Document Controller

econstruct; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

e.construct in Dubai seeks a seasoned Document Controller to support a major commercial project from the site office. The role centers on coordinating submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, and method statements while ensuring contractual signatures and quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have at least five years of document control experience, be highly organized, and fluent in English, with excellent written communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as Document Controller.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with deadline sensitivity.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, method statements, and other engineering documents from the site office.
• Ensure submittals are signed and stamped per contract with the client.
• Coordinate with contractor on quality of submittals.
• Prepare reports of shop drawings, RFIs and other submittals.
• Maintain document logs for correspondence, approvals, submittals, shop drawings; distribute documents.
• Manage minutes of meetings and electronic folders/directories.
• Track and retrieve documents and drawings daily.
• Perform routine document controller duties and ensure proper filing and archiving.

Skills

Document control

Coordination

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About e.construct

e.construct is an engineering firm that specializes in providing elegant engineering solutions for complex challenges. e.construct is a fast-growing firm with 7 offices around the world. At our core, we question how the very nature of how to evolve the structures that we inhabit to increase their performance and value. Our work is driven by exceptional engineers from diverse disciplines working collaboratively in a truly holistic design process which generates high-performing systems.

e.construct designs structures such as bridges, high-rise design, commercial facilities design, precast concrete engineering, and post-tensioning design. We are a multi-disciplinary engineering design firm with specialized design and value engineering services. The firm's core work is holistic at its approach, and it has divisions in structural, MEP, Geotechnical, and emerging construction technology such as 3D printing of concrete, technology, and 3D laser scanning.

Responsibilities

• Working from the site office of a major commercial project
• Responsible for the effective and efficient coordination of material submittals, RFI, shop drawings, method statements, and other engineering documents.
• Technically capable in understanding the submittals and effectively coordinates enclosure of the submittals.
• Preparation of reports of shop drawings, RFI and other submittals
• Ensuring the submittals are signed and stamped as per the contract with the client
• Coordinating with the contractor on the quality of the submittals
• Daily routine activities of Document controller, including distribution of documents, minutes of meetings, maintaining electronic folders and directories, tracking and retrieval of documents and drawings.
• Maintain document logs for correspondence, material approval submittals, shop drawing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any relevantfield.
• A minimum of (5) years experience as Document controller.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a sensitivity for competing deadlines.
• Strong communications abilities, including email correspondence and writing skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.