Technical Writer

Job description / Role

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are looking for a technical writer who can work collaboratively with management and other stakeholders to help produce high-quality documents for a wide variety of audiences. The range of documents we produce includes, but is not limited to, management reports and presentation, marketing materials, data-driven infographics, and technical training materials. The technical writer is expected to be skilled at substantive/developmental editing and able to contribute to the improvement of the overall structure, flow, and clarity of a document. The technical writer is also expected to be skilled at copy editing and able to contribute to the sentence structure, spelling, and grammar within a document. Since most of our documents are created by technical professionals, the technical writer needs to be able to help the technical professionals explain complex concepts in simple language, while maintaining the original meaning and intent of content.

Key Responsibilities

Work with management and other stakeholders to obtain an in-depth understanding of the product and project requirements

Produce high-quality documentation that meets applicable standards and is appropriate for its intended audience

Edit training materials written by instructional designers and/or subject-matter experts (SMEs)

Manage multiple, concurrent projects

Ensure that corporate and departmental verbal and visual styles are followed

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

5+ years of hands-on technical writing experience

Excellent writing and technical writing skills

Excellent verbal communication skills

Comprehend and explain complex technical concepts

Experience editing instructional materials

Detail-oriented

Expert with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

Team player / Flexible / Open-minded

Experience within the Oil & Gas industry preferred

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.