Senior Technical Editor / Writer
Location: Kuala Lumpur - KLCC
Responsibilities:
We are seeking to fill a position in our project management group for an experienced technical editor / writer with knowledge of document management processes. The successful candidate must be fluent in English, with a background in editing, writing and managing procedures, documentation and project reports about complex technical topics. He or she should have an excellent attention to detail, experience in editing the work of other writers, and strong communication skills to work effectively with professionals from a variety of technical backgrounds.
If your English is excellent, you enjoy the challenge of learning a complex, unfamiliar topic, and you want to work with technical professionals to improve their written documentation and reports, then we want to hear from you!
Please provide a sample of past work and briefly explain your role in its production.
The successful candidate will perform duties that include:
- Working with geoscientists on an ongoing basis to correct and edit English and formatting of weekly progress reports and technical project reports; and helping design and implement strategies for continuously improving project documentation and reporting skills of staff
- Working with the project management and marketing groups to produce and maintain project reporting and other related document templates
- Working with project administrators, team leaders and other relevant staff to document technical best practice, QC procedures and writing guidelines
- Working with project administrators to design and implement document management processes, including document version control
- Any other tasks related to improving the professionalism of technical reports and documents in the Services division of the company
Requirements:
- Experience editing and writing technical procedures, documentation, papers and reports
- Fluent in idiomatic, technical English
- Extremely organised, with careful attention to detail
- Strength in formulating clear written documents, with ability to rapidly learn new technical writing styles and master editing software
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with professionals from a variety of technical backgrounds
- Willingness to design and use resources to provide guidance to staff for improving their technical writing (e.g. facilitating online or face-to-face workshops with staff)
- Ability to complete assigned tasks within set deadlines
- Available to work in Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysian citizenship or permanent residency
The following experience is desirable, but not necessary:
- Oil/gas industry experience (in particular, exposure to documents related to geology, petrophysics, geophysics or seismic), or a general science background
- Experience with Open Office and MS Office text and presentation editors
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