Technical Author

14 hours ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Petrofac Full time

**Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.**

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

**_Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?_**

**JOB TITLE: TECHNICAL AUTHOR**

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Work with internal teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of the documents that require updating and determine the best approach to deliver these.
- Undertake a 1st pass review of documents including:

- Identifing objectives of document; Identify who the document is for (audience) and in what scenario (when and where will readers use the document); Identify standards and legislation that applies; Identify vocabulary and style for audience; language, tense, person, terminology, including Plain English and Human Factors; Identify and engage expertise required - technical support required; Estimate timescale to complete.
- Agree the scope and methodology with client/sponsor/technical authority.
- Facilitate reviews/chair meetings as appropriate with owners and SME’s.
- Pursue any further changes or clarifications in line with the plan agreed and update document as required.
- Circulate updated draft, solicit feedback, and finalize documents.
- Undertake reporting at each stage of the process to ensure progress is suitably understood and allow escalation process to take place.
- Ensures the quality of all documents produced.

**ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS**:

- Excellent written skills in English.
- Knowledge of standard Microsoft products (Excel / Word / PowerPoint).
- Experience of working to tight deadlines.
- Demonstrable job co-ordination and administration skills.
- Ability to deliver high quality documentation paying attention to detail.
- Self-starter with the ability to work under own initiative and meet tight deadlines.
- Team-working and ability to drive progress.
- Previous experience on oil and gas industry.
- Proven working experience in technical writing.
- Can use Plain English that is faster to write and faster to read and can successfully put the message across different mediums.
- Has the ability to define process workflows and facilitate information gathering when required that makes the best use of the contributors’ time.
- Can effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, utilizing different approaches dependent on the audience and purpose.
- Can make connections from multiple sources of information and be creative in approaches taken and idea generation.

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