Technical Writing Lead

About the role

Chevron ENGINE has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Writing Lead to join the Engineering Services team. Reporting to the Information Management Team Lead, this role will be based in Chevron's office in Bengaluru. The Technical Writing Lead is part of the Engineering Services team within Chevron's ENGINE center. This role provides day-to-day leadership for a team of Technical Writers responsible for developing and maintaining critical operating documentation for oil and gas facilities. This team ensures procedures, work instructions, manuals, and related technical controls are accurate, current, and usable for the intended audience, while meeting applicable company standards, regulatory requirements, and Operational Excellence expectations. The Technical Writing Lead partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and HSE subject matter experts to translate complex technical information into clear, consistent documentation and to ensure changes from risk reviews and management-of-change activities are captured, reviewed, and implemented. Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, and work hours are aligned to business needs. Standard working hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM, Monday to Friday. These may evolve based on operational or business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Technical Writers; set clear expectations for quality, timeliness, and stakeholder engagement.
• Plan, prioritize, and assign work across competing requests; manage workload, bottlenecks, and delivery commitments.
• Oversee development, revision, and maintenance of operating procedures, work instructions, operating manuals, process/equipment manuals, and other operational documentation (e.g., HSE and process safety content as applicable).
• Facilitate effective collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and HSE SMEs to gather inputs, validate technical accuracy, and confirm end-user usability.
• Ensure documentation is fit-for-purpose for the intended audience (clarity, structure, readability, and correct level of detail), including application of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles where required.
• Ensure changes from management-of-change activities and risk reviews (e.g., hazard reviews) are appropriately captured, assessed for documentation impact, and incorporated into affected documents.
• Establish and enforce documentation standards (templates, style guidance, controlled terminology), including consistent formatting, versioning, and approval workflows.
• Maintain document control discipline: revision history, traceability, approvals, distribution, and archival in the designated document management system.
• Monitor and report performance metrics (e.g., validation/periodic review timeliness, cycle time, backlog); identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve document quality.
• Provide training and guidance to Technical Writers and stakeholders on documentation expectations, workflows, and tool usage.
• Support audits and reviews by producing required documentation evidence and driving closure of documentation-related findings/actions.
• About you
• We know our greatest resource is the ingenuity, creativity and innovation of our people. Applications from motivated, talented individuals with a keen interest in the energy industry are encouraged.
• To be considered for this role, applicants should have:
• Degree in engineering, technical communication, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience in an industrial operating environment (including relevant trade/craft background).
• Demonstrated experience creating, editing, and maintaining technical procedures and controlled documentation used by operations, maintenance, and/or laboratory personnel.
• Proven capability to lead through influence and coordinate work across cross-functional stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Strong command of written English, i

Benefits

Additional Information

Total Number of Openings 1 The Chevron Engineering and Innovation Excellence Center (ENGINE) in Bengaluru India brings together the resources and expertise of the Chevron global network with talent in India to enhance agility and technological innovation to optimize solutions for the world's current and future energy challenges. As one of the leading energy providers worldwide, Chevron is involved in the production of crude oil and natural gas, manufacturing of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and additives, and the development of enabling technologies. Chevron's vision is to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnerships, and performance. With a clear purpose to develop affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner energy that enables human progress, we believe human ingenuity has the power to solve any challenge and overcome any obstacle. Meeting the world's growing energy needs requires the pursuit of innovations and advancements that deliver a better future for all.

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