Document Controls Manager, Industrial

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The Document Controls Manager is a hands-on leadership role responsible for executing, managing, and continuously improving document control functions across large-scale industrial, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, and EPC projects. This position combines strategic oversight with day-to-day operational involvement, ensuring project documentation is accurate, controlled, auditable, and readily available to support project execution.

• Required Bachelor’s degree in information management, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or 7+ years of related industry experience.
• 7+ years of document control experience supporting large industrial or EPC projects.
• Demonstrated experience working directly within project execution environments.
• Solid understanding of construction processes, sequencing, and project delivery methods.
• Extensive experience managing high-volume engineering and construction documentation.
• Proven experience implementing and administering enterprise EDMS solutions.
• Preferred Experience leading or supervising document control teams.
• Experience designing, implementing, and administering SharePoint environments supporting project document management and collaboration.
• Knowledge of Construction Industry Institute (CII) best practices and information management principles.
• Experience supporting digital project delivery initiatives.
• Experience developing standardized folder structures, metadata frameworks, document numbering systems, naming conventions, and records retention practices.
• Experience with Power BI or other reporting and analytics tools.

• Lead document control operations across multiple projects while establishing consistency, quality, and compliance with company and client requirements.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve document control standards, procedures, and governance practices.
• Establish standardized document numbering, metadata, naming conventions, retention requirements, and document lifecycle processes.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical leadership to document control personnel and project teams.
• Promote document control best practices that support operational excellence and digital project delivery.

• Oversee the receipt, review, distribution, tracking, storage, retrieval, and archival of project documentation.
• Ensure revisions, transmittals, approvals, and document workflows are processed accurately and within required timelines.
• Maintain document integrity through effective version control, audit trails, and document status reporting.
• Support project teams by ensuring timely access to current project documentation throughout all phases of construction.
• Coordinate document turnover and closeout deliverables in accordance with contractual requirements.

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Enterprise Document Management Systems (EDMS) and related collaboration platforms.
• Evaluate and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, reporting, accessibility, and data quality.
• Support digital transformation initiatives by leveraging technology to improve information management processes.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and performance metrics to monitor document control effectiveness.
• Recommend automation opportunities that improve document workflows and user experience.

• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and internal document control standards.
• Conduct periodic audits to verify document accuracy, completeness, and adherence to established procedures.
• Identify documentation risks and develop mitigation strategies that support project success.
• Support internal, external, client, and regulatory audits by providing accurate project documentation.
• Maintain records management practices that support legal, contractual, and quality requirements.

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