Senior Document Controller

About the role

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. Location – Motherwell

Hybrid working - 3 days on site at Motherwell and 2 days working from home

By joining our Power Transmission and Distribution team as a senior Document Controller you will be responsible for establishing governance and assuring data and information flow to and from Balfour Beatty (BIM 360 Docs), Client common data environments, and Subcontractor systems.

As a line manager, the Senior Document Controller supervises and mentors document controllers. They conduct performance reviews and provide feedback to team members, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures. Demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills, they build and maintain positive relationships with project stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and address issues promptly and effectively. They encourage a collaborative and inclusive team environment

• Work to the Project Information Plan and Asset Information Plan set out at project start-up (IM will be identified at this stage).
• Assist with the set-up of projects in BIM 360 Next Gen/ACC (folders, user rights, workflows).
• Assist the Document Control Manager with the roll-out of ACC to newly identified projects and complete support training and visits.
• Assist Project Team Members in assembling information for Project Outputs.
• Enable reliable information exchange through a common data environment
• Resource allocation, manage and allocate resources effectively to ensure the document control team meets project demands and deadlines.
• Performance monitoring, regularly monitor and evaluate the performance of the document control team, providing feedback and implementing improvement plans as necessary.
• Team development, foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development within the document control team, encouraging skill enhancement and career growth.

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Background and understanding of a variety of engineering projects and processes.
• Understands and has experience working with Document Control/Management
• Strong Leadership Skills, ability to inspire and motivate team members, set clear goals, and lead by example. Previous experience in successfully managing a team and handling conflicts.
• Effective Communication, excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey expectations and provide feedback. Experience in roles requiring regular communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making. Ability to quickly identify issues and make informed decisions. Demonstrated experience in managing challenging situations and implementing solutions.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Experience using BIM 360 Docs/ACC
• Experience and understanding of site based Operational business processes and practices.
• knowledge of Engineering applications and their associated data structures
• An awareness of the Utilities / Power / Construction industry.
• A working knowledge of an Engineering Drawing Office, Design Office and document control processes
• A working knowledge of BIM (Building Information Modelling) tools, processes and practices
• Awareness and knowledge of BS1192 / ISO
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Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times,
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

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