Document Control Technician

Babcock & Wilcox; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Document Control Technician at Babcock & Wilcox in Akron, OH, supports the Project Engineering team by organizing and tracking engineering drawings, vendor documentation, and project records throughout the lifecycle.

This role is the central point of contact for document control processes, ensuring accurate revision management, controlled access, timely distribution, and inspection-ready documentation across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with document control, revision tracking, and records management.
• Ability to coordinate with engineers, vendors and project stakeholders to maintain compliant documentation.
• Familiarity with controlled documents and document tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Receive, review, upload, and maintain vendor drawings and project records in document management systems.
• Coordinate distribution of documents to teams and stakeholders for review and approval.
• Manage revision tracking, transmittals, status reporting, and workflow monitoring.

Skills

Document control

Project coordination

Technical administration

Records management

Vendor documentation

Workflow monitoring

Tools

Document management systems

Job description

The Document Control Technician plays a key role in supporting the Project Engineering team by managing engineering drawings, vendor documentation, and project records throughout the project lifecycle. This position serves as a central point of coordination for document control processes, ensuring accurate tracking, distribution, revision management, and maintenance of technical documentation across multiple projects.

The ideal candidate brings experience in document control, project coordination, or technical administration and can work independently while collaborating with engineers, vendors, and project stakeholders. Engineering experience is not required; however, experience working with technical documents, controlled records, and established workflows is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive, review, upload, and maintain vendor drawings, engineering documents, and project records within document management systems.
• Coordinate document distribution to engineering teams, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders for review and approval.
• Manage document control processes, including revision tracking, transmittals, document status reporting, and workflow monitoring.
• Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and maintained in accordance with established procedures and quality standards.
• Collect, track, and consolidate review comments from engineers, customers, vendors, and project partners.
• Prepare and distribute consolidated comment packages to vendors, ensuring clarity and completeness of feedback.
• Monitor document review schedules and proactively follow up with reviewers to ensure deadlines are met.
• Communicate directly with vendors and project stakeholders regarding drawing revisions, document status, and required updates.
• Perform version comparisons and verify that revisions and changes are accurately incorporated and documented.
• Support multiple concurrent projects while maintaining high levels of organization and attention to detail.
• Generate document status reports and provide updates to Project Engineers and project teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve document control processes, workflows, and record management practices.
• Provide project coordination and documentation support as needed.

Experience

• 4-6 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Document control
• Technical project coordination
• Engineering or construction project administration
• Technical or manufacturing administrative support
• Vendor or supplier documentation management
• Records management in a technical, industrial, or project-based environment
• Experience working with controlled documents, revision management, and document tracking systems.
• Experience supporting multiple projects and meeting competing deadlines.

Soft Skills

• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to document accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of document control activities.
• Strong follow-up skills and ability to keep projects moving through established workflows.
• Professional approach to collaborating with engineers, vendors, customers, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to learn and apply technical terminology, engineering drawings, and project documentation requirements.