Document Controller

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Become part of a winning team at our UK Centre of Excellence and a Government strategic facility. As the Document Controller at our Marine Power Test Facility you will play a key role in managing and maintaining all engineering and project documents for complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Ensuring compliance with internal quality standards and external customer requirements, this position is integral to our project team.

• Ensure all documents fully comply with contract requirements, including document templates, formats, and numbering.
• Organise, control, and distribute engineering documents, including drawings, specifications, and technical manuals.
• Receive, record, organise and distribute information from the customer.
• Ensure all documents are properly versioned, stored and archived according to company standards.
• Implement and maintain a document management system (DMS) to facilitate efficient retrieval and storage.
• Work closely with engineering teams to expedite timely release of documents.
• Manage the document review and approval process, ensuring timely completion and adherence to procedures.
• Coordinate with engineers, designers, project managers and stakeholders to ensure documents are reviewed and approved.
• Track document status and follow up on pending reviews or approvals.
• Ensure the internal review process and configuration control are correctly completed prior to release.
• Conduct regular audits of document repositories to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Submit documents to the customer for their review.
• Manage the controlled issue of documents internally and to suppliers.
• Receive document comments from the customer, log them, and distribute to engineers for response/document revision.
• Ensure revisions are documented and re-submitted to the customer in a timely manner.
• Provide training and support to engineering staff on document management practices and procedures.
• Create and maintain documentation related to document control processes and procedures.
• Assist in the development and implementation of improvements to document management systems and processes.
• Maintain accurate records of document revisions, approvals and distributions.
• Prepare reports on project documentation status as required.

• Substantive experience in document control or a related role within an engineering environment.
• Professional experience with document management systems.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration or related field preferred, or equivalent training and experience.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and practices.

This role involves work for customers who manage critical infrastructure. Based on customer requirements, it may be necessary to carry out background checks and suitability assessments (UK BPSS clearance OR UK SC clearance) as part of the hiring process. Read more on national security vetting levels here.

GE Vernova’s Power Conversion & Storage business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime, and industrial organisations, helping enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonisation, including through our specialist motors, power electronics systems, electrical drives and control technologies that evolve today’s industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future.

We serve specialised sectors such as energy, marine, industry and all related services.

Relocation assistance:
No

Entry level

Full‑time

Administrative

Electric Power Generation

Derby, England, United Kingdom

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