Senior Technical Writer, ILS Support

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About the role

  • 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.
  • Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
  • Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$74,146 - CA$126,733 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridHalifaxCanada

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