Job Title: Lead Document Controller
Location: Warrington, Cheshire OR Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape the Future of Nuclear Services
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Lead Document Controller at our at Warrington, Cheshire or Leicester, Leicestershire site.
The role
As a Lead Document Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take ownership of all document control activities across our projects, acting as the subject matter expert for processes, standards, and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact, leading a team, driving best practice, and ensuring critical information is accurate, secure, and accessible.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
1. Lead and manage all document control activities across the project, including team leadership.
2. Develop and implement project-specific document control arrangements aligned with Cavendish Nuclear and customer requirements.
3. Drive system adoption, performance reporting, audits, and issue resolution.
4. Collaborate closely with engineering and other project functions to ensure compliance and efficiency.
5. Champion continuous improvement and support wider information and knowledge management initiatives.
This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week, based at Warrington, Cheshire or Leicester, Leicestershire with occasional travel. You’ll need to be in the office 4–5 days per week.
Essential experience of the Lead Document Controller:
6. Proven experience in a senior or lead document control role, including managing a team.
7. Excellent knowledge of document control and records management processes in a project environment.
8. Strong understanding of information management standards (e.g., ISO, ISO/IEC, ISO ).
9. Experience implementing and managing an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).
Qualifications for the Lead Document Controller:
10. Records Management or Librarian qualification (or willingness to undertake).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (
What we offer
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
19. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
20. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of