We’re all about the craft.
KF Aerospace is proud to deliver innovative aircraft services for corporate, commercial, and military customers worldwide. Launched in 1970 out of British Columbia’s beautiful city of Kelowna, KF has grown to specialize in a wide range of aviation services including maintenance and modifications, cargo operations, military pilot training and aircraft leasing. With facilities across Canada, KF is home to over 1,200 highly skilled individuals. Our passion for our craft fuels every project we touch.
JOB OVERVIEW
The Technical Writer is responsible for maintaining/updating various KF Aerospace manuals and the development of new and supplemental documents for current and future design projects.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Produce OEM manual updates for the Convair CV580 airplane that include: Maintenance Manuals, Illustrated Parts Catalogues, Flight Manuals, and Service Bulletins
- Produce stand-alone supplements to support modification/installations on various aircraft types
- Maintain good records of publications production
- Maintain control of manual revision status
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge & Skills
- Avionics experience would be a definite asset
- Work from engineering drawings, wiring diagrams and other source data
- Interpret OEM avionic documentation into usable text for maintenance and operational manuals
- Write in AECMA Simplified English
- Use FrameMaker desk-top publishing software
- Use Access to produce illustrated parts catalogue databases
- Use illustration software for annotating illustrated parts list and other illustrations
- Familiar with ATA 100 and other aerospace publication specifications
- Familiarity with SGML documentation an asset
- Produce linked documents in Acrobat for intranet publication
Personal Attributes
- Self-starter
- Work well within a group
- Work well under pressure
- Good interview skills: i.e. when speaking with engineers or pilots, be able to interpret their requirements into usable text
- Good research skills
- Well organised
- Able to produce good estimates and meet deadlines
- Effective time manager
- Adaptable
BENEFITS
Full-Time staff benefits include (but are not limited to):
- Health and Dental
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Health Spending Account
- Personal (Wellness) Spending Account
- Paid vacation and Personal time off
- Pension matching plan and voluntary RRSP
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Uniform allowance
- A bonus program based on organizational performance
SALARY