Lead Document Controller

Lycopodium Africa is currently recruiting for a Lead Document Controller to join our growing team in Cape Town.

With offices in Southern Africa, Australia, Canada, USA, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium Africa proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Reporting to the Senior Controls Manager the Lead Document Controller will lead the document control function for the Group and support project teams with filing structure set up & monitoring.

The tasks you'll perform

• Manage the document control team and provide training as required to up skill.
• Managing and enforcing the collection, distribution and filing of controlled documents, including the end-to-end processing of controlled documents and correspondence exchanged between the Projects.
• Ownership of Major Projects collaborating new team setups and project setup.
• Provide training on Document Management System (EDMS) (e.g. QDMS, Aconex, DR Pro) and project processes to project when requested.
• Interacts with end users to support, troubleshoot, and resolve issues
• Assist in the development/updates of document Control Processes and Procedures in accordance with Projects

The expertise you'll bring

• Recognised Tertiary Qualification in Business Administration/Information management or equivalent
• 5+ years' experience of industry related experience (i.e. mining and minerals, EPC/EPCM)
• South African citizen/Permanent Resident
• Cape Town Based
• Experience in Electronic Document Management Systems - EDMS (e.g. QDMS, Aconex, DR Pro).
• Experience in managing supplier and contractor deliverables.
• Extremely well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Display the core values and ethos of the business.
• Solid technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision whilst consistently producing a high quality of deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to achieve consistently high standards within both budgetary and schedule constraints.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium Africa has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, discount and rewards programs, and much more.

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.