Technical Editor

Salary: £76,000 - 98,000 per year

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of technical editing experience, including layout and design
• Excellent writing, editing, grammar, and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce concise, compelling documentation
• Well versed in modern and effective document design, desktop publishing, and professional report production
• Ability to develop non-technical memorandums, executive summaries, guidelines, or notices, and source or create supporting graphics based on the key points captured in technical documents
• Ability to organize complex documentation or simple copy edits, depending on the stage of the documentation
• Strong attention to detail as well as the ability to understand broader concepts and strategies
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work as a self-starter with minimal supervision in a fast-paced and collaborative work environment
• Problem solving skills and the ability to track items to completion, with strong organizational and time management skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
• Ability to learn new technical subject matter quickly
• Flexibility to adapt to changing responsibilities, situations, and requirements
• Ability to communicate and collaborate well with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and clients and support effective working relationships
• Ability to maintain library of documentation and version control of all work in progress
• Knowledge of industry-wide best practices in editorial standards and practices, including application of The Chicago Manual of Style
• Proficient user of Microsoft O365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive) and Adobe products (InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat) required
• Ability to learn technologies and tools quickly and efficiently
• Two or more years of technical communication experience specifically in the data center engineering or operations industry
• Bachelors degree in Technical Communications or related field preferred

Responsibilities:

• Edit and format all internal and external technical communications to our quality standards for grammar, content flow, clarity, voice, consistency, corporate style, and accuracy
• Handle information design for technical reports, publications, and other content
• Closely collaborate with project management, consultants, subject matter experts, and other teams
• Maintain related repositories such as recent, relevant, reuse material, and boilerplate
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to corporate quality standards

Technologies:

• Excel
• Flow
• Indesign
• Support
• Office 365
• ASP.NET

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We are Uptime Institute, the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority. With over 4,000 awards issued in more than 122 countries and more than 1,100 active projects in 80+ countries, we help tens of thousands of companies optimize critical IT assets while managing costs, resources, and efficiency. For over 30 years, we have set industry-leading benchmarks for data center performance, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency. Our Tier Standard is the IT industrys most trusted and adopted global standard for the design, construction, and operation of data centers. Our offerings include Tier Standard and Certifications, Management & Operations reviews and assessments, SCIRA-FSI financial sector risk assessment, Sustainability Assessment, and additional risk management, performance, availability, and related services. Our education programs have been completed by over 100,000 data center professionals, and our curriculum has expanded with the acquisition of CNet Training Ltd. We are headquartered in New York, NY, with offices in London, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Riyadh, and Singapore, and our professionals are based in over thirty-four countries worldwide.

last updated 33 week of 2026