Document Controller
Key Skills for This Role
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What You’ll Be Doing
Receive, log, distribute, and archive project documentation in line with document control procedures.
Maintain document registers, transmittals, and audit trails across multiple projects.
Ensure correct document naming, numbering, revision control, and approval status.
Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence in controlled systems.
Assist engineers and technical leads with the preparation, formatting, and issue of technical documents, reports, and correspondence.
Produce technical documents including Operation & Maintenance (O&M) manuals in Client specific formats (electronic, hardcopy, USB), technical reports, procedures, work instructions, and asset information packs.
Operate internal Document Management systems.
Apply document workflows, metadata, and permissions as directed.
Support continuous improvement of document control processes and digital systems.
Support the use of Clients systems, and their administration if required.
Work closely with Clients, Subcontractors, engineers, project teams, and site teams to ensure timely access to current documents, attending meetings if required.
Ensure Subcontractors information is compliant to our Client’s standards, logged and distributed accordingly.
Support bid, pre-construction, construction, and handover documentation requirements.
Assist with the compilation of handover documentation, including as-built records and O&M manuals.
Attend weekly Document Control Team meetings.
Ensure documentation complies with company standards, client requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Support compliance with ISO standards (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 19650 where applicable).
Support internal and external audits, inspections, and client reviews.
Escalate document control issues or non-compliance to senior team members.
Senior Document Controller
Document Control Manager
Project Managers / Project Engineers
Project Controls / Planning Teams
Design Managers / Engineering Managers
Engineers & Design Teams (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Process)
Construction Managers / Site Managers
Site Engineers / Supervisors
Estimators / Commercial / QS Teams
Bid / Proposal Teams
HSEQ Teams / Quality Teams
Uphold and promote the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.
What We’re Looking For
Experience as a Document Controller in engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments.
Ability to manage multiple documents, deadlines, and priorities.
Document control or information management certification is advantageous.
Experience using EDMS platforms and managing digital workflows.
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. Good team player, personable character, good communicator.
Experience working on multi-site projects.
Experience compiling Site Operational Manuals, Information Packs, Databooks and Health & Safety Files.
Why Join Trant?
Work on complex, meaningful engineering projects
Be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team
Strong pipeline of secured work and career progression opportunities
Innovative environment with in-house design and manufacturing capability
Long-term secured framework work
Clear career development opportunities
Strong safety and wellbeing culture
Competitive salary and benefits package
Competitive salary
Company car or car allowance (some levels)
Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership
24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays
Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice
Company Pension Scheme
Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system
1 x Professional Membership paid annually
Hybrid working
Employee Assistance Program
Free onsite parking
Bike to Work Scheme
Discretionary annual bonus
About Trant Engineering Ltd
UK private engineering, procurement and construction company delivering multidisciplinary projects for energy, water, nuclear and defence clients.
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