Technical Author – Composites

Working Location: Horndean

Salary: £30k per year

Working Hours: Days 8am – 4pm Monday – Friday

Job Function & Key Tasks

• Creation and maintenance of process description documentation (e.g. work instructions, SOP’s)
• Document control and maintenance of documentation within the QMS
• Creating, updating or rewriting controlled documents as required
• Collecting relevant technical information from manufacturing processes
• Attending production process trials to obtain relevant information and evidence to support document creation
• Any other task as reasonably required to fulfil the job function.

Principle Responsibilities

• Ensuring the accuracy and clarity of all process description documents
• Ensuring physical copies of out of date documents are recovered and destroyed when issuing new documents
• Ensuring correct document control is maintained within the QMS
• Ensuring prompt responses to requests for document updates to support production and minimise production failures

Health and Safety Responsibilities

All employees have a responsibility for Health and Safety whilst at work. As an employee at Formaplex, you are responsible for;

• Ensuring the health, safety and welfare of yourself and that of other persons whom may be affected by your actions
• Co-operating with Formaplex on all matters relating to health, safety and welfare by observing all relevant policies, procedures, safety systems of working and safety signs
• Ensuring the use of all safety related guards, control measures, and wearing of personal protective equipment at all times (where appropriate)
• Reporting of all accidents, incidents and reporting any failings as necessary, or bring to the attention of the Health & Safety Manager 

Skills and Experience 

Essential

• Strong PC Skills, MS Office essential – previous experience with CAD and MRP systems beneficial
• Interest in engineering/manufacturing processes
• Ability to prioritise own workload or work under direction
• Ability to communicate well and ask questions to extract the required information
• High level of written English
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to learn, train and develop as required

Desirable 

• Previous experience of Automotive, Aerospace or other similarly controlled industry
• Engineering background
• Composite knowledge
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment 

Education & Qualifications

• GCSE A-C in English and Maths
• MS Office (Work, Excel, PowerPoint) training preferable