Senior Technical Writer responsible for revising Canadian Forces Technical Orders at Thales. Collaborates across teams to ensure clarity and compliance in technical documentation.
Responsibilities
Maintain and revise existing CFTOs, incorporating updates from OEM manuals, specifications, and preventive maintenance routines.
Author, edit, and format technical documentation with a high standard of grammar, clarity, consistency, and style.
Perform editorial reviews of technical documentation to ensure accuracy, consistency of terminology, and compliance with editorial and formatting standards.
Collaborate with LCMMs, engineers, procurement, and configuration management teams to ensure technical documentation reflects the latest approved system/equipment configuration.
Support configuration control by analyzing Document Change Requests, preparing Change Packages, and ensuring revisions are properly tracked, reviewed, and implemented.
Conduct thorough research and cross-referencing to confirm documentation accuracy and completeness.
Coordinate verification and validation of CFTO updates and associated technical data packages.
Ensure preventive maintenance routines in Logistics Support Analysis Records (LSARs) remain aligned with current technical publications.
Manage indexing, cataloguing, and control of documentation in alignment with the National Defence Index of Documentation and Equipment Registration processes.
Support translation processes and accuracy checks for CFTO updates when required.
Requirements
Canadian citizenship with a valid Secret Level II security clearance (or ability to obtain).
Diploma or degree from a recognized college/university in a relevant technical field (mechanical, electrical, electronic, naval architecture, computer science, or equivalent).
Minimum 4 years of demonstrated experience maintaining or revising technical documentation such as CFTOs, OEM manuals, equipment specifications, or preventive maintenance documentation.
Direct experience with configuration management principles, tools, and processes, including change control, revision tracking, and version management.
Proven editorial, grammar, proofreading, and editing skills, with the ability to produce polished, high-quality documentation.
Proficiency in requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation procedures.
Strong proficiency in word processing and documentation management tools.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Language: English (Essential), French (Desirable).
Benefits
Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
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