Technical Writer

**Requisition ID: R10057744**:

- **Category**:Technical Support
- **Location**:Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
- **Citizenship Required**:Australia Citizenship
- **Clearance Type**: Protected (Baseline)
- **Telecommute**:Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
- **Travel Required**:Yes, 10% of the Time
- **Positions Available**:1

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Australia partners with the Royal Australian Air Force to provide through-life support for its fleet of C-27J Spartan Airlifter aircraft. The C-27J complements the Australian Defence Force’s existing Air Mobility fleet and provides airlift of people, equipment and supplies in Australia and our region.

The C-27J Technical Publications team is now seeking an experienced Technical Writer to be located in **Richmond, NSW** **or Amberley, QLD **and to support a high-profile platform well known for its humanitarian aid and disaster relief capabilities in our region.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:

- Produce technical manual updates or documents, using various sources of engineering, military, regulatory and manufacturers’ data.
- Perform all research needed to create technical manual updates or documents.
- Ensure output is consistent with company standards and satisfies the relevant Work Instructions and Procedure Manuals.
- Coordinate workflows and tasks required to create technical updates or documents and meets scheduled deadlines.
- Work directly with SME’s, cell leads, customers and management as needed to gather data and create technical manual updates or documents.
- Evaluate engineering drawings and other technical data as required and translate information into an understandable technical manual or document.
- Work closely with the Engineering department to ensure technical manual or document created meets DASR requirements.
- Review and proofread documents to ensure that work produced accurately reflects existing engineering data, following established grammatical and formatting standards.
- Update Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP).

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Experience in developing and authoring technical publications, as well as interfacing with operational and maintenance personnel in dynamic operational work environments.
- Aircraft Aviation trade Certificate IV or equivalent background.
- MS Office Software training.
- Ability to read and interpret Engineering drawings.
- Must be an Australian citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Defence security clearance.

Note: As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian Citizens. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable, as such your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role.