The Vacancy
📂 WANTED: Document Controller for Newbury!
🏠 Join the WPS team working on exciting social housing contracts
Are you the kind of person who finds joy in a perfectly filed folder? Do you get a buzz from keeping things organised and running like a well-oiled machine? If so, we’ve got just the role for you!
WPS is on the lookout for a Document Controller to support our brilliant Senior Design Manager and keep our projects on track. Based in the historic market town of Newbury, you’ll be the go-to expert for all things document-related.
🧩 What you’ll be doing:
1. Issuing, distributing, and maintaining controlled documents like a pro
2. Liaising with designers and specialist suppliers to keep information flowing
3. Training project teams on how to use our drawing management system (you’ll be the system sensei!)
4. Troubleshooting drawing issues and solving problems before anyone else even spots them
5. Using top-notch collaboration tools to keep everything on track
🎯 What we’re looking for:
6. An experienced document controller who knows their way around contract documentation
7. Someone with a good grasp of environmental legislation, risk management, and life cycle cost
8. A calm, organised communicator who can juggle multiple tasks without breaking a sweat
If you’re ready to bring your skills to a team that values precision, collaboration, and a bit of fun along the way – we want to hear from you!
To be successful in this role you will have a keen eye for detail with exceptional organisational skills, the ability to work effectively in a team, along with a “can do” approach.
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.
If you’re ready to bring your skills to a team that values precision, collaboration, and a bit of fun along the way – we want to hear from you!
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.
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Inside Housing Development Awards
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2022 Construction News Awards Winner
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Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
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2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
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2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards