Document Controller

Exciting opportunity alert! Join our team as a Document Controller. In this role, you'll collaborate with Programme and Project Teams, facilitating the governance process of all documents as part of project life cycles.Your responsibilities will include supporting
Project Takeover, coordinating with on-site and project-based staff, and ensuring accurate documentation retrieval from key stakeholders is uploaded seamlessly onto our project document management system.

What you’ll be doing as a Document Controller

• Ensure all project documentation is correctly named, uploaded, and filed on the project document management system.
• Setting up and maintaining project handover delivery trackers.
• Maintain satisfactory uploading of subcontractor documents.
• Maintaining and monitoring of Business Collaborator Assure and closure in RAG.
• Maintain all site folders in a state where archiving can be completed efficiently and retrieved.
• Liaise with the Project Handover Manager and Project Managers, providing updates on project status and highlighting and chasing missing documentation.
• Copying and scanning of project documentation.
• Provide and record Asset tags to Operations teams.

Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading – you will be required to be in the office 2-3 days a week.

36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

What you should bring to the role

• Be a confident user of MS Office programmes.
• Have a background working in an administrative role.
• Hold knowledge in documentation control gained within the construction sector is desirable.
• To be able to speak to all levels of internal and external stakeholders confidently.
• Have the determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning, attention to detail, and organisation skills.
• Understand how the department's operations relate to others and work collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the business.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £40,000 - £48,000 per annum.
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support you.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.