Technical Author

Siemens Energy; Warwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Private medical cover

Cycle-to-work scheme

Pension scheme

Job summary

Siemens Energy in Warwick is seeking a Technical Author within our Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Technical Services team. You will turn drawings, schematics, and engineering data into clear operation, maintenance, and overhaul manuals for the field.

Collaborating with service engineers, field service, and technical illustrators, you will ensure documentation reflects how equipment is actually operated and maintained, while upholding safety, accuracy, and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Proven technical writing experience transforming complex engineering information into clear manuals and instructions.
• Engineering or Technical Communication qualification or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing technical documentation with revision/version control and product lifecycle systems (PLM).

Responsibilities

• Write, update, and validate operation, maintenance, and overhaul manuals for aeroderivative gas turbines and related systems.
• Interpret engineering drawings, 3D models, P&ID, electrical schematics, and specs to produce user-focused content.
• Collaborate with Technical Support, Service Engineering, Field Service, and SMEs to validate content.
• Coordinate with technical illustrators for diagrams and exploded views to clarify procedures.
• Manage documentation lifecycle, including updates, approvals, reuse, and migration into PLM360.

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation management

Engineering knowledge

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

Engineering qualification or Technical Communication qualification

Tools

PLM360

CAD drawings

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Technical Author within our Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Technical Services team in Warwick, you will help ensure the engineers and technicians supporting our global gas turbine fleet have access to accurate, practical, and technically robust documentation.

You’ll use your understanding of complex engineering equipment to turn drawings, schematics, engineering data, and technical expertise into clear operation, maintenance, and overhaul manuals. Working closely with Service Engineering, Technical Support, Field Service, and technical illustrators, you’ll make sure documentation reflects how our equipment is actually operated and maintained in the field.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who combines strong technical writing capability with practical engineering knowledge and enjoys making complex technical information easier to understand and use.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Write, update, and validate operation, maintenance, and overhaul manuals covering aeroderivative gas turbines, enclosures, auxiliary equipment, and associated systems.
• Interpret engineering information including mechanical drawings, 3D models, piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical schematics, and technical specifications, translating complex information into clear, user-focused documentation.
• Work directly with Technical Support, Service Engineering, Field Service, and other subject matter experts to validate technical content and ensure procedures accurately reflect equipment and field requirements.
• Coordinate with technical illustrators to develop diagrams, exploded views, sectional drawings, and other visual content that makes complex maintenance and operational procedures easier to understand.
• Manage documentation through its full lifecycle, including content updates, version control, review, approval, content reuse, and migration into Product Lifecycle Management systems such as PLM360.
• Maintain high standards of technical accuracy, safety, consistency, and regulatory compliance while identifying opportunities to improve authoring processes, tools, and documentation quality.

What You Bring

• Strong practical knowledge of industrial machinery, ideally aeroderivative or industrial gas turbines, gained through Technical Authoring, Field Service, Maintenance, Engineering, or a similar technical environment.
• Proven technical writing experience with the ability to transform complex engineering information into clear operation, maintenance, service, or overhaul instructions for technical users.
• Confidence interpreting engineering documentation including mechanical drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical schematics, technical specifications, and ideally 3D engineering models.
• A relevant Engineering or Technical Communication qualification, or equivalent vocational training and substantial practical industry experience.
• Experience managing technical documentation, including structured content, revision and version control, technical review processes, and Product Lifecycle Management or similar documentation systems.
• Excellent attention to detail, written communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to challenge or clarify technical information with subject matter experts.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. We bring together gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, and digital service solutions under one roof. Through modernization, digitalization, and innovative service offerings, we help customers worldwide improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

Based in Warwick, our Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Technical Services team supports the operation and maintenance of gas turbine equipment across our global fleet. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineering and field service specialists to ensure our technical documentation provides customers and service teams with the accurate information they need to safely operate and maintain our products.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• 26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served.
• Access to a flexible benefits portal, including private medical cover and cycle-to-work schemes.
• A class-leading adjustable pension scheme.
• Career development and continuous learning opportunities.
• Exposure to complex aeroderivative gas turbine technology and a global installed fleet.
• The opportunity to work closely with experienced engineering, technical support, and field service specialists.