Introduction

Provide expert input to edit Operations Group procedures, standing instructions and assessment packages for clarity, consistency of presentation, and adherence to Company competency assurance standards.
Role is primarily concerned with presenting complex technical instructions clearly and concisely to enable end users at all levels to perform their jobs safely and efficiently.
Major challenges with the role include: (1) Ensuring that operations and maintenance procedures and assessment packages are user-friendly, accurate, and tailored to a variety of end users, (2) Ensuring complex content adheres to company safety standards, and is formatted consistently, (3) Processing a large volume of diverse and technically complex information across a multi-venture/multi-operator environment.

What are you going to do

Develops all required documentation in accordance with established Company policies and procedures, oil/gas industry and international standards, and ISO 9000 & 14000 requirements.
Reviews Operations and Maintenance procedures for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Checks the copy for readability and style. Ensures procedures and other technical documentation adhere to Company editorial policy and competency assurance standards.
Suggests revisions to vocabulary, phrasing, syntax, and paragraph order to improve clarity or accuracy.
Researches and confirms sources for technical writers. Verifies facts, dates, and statistics cited within procedures and arranges page layouts of procedures and other documentation.
Proofreads Operations and Maintenance procedure and assessment packages in accordance with established Company competency assurance standards.
Participates in the identification of operating areas requiring technical change or alteration in order to meet varying operating conditions. Determines impact on plant documentation, develops solutions, and ensures concerned personnel receive the required training.
Works closely with the Documents Section to prepare and maintain standardized documentation layout and display in intranet portals.
Mentors technical writers by developing writing guides.

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Science in English, or equivalent.
Minimum 6 years’ full-time diversified experience writing/editing oil and gas operations procedures, with at least 3 years’ experience as a technical author.
Self-starter with the ability to anticipate and execute changes as required.
Excellent English communications skills, verbal and written.
Extensive knowledge of MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and MS SharePoint.
Familiarity with electronic publishing, graphics, web design, and multimedia production.
Advanced organizational and planning skills.