Document Controller
// Role Summary
Join Cavendish Nuclear as a Document Controller on a major defence programme, playing a vital role in managing project documentation across key UK locations with hybrid working arrangements.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage project documents within electronic systems ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Review document formatting, coding, revision control, and approval processes.
- Distribute documentation and produce status reports.
- Support project handover and promote adherence to standards.
- Requires previous document control experience and EDMS proficiency.
// Role Specification
About the Role
Help shape the future of critical defence programmes through world-class information management. At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Document Controller at any of our key locations in Leicester (Leicestershire), Bristol or Warrington (Cheshire).
As a Document Controller, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the effective management of project documentation across a major long-term defence programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing project documents within electronic document management systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Reviewing document formatting, coding, revision control and approval requirements.
- Distributing documentation for review, approval and information to project stakeholders.
- Producing document status reports and maintaining document numbering, archiving and retention processes.
- Supporting project handover activities and promoting compliance with governance, quality and information management standards.
Work Environment
This role is based at one of our key locations Leicester (Leicestershire), Bristol or Warrington (Cheshire). You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Flexible working arrangements are available, with a mixture of office-based and remote working.
Essential Experience
- Previous experience in a Document Controller or similar document management role.
- Experience using Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS).
- Strong organisational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Knowledge of document control, information management and quality processes.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders and managing documentation throughout a project lifecycle.
Qualifications
- A relevant qualification in Information Management, Business Administration or a related discipline.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme.
About Cavendish Nuclear
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. Join us and discover how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 10/09/2026