Document Controller

ScottishPower; Blantyre; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase scheme

Share Incentive Plan

Job summary

ScottishPower is recruiting for a specialist Document Controller within our Transmission Quality Team in Blantyre. The role supports major infrastructure projects, ensuring governance and control of project documentation throughout the lifecycle.

You will work with Project Managers, Engineers and external delivery partners to maintain data integrity. Key duties include managing digital workflows, document registers, audits, and handovers.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Document Controller in engineering, construction, utilities or infrastructure.
• HND (or equivalent) in Document Control; strong practical experience acceptable.
• Experience with Document Management Systems and document control procedures.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and database systems.
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a structured approach to information management.
• Excellent communication with a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide document control support across multiple transmission projects.
• Maintain project documentation, registers, revisions and approvals.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and project requirements.
• Manage document transmittals and information exchange between teams, contractors and suppliers.
• Conduct document audits and quality checks for data integrity and compliance.
• Support handover and final file compilation activities.
• Assist with system improvements and user support across projects.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement and project delivery teams.

Skills

Document control

Engineering environment

Microsoft Office

Database systems

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Education

HND in Document Control

Tools

Document Management Systems

Autodesk Forma

ProjectWise

SharePoint

Job description

Salary: from £34,040 with strong benefits package and excellent career progression

Permanent | Full Time

Working Pattern: 37 hour week, with flexibility around start and finish times (for example 7:30am-3:30pm or 8am-4pm), plus a hybrid model of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

At ScottishPower, our people are the driving force behind everything we achieve. Their energy, expertise and ambition power our success, and we're now looking for individuals who share that passion to help shape the future of our Transmission business within SP Energy Networks.

As part of our Transmission business, we're investing significantly in Scotland's electricity infrastructure to connect renewable generation and deliver a resilient network for generations to come. To support this growth, we're looking for Document Controllers to join our Quality Team based in Blantyre.

This is a specialist, technical document control role supporting major transmission infrastructure projects across our portfolio. Working alongside Project Managers, Engineers, Quality professionals and external delivery partners, you'll be responsible for ensuring the integrity, governance and control of project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

Reporting into the Quality Team, you'll provide document control support across a range of transmission projects, ensuring documentation is managed, maintained and controlled in accordance with business processes, quality standards and project requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing digital document workflows within our Document Management Systems (DMS)
• Maintaining project documentation, registers, revisions and approval workflows
• Ensuring documentation complies with internal quality standards, project requirements and industry best practice
• Managing document transmittals and coordinating information exchange between project teams, contractors and suppliers
• Conducting document audits and quality checks to ensure data integrity and compliance
• Supporting project handover and final file compilation activities
• Assisting with system improvements, document control procedures and user support across projects
• Working closely with engineering, construction, procurement and project delivery teams to ensure accurate and timely document management

What you'll bring

We're looking for someone who understands the importance of document control within a complex engineering and construction environment, where the accurate management, governance and flow of project information is critical to successful project delivery.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a Document Controller position within an engineering, construction, utilities or infrastructure environment
• An HND (or equivalent qualification) in Document Control, although applicants with strong practical document control experience will also be considered
• Experience working with Document Management Systems and document control procedures
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and database systems
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and a structured approach to information management
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders

It would be great if you also have

• Experience using Autodesk Forma, ProjectWise or SharePoint
• Experience supporting large-scale construction, utilities or infrastructure projects
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of ISO 19650 / BIM information management principles
• Experience supporting project handover and final file completion processes

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy several other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At Scottish Power, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future, and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing over £12 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].