Orchid is a project based technical services company with a wide range of active projects for a number of different industries. In addition to our office production staff, we maintain a list of Contractors (or potential new permanent staff members) that we might use to support projects or to place staff on site. We encourage technical communicators to join our Orchid People mailing list (which you can unsubscribe from at any time).

Current Positions

Technical Graphics Operator – Royston – Full Time (March 2022)

We seeking a Technical Graphics Operator to produce diagrams and illustrations for insertion in to technical manuals and training materials.

The work is varied and can include the production of schematics, simplified piping and instrumentation diagrams, illustrations etc.  Experience with producing illustration from design models would also be an advantage.

Software tools used include Microsoft Office, CorelDraw and Adobe products, particularly Illustrator. AutoCAD and 3D Max knowledge would also be useful.

To apply, email candidate@orchidpeople.co.uk

We are always interested to hear from…

Stay in touch with us, via ‘Orchid People’, as we are always interested to hear from people that we might be able to use on our projects.

Technical Author/Writers and Editors

All areas but particularly with experience in the IT, oil and gas, water, marine and the electronics industries. Desirable skills are DITA, Help Files and packages such as Microsoft Office, InDesign, FrameMaker, AuthorIT and MadCap Flare.

Technical Illustrators / Graphics Operators

All areas but particularly with experience in the IT, oil and gas, water, marine and the electronics industries. Desirable skills are all Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop etc.), AutoCAD and Corel Draw.

Web / Computer Based Training Designers and Developers

Designers with experience in any of the following: Photoshop, 3D Studio Max and Captivate.  Developers with experience in using WordPress, PHP, MySQL, ASP.NET, SQL Server.

Visit Orchid People at www.orchidpeople.co.uk .

Agencies please note, Orchid operate using in house staff, supplemented by contractors drawn from our own database. Projects are competitively priced and there is usually no budget for engaging agencies.