Technical Writer

Job Description

Company Profile

Since year 2003, Oceaneering's India Center has been an integral part of operations for Oceaneering's robust product and service offerings across the globe. This center caters to diverse business needs, from oil and gas field infrastructure, subsea robotics to automated material handling & logistics.

Our multidisciplinary team offers a wide spectrum of solutions, encompassing Subsea Engineering, Robotics, Automation, Control Systems, Software Development, Asset Integrity Management, Inspection, ROV operations, Field Network Management, Graphics Design & Animation, and more.

In addition to these technical functions, Oceaneering India Center plays host to several crucial business functions, including Finance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information Technology (IT), Human Resources (HR), and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE).

Our world class infrastructure in India includes modern offices, industry-leading tools and software, equipped labs, and beautiful campuses aligned with the future way of work. Oceaneering in India as well as globally has a great work culture that is flexible, transparent, and collaborative with great team synergy.

At Oceaneering India Center, we take pride in Solving the Unsolvable by leveraging the diverse expertise within our team. Join us in shaping the future of technology and engineering solutions on a global scale.

Position Summary

As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining high-quality documentation that contributes to the overall success of Oceaneering products. The technical writer is expected to understand the product and the existing documentation and update the relevant sections for subsequent releases. Such documentation may come in the form of user guides, integration guides, API developer guides, in-platform instructions, installation, configuration instructions and system operations.

Duties And Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL

- The Technical writer will create, update and maintain technical and non-technical software related documentation for Oceaneering products. It is required to work closely with the internal product owners and business teams to discuss and understand the enterprise level products and capabilities and publishing the information into clear, concise and accurate content for end user consumption.
- Write documents that cater to both the external and internal audience.
- The internal facing documents provide detailed information about a capability and are meant for our internal associate(s) or team(s) who are interested to learn and understand our capabilities.
- To be successful at this role, the writer will need to have a strong technical aptitude and quickly adapt to learning the products and capabilities.
- Ability to grasp complex business and technical information and write and organize net new documents for new products or capabilities.
- Understand and analyze the content in the existing documents to help identify gaps, update and organize those documents to keep it up to date.
- Work with the various technical and business teams to accurately and effectively gather product information/requirements, researching independently is necessary.
- Ability to interact efficiently with product owners, business, technology subject matter experts and other internal teams to ensure that specialized topics are appropriately addressed and discussed.
- Determine the clearest and most logical way to present information and instructions for greatest reader comprehension and writes and edits technical information accordingly.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple documentation projects simultaneously in an ever-changing, fast paced environment.
- Regular follow-ups with stakeholders are a must to ensure timely review-feedbacks and other dependable tasks to help with timely closure of the document.
- Ability to respond to (and explain) feedback and synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Create strong content that fulfills company standards and audience goals.
- Utilize a variety of media forms include editing of images and screenshots.

NON-ESSENTIAL

- Assist with any other duties as and when required
- Undertake specific projects as instructed by management
- Demonstrates high level of initiative to accomplish individual objectives assigned as well as team goals.
- Comply to organizational HR policies and procedures.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

- Graduate in engineering/IT/Computer Science with minimum 1 years of experience working in the Technical writing field. Proven working experience in technical writing of product and/or software documentation.
- Strong working knowledge and skill in working with Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, and InDesign. Requirement gathering skills and experience is a must.
- Good knowledge of the Documentation Development Life Cycle (DDLC)
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar (fluent with the MSTP style guide). Ability to be self-directed and effective working independently and also to work as a team (Lead writer, peers and a global team environment)
- Attention to detail while managing several complex deliverables across multiple groups, cultures, and time zones.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Writing Style Guide a plus.

DESIRED

- Technical writer certification

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

- Have completed studies as a technical writer or equivalent proven professional experience
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to communicate / work with multi-cultural team of technicians and engineers for projects
- Ability to write accurate and concise communications
- Ability to work independently in most circumstances and use initiative to propose and implement changes to work practices
- Self-Driven, positive attitude
- Strong Analytical, problem solving & decision-making skills
- Strong organizing and Planning Skills

How To Apply

Oceaneering's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants.

How To Apply

Regular full-time employees who apply will be considered along with external candidates. Employees with less than six months with their current position are not eligible to apply for job postings. Please discuss your interest in the position with your current manager/supervisor prior to submitting your completed application. It is highly recommended to apply through the PeopleSoft or Oceanet portals.

How To Apply

In addition, we make a priority of providing learning and development opportunities to enable employees to achieve their potential and take charge of their future. As well as developing employees in a specific role, we are committed to lifelong learning and ongoing education, including developing people skills and identifying future supervisors and managers. Every month, hundreds of employees are provided training, including HSE awareness, apprenticeships, entry and advanced level technical courses, management development seminars, and leadership and supervisory training.

We have a strong ethos of internal promotion. We can offer long-term employment and career advancement across countries and continents.

Working at Oceaneering means that if you have the ability, drive, and ambition to take charge of your future-you will be supported to do so and the possibilities are endless.