Engineering Writing Workshops
Empower Engineers to Write Clear, Concise, and Targeted Technical Documents
Understanding Engineering Writing Workshops
Writing is often the last thing engineers are trained for, yet it’s one of the most critical skills for clear communication. Our engineering writing workshops help technical professionals convey complex information so that it’s accurate, efficient, and easy to understand. Our workshops improve engineers’ ability to write clear, structured, and logical documents: skills that translate directly to better reports, emails, instructions, and presentations.
Training built around the reports, SOPs, and technical documents your engineers actually write
Writing is rarely something engineers are trained for, even though clear documents drive faster approvals and fewer iterations. For 35+ years, Hurley Write has helped engineering teams produce reports, procedures, and project documents that are precise, focused, and easy to review. Every workshop is customized to your team's real documents.
Built around your documents
We work with your team's actual reports, SOPs, test summaries, and project updates so the training transfers directly to daily work.
Grounded in how engineers think
Training that mirrors the structured logic and critical thinking engineers already use for technical problems.
Less wordy, faster reviews
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, and DuPont teams have used our workshops to produce more focused documents and shorten review cycles.
Three ways to deliver the workshop
Every format is fully customized to your team, with the same exercises, instructor feedback, and long-term retention options.
Onsite
A coach delivers an intensive, hands-on session at your facility, including multi-day formats.
Virtual
Live, interactive workshops delivered across regions and time zones in two-hour blocks.
Self-Paced
Pre-recorded courses with feedback and optional one-on-one coaching.
Course Format That Fits Your Team
We offer flexible formats to suit onsite, hybrid, or remote teams. Our instructor-led sessions can run as two-hour virtual blocks or multi-day onsite intensives. Every format includes team exercises, instructor feedback, and real examples from your field. Online courses are also available for self-paced learning, complete with optional coaching and writing feedback.
Who Can Benefit from These Workshops
These workshops are designed for professionals across engineering teams who write reports, procedures, investigations, or client-facing documents. Whether drafting technical content or reviewing others’ work, after attending a Hurley Write workshop, attendees are armed with tools to write faster, with more confidence and better results. If your team communicates through documentation, this workshop will elevate their skills.
Engineers
Learn to explain complex concepts clearly for mixed audiences, without oversimplifying technical accuracy.
Technicians
Write better reports, testing summaries, and procedures that improve understanding and reduce errors.
Project Managers
Get strategies to draft or edit technical content that keeps stakeholders aligned and informed.
Quality & Compliance Teams
Create SOPs, deviation reports, and compliance documents that are concise, complete, and audit-ready.
Field Service & Support Staff
Document troubleshooting steps, service notes, and feedback more effectively for internal and external teams.
Product & Systems Analysts
Communicate analysis and findings clearly to technical and non-technical readers across the organization.
Workshop Highlights
Our engineering writing workshops are built to help technical teams write better with less effort. These sessions go beyond grammar: they teach teams how to think strategically about structure, purpose, and reader. Each session is built around your team’s actual documents, ensuring the sessions are practical and immediately useful. Participants walk away with tools they can use in every document they write.
Tailored Content
We use your team’s real writing samples to design content that’s directly relevant to your work and industry.
Hands-On Practice
Participants apply new techniques through live exercises, breakout sessions, and instructor-led group work.
Sustainable Improvement
The skills we teach are built to last, with clear strategies teams can use long after the workshop ends.
Add-Ons
Optional services include post-workshop coaching, writing assessments, and customized feedback.
Next Steps: Improve Your Team’s Communication Today
Our Professional Writing Courses
In addition to our engineering writing workshops, Hurley Write offers a full catalog of courses that support clear, strategic communication. These courses are customized to fit the documents your team writes, with options for onsite, virtual, and online learning. Whether your team writes SOPs, proposals, reports, or technical, business, or scientific documents, we have a course that teaches them how to do it better.
Exceptional Technical Writing
Teaches strategies for writing precise, logical technical documents that meet both business and reader goals.
Technical Writing For Engineers
Focused specifically on helping engineers write clear, targeted documents for both technical and non-technical readers.
Better Reviewing Techniques
Shows teams how to give actionable feedback and improve writing across teams without wasting time or creating confusion.
SOP Writing
Helps teams write standard operating procedures that are easy to follow, well-organized, and compliant.
Succinct Scientific Writing
Guides scientists and researchers to write clear, compelling scientific content for regulators, peers, and clients.
