Company Information
Our organisation was created in 1990 as a vendor of integrated modelling software to the oil and gas industry. Since then we have built up a hugely successful business with more than 450 clients across the world, ranging from small consultancies to major multinational corporations. In our last trading year the company turned over £66m and has significant cash reserves which are to be held for future expansion.
In this regard, we see an exciting future which embraces the challenges around energy transition technologies and renewables. In addition, we see huge scope in applying the lessons that we have learnt within this industry to other sectors, notably mining, banking, and medicine.
PE Limited currently has around 100 staff members, split roughly between technical support, providing solutions for customers, product development, and contract and licensing administration. The technical staff are all highly qualified, with almost everyone having at least a Masters qualification and many holding PhDs.
Technical Team
We are responsible for Digital Oil Field Solutions for global clients, as well as providing trainings on all our tools and software products. We also conduct workshops on specific Engineering objectives for our clients to maximize value from their Oil & Gas fields and optimizing performance.
About this Vacancy
We are looking for a highly capable Technical Writer to develop and maintain technical documentation for our software suite.
This role focuses on complex domains like engineering, geology, mining and others. You’ll work with engineers, geoscientists, and software developers to produce user-centric documentation that supports our technical users across our suite of tools.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Documentation:
- Create and maintain user manuals, product guides, context sensitive help content, training materials, integration documentation and release notes for software
Collaboration & Domain Engagement:
- Collaborate with engineers, geoscientists and software developers to understand domain-specific workflows
- Participate in discussions to ensure technical accuracy and usability of documentation.
Content Management:
- Manage documentation across multiple releases and formats (PDF, HTML, online help portals).
- Maintain consistency with company style guides and industry best practices.
User Experience & Accessibility:
- Transcribe existing technical and scientific concepts into concise, usable documentation for technical users
- Develop visuals, flow diagrams, and tutorials to simplify complex workflows.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree with experience in related technical software development fields.
· Minimum 3+ years of experience writing technical documentation
· Proficiency with documentation tools.
· Excellent English written communication - Native English or English level proficiency to meet the level of CEFR level C2 or above
Skills
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Package
Our package offers a competitive salary plus other benefits, including performance related bonus and company pension.