV1 security clearance (must be an Australian citizen)

**_What’s in it for me?_**
- **_Flexibility - _**_We like our employees to have the flexibility they need to live the lives they choose. With flexible working options such as a 9-day fortnight and remote working options._
- **_Inclusion - _**_We like our employees to feel safe bringing their whole self to work offering a number of programs promoting inclusion such as public holiday swap and 40/40/20, our vision for a gender inclusive workplace._
- **_Benefits and Rewards - _**_We have a _competitive package of benefits and rewards including _additional superannuation_; _flexible leave options_; _salary continuation insurance_; _professional certification bonus_; _employee discount program._
- **_Exciting work - _**_Amentum is continually expanding our opportunities working on prominent defence projects across air, land and sea supporting the critical capabilities that keep Australia safe. We have a growing presence in cyber, space and nuclear programs._

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**_Why Amentum?_**
- A trusted partner to Australian Government clients, Amentum is a major service provider for some of the most critical national security capabilities. We manage critical infrastructure and facilities and work on major projects in the land, air, maritime, cyber, space, nuclear and digital domains to support the Department of Defence’s multi-billion-dollar investment in enhanced capabilities._
- With more than 880 engineers, project and programme managers, training specialists, cyber security consultants, facilities operations experts, essential workers, logistics and technical trades in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, south-east Queensland, Central Australia, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Nowra, the business has built a reputation for excellence in quality, performance, innovation, value for money and safety by delivering multi-disciplinary expertise on large and technically challenging projects for more than 27 years._
- People are our greatest asset and we value unique backgrounds, experience and perspectives. Without our people we would not be where we are today, we therefore value our team as members of an exceptional organisation offering a wide array of benefits that go far beyond expectations._