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Technical Publications Specialist

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Posted on Jun 8, 2026 by CV-Library
Bridgemary, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Military
Immediate Start
£40 - £44 Hourly
Contract/Project
Technical Publications Specialist.

Military Helicopter programme

Location: Gosport - Hybrid Working (3 days onsite)

Security Clearance: SC Required

Contract Duration: 6 Months
Rate: £40-£44 per hour (37.5hr per week) Inside IR35

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Publications Specialist to join a high-profile aerospace and defence programme supporting the CH-47 Chinook platform. This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role within a specialist publications team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical documentation in support of critical defence operations.
The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert within the technical publications function, supporting publication delivery, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, and continuous improvement activities.
This role would suit an experienced technical publications professional with strong aerospace or defence sector experience and a background in leading publication activities within complex engineering environments.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support the delivery of CH-47 Chinook technical publication outputs in line with programme and contractual requirements.
Ensure First Time Quality standards are consistently achieved across all publication updates.
Review, edit, and maintain technical documentation for accuracy, clarity, formatting, and compliance.
Coordinate with customers, engineering teams, and key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of publication requirements.
Support the development of support requirements, technical objectives, schedules, and implementation plans.
Monitor progress of publication activities and manage documentation updates and engineering change impacts.
Contribute to process improvements, documentation standards, and best practice initiatives.
Provide leadership and mentoring support to the publications team.
Participate in customer meetings, status reviews, and programme discussions.

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience within Technical Publications, ideally within aerospace or defence environments.
Strong leadership and team coordination experience.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Experience managing technical documentation deliverables within complex programmes.
Knowledge of quality management systems and document control processes.
Strong attention to detail and quality assurance capability.
Experience supporting engineering change and configuration management activities.
Ability to work effectively within customer-facing environments.

Desirable Experience

Experience working on military aircraft programmes.
Knowledge of aerospace documentation standards such as S1000D and MIL-SPEC.
Experience working directly with defence or government customers.
Familiarity with digital publishing tools and data management systems.
Previous experience managing multiple stakeholders, schedules, and programme priorities simultaneously.

Working Arrangement

Hybrid working model
3 days onsite in Gosport
Mid-July start anticipated
If you are an experienced Technical Publications professional looking to support a major defence aviation programme, we would be keen to hear from you.

Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website

Reference: 225219711

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CV-Library

Technical Publications Specialist

CV-Library

Posted on Jun 8, 2026 by CV-Library

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Bridgemary, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Military
Immediate Start
£40 - £44 Hourly
Contract/Project
Technical Publications Specialist.

Military Helicopter programme

Location: Gosport - Hybrid Working (3 days onsite)

Security Clearance: SC Required

Contract Duration: 6 Months
Rate: £40-£44 per hour (37.5hr per week) Inside IR35

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Publications Specialist to join a high-profile aerospace and defence programme supporting the CH-47 Chinook platform. This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role within a specialist publications team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical documentation in support of critical defence operations.
The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert within the technical publications function, supporting publication delivery, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, and continuous improvement activities.
This role would suit an experienced technical publications professional with strong aerospace or defence sector experience and a background in leading publication activities within complex engineering environments.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support the delivery of CH-47 Chinook technical publication outputs in line with programme and contractual requirements.
Ensure First Time Quality standards are consistently achieved across all publication updates.
Review, edit, and maintain technical documentation for accuracy, clarity, formatting, and compliance.
Coordinate with customers, engineering teams, and key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of publication requirements.
Support the development of support requirements, technical objectives, schedules, and implementation plans.
Monitor progress of publication activities and manage documentation updates and engineering change impacts.
Contribute to process improvements, documentation standards, and best practice initiatives.
Provide leadership and mentoring support to the publications team.
Participate in customer meetings, status reviews, and programme discussions.

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience within Technical Publications, ideally within aerospace or defence environments.
Strong leadership and team coordination experience.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Experience managing technical documentation deliverables within complex programmes.
Knowledge of quality management systems and document control processes.
Strong attention to detail and quality assurance capability.
Experience supporting engineering change and configuration management activities.
Ability to work effectively within customer-facing environments.

Desirable Experience

Experience working on military aircraft programmes.
Knowledge of aerospace documentation standards such as S1000D and MIL-SPEC.
Experience working directly with defence or government customers.
Familiarity with digital publishing tools and data management systems.
Previous experience managing multiple stakeholders, schedules, and programme priorities simultaneously.

Working Arrangement

Hybrid working model
3 days onsite in Gosport
Mid-July start anticipated
If you are an experienced Technical Publications professional looking to support a major defence aviation programme, we would be keen to hear from you.

Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website
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Reference: 225219711

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