Closing Date
2025-07-23
Job Title: Engineering Document Controller
Location: Falmer (Hybrid Working)
Salary: up to £30k.
Job Overview
Do you have experience with document management systems and an understanding of how they support the engineering design process? Southern Water is seeking highly motivated Document Controllers to join our dynamic Engineering team.
Responsibilities will include:
Stakeholder Management: Work closely alongside project design teams to ensure effective delivery of key project deliverables within given timescales, and in accordance with the engineering quality assurance procedures.
Technical: Maintain and update key engineering data & document deliverables on ProjectWise and Business Collaborator whilst ensuring that files and data are accurate, up to date, relevant and accessible. Carry out system administrative tasks on BC and PW and any associating applications as required. Devise and carry out regular QA measures in line with the Information Management Quality Plan. Assist with generating and compiling project document progress reports as required. Monitor and control the submission and distribution of key project data and deliverables in line with the Quality Assurance process and document control procedures.
Innovation: Support the information management strategy for the Engineering management team.
People: Coordinate local and remote training to ensure overall document control and information management systems training requirements are met.
About You
1. Document control experience with strong administration and technical skills.
2. Experience with using document management systems and electronic document distribution transmittals.
3. Knowledge or experience of working within a Common Data Environment will be desirable.
4. Experience with Project Wise and Business Collaborator an advantage.
5. Good overall IT literacy skills, and an understanding of Adobe Acrobat and MS applications, such as Excel, Word, Project, Power Point and Visio, is desirable.
6. Understand the role of document control and information management in the engineering design and project management process.
7. Technical understanding of how digital information management tools are used and how they interact with each other.
8. Understand other roles within the team, the role and objectives of the team in the business and can explain these clearly.
Desirable Qualifications:
Specific qualifications relevant to information management.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
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Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.
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