Document Controller

Location: Hybrid - AWE site/project
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12-month contract
Rate: 31 per hour (Umbrella PAYE) - Inside IR35
Clearance: SC clearance required

We are looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Document Controller to join a long-term project at AWE. This is a hybrid role suited to a confident document control professional who can independently own and manage the document control process with minimal support from the engineering team.

• Act as the lead document controller, managing the full document control process independently

• Track all project deliverables using Microsoft Excel, ensuring accurate updates as documents move through each process stage

• Manage the distribution of documents for review and information to stakeholders

• Maintain and update Excel-based review matrices, actively chasing reviewers to ensure timely feedback

• Transfer documents and DCFs between Meridian and Share Point as required

• Update the review matrix monthly in line with programme and deliverables plans

• Provide weekly metrics and reporting, including:
• Review turnaround times
• Number of review cycles per document

• Proactively identify and propose improvements to existing document control practices

• Ensure ongoing alignment of tracking documentation with delivery partner trackers

• Proven experience as a senior / lead document controller, working autonomously

• Must hold a live security clearance - SC or DV

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (trackers, matrices, reporting)

• Hands-on experience with Meridian and Share Point

• Confident communicator with the ability to chase stakeholders and manage deadlines

• Strong organisational and process-management skills

• Understanding of AWE deliverables review stages (e.g. S2, S3, S3R), though this is not essential

• Hybrid working model

• Expenses available for candidates living more than 50 miles away who are required to travel and stay overnight

• 12-month contract, offering long-term stability