Document Controller

Laing O'Rourke; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke in Chesterfield leads a major grid upgrade project, coordinating document control for on-site teams and external partners across England and Wales. The role requires handling electronic document management, compliance checks, and QA while supporting training and process improvements.

The position is full-time and on-site with no visa sponsorship, and may involve supervision of other document controllers to ensure consistent practices and timely information flow.

Qualifications

• Experience with collaboration/EDM systems.
• Understanding of digital handover processes.
• Strong organisation, communication, and attention to detail.
• 1–2 years' document control experience, ideally within construction.
• Ability to map and follow processes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain document control systems and collaboration tools (e.g., Asite,ACC, Field View).
• Check, publish, track, and distribute documents in line with project procedures.
• Support approval cycles and complete QA checks.
• Resolve document/drawing queries and support users with system training.
• Produce project reports and maintain training records.
• Assist with digital H&S files, archiving procedures, and reprographics.
• Ensure mobile devices are synced and functioning correctly.
• Supervise other Document Controllers where required.

Skills

EDM systems

Digital handover

Organisation

Document control

Process mapping

Job description

Document Controller - Chesterfield to High Margam

The Great Grid Partnership is a National Grid initiative that brings together key delivery partners to design and deliver major electricity transmission upgrades across England and Wales as part of the Great Grid Upgrade. This project helps modernise the grid to deliver more renewable, green energy across the UK.

Role Overview

This full‑time, on‑site role supports the Chesterfield Substation project by managing project documentation and ensuring information is accurate, compliant, and accessible for internal teams and external partners.

Full‑time | On‑site | VISA Sponsorship not available

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain document control systems and collaboration tools (e.g., Asite,ACC, Field View).
• Check, publish, track, and distribute documents in line with project procedures.
• Support approval cycles and complete QA checks.
• Resolve document/drawing queries and support users with system training.
• Produce project reports and maintain training records.
• Assist with digital H&S files, archiving procedures, and reprographics.
• Ensure mobile devices are synced and functioning correctly.
• Supervise other Document Controllers where required.

You Should Have

• Experience with collaboration/EDM systems.
• Understanding of digital handover processes.
• Strong organisation, communication, and attention to detail.
• 1–2 years' document control experience, ideally within construction.
• Ability to map and follow processes effectively.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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