Document Controller, West Thurrock

Document Controller

West Thurrock (with UK travel as required)

Salary - 40,000 - 45,000

Pin Point Recruitment is working with a leading Upper Tier COMAH chemical business to recruit an experienced Document Controller to support its Group Engineering function.

This is a newly created role, offering the opportunity to establish and shape document control systems across the organisation. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring engineering and project documentation is effectively managed, controlled, and accessible across multiple UK sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Document Management & Control
  • Receive, log, distribute, and securely store engineering documentation from third-party suppliers
  • Maintain accurate document registers for engineering activities and capital projects
  • Ensure effective version control and document traceability
  • Issue documentation to external stakeholders and maintain transmission records
• Project Support
  • Work closely with Project Managers and Engineers to coordinate document flow (drawings, RFIs, TQs)
  • Manage review cycles, ensuring comments are captured and returned to suppliers
  • Support project close-out, ensuring all documentation is complete, up-to-date, and transitioned to as-built status
• System Development & Improvement
  • Consolidate existing hard copy and electronic documentation into structured systems
  • Improve accessibility and organisation of legacy documentation
  • Collaborate with the Group Engineering Manager to develop and standardise document control processes across the Group
• Engineering & Asset Support
  • Ensure new documents are correctly titled and numbered
  • Support CMMS processes, including issuing and managing equipment tag numbers
  • Assist with the control of critical documentation such as Management of Change (MOC) records

Experience & Knowledge

• Proven experience in a Document Controller or Document Management role within:
  • Chemical, Oil & Gas, or similar heavy industry
• Strong understanding of document control processes within capital projects
• Familiarity with engineering documentation such as:
• P&IDs
• Piping isometrics
• Electrical/cable drawings
• Experience supporting multi-million-pound capital projects
• Exposure to developing or improving document management systems

Desirable:

• Familiarity with CAD software (e.g. AutoCAD)
• Experience working on large-scale engineering or infrastructure projects

Why Apply?

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a newly created role and make a tangible impact on how engineering documentation is managed across a major industrial organisation.