Technical Writer
Overview of Responsibilities
This role can be based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.
The Role
The Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) manages diverse projects, maintaining fusion devices and supporting external clients. As a Technical Writer, you’ll lead process changes, standardising technical documentation across UKAEA. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders, support improvements, and ensure documentation meets organisational standards.
Your role will involve writing, reviewing, and editing a range of documents, from software guides to legal materials. You’ll gather feedback from stakeholders to ensure effective delivery and manage the Department’s document library. Additionally, you’ll develop standards and guidelines to align technical documentation with UKAEA’s brand.
If you excel at prioritisation, multi-tasking, attention to detail, and adapting your writing style for different audiences, we invite you to apply and contribute to the future of fusion energy.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Assist officers in planning, writing, and editing procedures, user guides, business documents, and contracts, ensuring all materials meet ISO, legal, and internal quality standards.
- Attendance and taking notes at high-level technical meetings.
- Regularly gather and incorporate user and stakeholder feedback to continuously improve technical documentation processes and ensure effective delivery.
- Maintain and update the Department’s document library, ensuring accuracy and timely updates, while developing new document types as needed.
- Develop document standards and guidelines for technical writing, ensuring alignment with UKAEA’s brand and best practices.
- Demonstrate strong results-driven performance by meeting deadlines and completing complex tasks to a high standard.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
- A degree / Diploma (or equivalent experience) in a technical, engineering, scientific or management related discipline.
- Proven experience working in a technical writing position.
- Excellent written / verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in MS Office and knowledge of using SharePoint as a document management system would be a benefit.
- Able to write in explanatory and procedural styles for multiple audiences.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
