The Vacancy
We're looking for a passionate and detail-driven Document Controller to join our team, supporting the successful delivery of complex, high-profile projects across multiple sectors.
If you thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy working at the heart of project delivery, and are ready to bring fresh thinking to how we manage digital information — this is your opportunity to grow your career and help us create tomorrow together.
About The Role
As a
Document Controller
, you'll be a critical member of our onsite teams, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and flow of digital information across every stage of the project lifecycle.
You'll work closely with project teams and consultants to manage key project documentation using
Common Data Environments (CDEs)
and digital platforms, ensuring compliance with internal information standards and frameworks like
ISO 19650
.
What You'll Be Doing
* Drive Data Quality Validate, classify, distribute, and retrieve project information with a focus on accuracy and consistency.
* Support CDE Excellence Be the go-to expert for CDE and information systems, offering hands-on support to teams and third parties.
* Inform Project Performance Configure and maintain reporting dashboards using data such as RFIs, technical submissions, and information compliance.
* Enable and Empower Provide training and troubleshooting support to ensure smooth use of CDE platforms across teams.
What We Offer
* Competitive salary & profit share scheme
* Flexible working
* Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
* Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
* Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
* Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
* Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
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We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.
If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.
As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises:
Thriving places
– working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet
– protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people
– creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Work for Wates
Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.
As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.
The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry's environmental impact.