Document Controller
Role Overview
Supports construction project documentation and document management throughout project execution.
Coordinates with engineers, project managers, consultants, subcontractors, and other teams.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Supports construction project documentation and document management throughout project execution.
Coordinates with engineers, project managers, consultants, subcontractors, and other teams.
Document control responsibilities
- Maintain project records, drawings, correspondence, registers, transmittals, drawing logs, submission trackers, and revision records.
- Register, track, and distribute incoming and outgoing documents to relevant departments and project teams.
- Assist with shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, inspection requests, and technical reports.
- Ensure teams have current approved documents; identify obsolete revisions so they are not used on site.
- Follow up on pending submissions and approvals with consultants, clients, and subcontractors.
- Maintain electronic and hard-copy filing systems and upload or download documents through document management systems.
- Support project correspondence, reports, meeting documents, and audit retrieval while maintaining document confidentiality and accuracy.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of document control experience is mandatory.
- A diploma or bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Office Administration, or a related field is preferred.
- Basic understanding of construction project documentation and workflows.
- Experience maintaining document registers, drawing logs, transmittals, and submission trackers.
- Familiarity with technical drawings, material submittals, method statements, and inspection requests.
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Aconex, SharePoint, or similar platform knowledge is an advantage.
- Organizational, attention-to-detail, follow-up, communication, and coordination skills; ability to manage multiple documents and deadlines.
- UAE construction experience is preferred.
Work location
- Work location is in person.
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