The 4 Ps Of Presenting
Builds presentation skills so technical professionals can engage and persuade in any setting.
Data-Driven Storytelling
Helps professionals translate data into compelling narratives that influence decisions and drive action.
Proposal Writing
Teaches how to write persuasive, client-focused proposals that stand out and win business.
Writing Deviation Reports
Helps teams write clear, targeted reports that solve problems and support compliance efforts.
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Choose Hurley Write Workshops when
Documents taking too long to get out the door
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Poorly written documents that create confusion
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Inconsistent Review
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A logical review process that streamlines the review process.
Frustration among team members with writing processes
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Industries we work with
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Industries we work with
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Previous Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca.
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Previous Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Previous Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Previous Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Previous Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Previous Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Your Workshop, Your Choice
Onsite
One of our coaches will deliver our course at your facility.
Virtually
Our courses are taught via a virtual platform.
No matter what you choose, every workshop includes:
Completely Customized, White Glove Experience
Group Breakout Sessions Where Participants Practice And Apply Concepts
Instructor Feedback
Team Writing Exercises
Rewritten Examples
Long-Term Retention Options
Don't take our word for it, see what our clients have to say.
For 35+ years, we’ve shown organizations how to improve their communication, whether that involved designing and teaching writing and/or reviewing workshops, improving their writing and/or reviewing tools, offering individualized coaching, or helping them put processes in place.
And we can help your team of professionals, too!
William Walters
IDA
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DTCC
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John Deere
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Orica US
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conEd
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Bristol Myers Squibb
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Genentech
Simon Matthews
Raytheon
Mike Brett
Raytheon
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D & H Global Tax Group
Jacueline Davis
IDA
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PaxVax
Next Steps: Improve Your Team’s Communication Today
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an engineering writing workshop?
An engineering writing workshop is hands-on training that helps engineers write clearer technical reports, design reviews, test summaries, and project documentation. Hurley Write customizes each workshop around your team’s actual documents so engineers learn to communicate complex findings for the readers and decisions they need to influence.
Why do engineers need writing training if they are strong technical experts?
Engineers are trained for everything except writing, yet writing is how their work gets approved, funded, and used. Strong technical skills do not automatically translate into clear documents. Our workshops teach engineers to apply the same logical thinking they use on technical problems to their writing.
What types of engineering documents does the workshop cover?
We focus on the documents engineering teams actually write: technical reports, design reviews, test summaries, failure analyses, root cause analyses, FMEAs, project updates, technical proposals, design specifications, and client-facing documentation. We use your team’s real documents for exercises so concepts transfer directly to daily work.
Who should attend an engineering writing workshop?
Engineers, technicians, project managers, quality and compliance staff, field service teams, and product or systems analysts all benefit. Workshops also help engineering managers who review documents and want to streamline feedback cycles. We’ve trained teams at Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont, John Deere, and other engineering organizations.
Can the workshop be customized for our specific engineering discipline?
Yes. We tailor workshops for mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, software, aerospace, and other engineering disciplines. We review your team’s actual reports, specs, and technical documents before the workshop to make every exercise, breakout, and example directly relevant to your discipline and industry.
How does the workshop help engineers write for both technical and non-technical readers?
We teach engineers to analyze their reader and adjust structure, detail, and language accordingly. The same root cause analysis written for a peer differs from one written for a director or client. Participants learn to lead with the decision the reader needs to make, not the technical journey.
How long does an engineering writing workshop take?
Onsite workshops typically run two to three days depending on document complexity and team size. Virtual workshops are usually 10 hours split into two-hour sessions, which fits engineering teams’ schedules around project work. We adjust length based on document types, team size, and learning goals.
Do you offer virtual training for distributed engineering teams?
Yes. Our virtual workshops include live breakouts, real-time instructor feedback, and exercises built around your team’s documents. They work well for engineering teams distributed across sites, time zones, or contractor networks. Self-paced online courses are also available for individuals who need flexibility.
What results can our engineering team expect after a workshop?
Engineering teams produce shorter, more focused documents, with fewer review iterations and faster approvals. One engineering client reduced reviewing time by 25 percent. Reports get to the point, stakeholders make decisions faster, and engineers spend less time defending or rewriting work after review.
How do we get started with an engineering writing workshop?
Schedule a free consultation to discuss your team’s writing challenges, document types, and goals. We’ll review sample reports or specs, recommend a workshop format, and design a program around your engineering discipline and team size. You can also download our workshop catalog for full course details.