Document Controller

Role overview

Balfour Beatty is hiring an experienced Document Controller to support its Power Transmission & Distribution team on the BTNO (Bramford to Twinstead Network Reinforcement) project in Bramford, Suffolk. The role focuses on controlling, governing, and assuring project information across several digital systems so that information moves accurately and efficiently between the company, its client, designers, and subcontractors.

The position is based at Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4JL, within the Power Transmission & Distribution business unit.

Key duties

• Follow the Project Information Plan and Asset Information Plan established at project kickoff.
• Support project setup in BIM 360 NextGen, including folders, user permissions, and workflows.
• Help the Information Manager roll out BIM 360 to newly identified projects, including support training and site visits.
• Assist the Document Control Manager with adoption and day-to-day use of BIM 360 on project sites.
• Support project team members in preparing information for project outputs and reporting.
• Help maintain dependable information exchange through a common data environment.
• Support integration and coordination of information within the Information Model.
• Check and assure information exchanges are delivered correctly.
• Review information exchanges in the common data environment, confirm they meet agreed processes and procedures, and flag any non-compliance.
• Work collaboratively with project team members and the employer to encourage a cooperative working culture.
• Promote and support the BIM 360 NextGen strategic direction and help deliver project objectives.
• Print construction drawings for site issue when needed.
• Keep the Operational Master Document Register accurate and updated as actions are completed.
• Run workflow processes for documents that need deliverable status.

Experience and skills

The role calls for someone with a strong background in engineering projects and processes, along with solid document control and stakeholder management capability. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with multiple teams and influencing others to maintain good information management standards.

Useful experience includes BIM 360 Docs, site-based operational processes, engineering data structures, drawing office and design office workflows, BIM tools and practices, and awareness of BS1192 / ISO19650. Familiarity with the utilities, power, or construction sectors is also beneficial.

Benefits and working arrangements

• Smart working arrangements, with flexibility such as staggered start and finish times and up to 40% remote working where the role allows.
• 25 days of paid annual leave, pro rata.
• Family-friendly leave policies, including 28 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks of full pay for paternity/partner leave.
• Pension scheme, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and additional benefits.

About the employer

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams support electricity network owners and operators across regional, national, and international markets. Their work spans overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks, with services covering scoping, feasibility, design, construction, and ongoing maintenance.

Diversity and inclusion

Balfour Beatty states that diversity and inclusion are central to a successful workplace. The company says it is building a more diverse workforce and an inclusive culture through its Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan. It also welcomes applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

The employer describes itself as a Gold Award holder under the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and as a Disability Confident Employer. It says applicants with disabilities or long-term health conditions can expect support to remove barriers, and that an interview is offered to disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements.

Additional information

The company invites feedback on its recruitment process and provides a recruitment queries email address for that purpose.