Document Controller

Document Controller required for a 6 month contract role, based in SW London.

About the Role:

We are supporting a client within the offshore engineering sector who is seeking a Project Document Controller to join a live engineering project on a 6-month contract.

You will play a key role in managing project documentation across engineering, vendor, and construction teams, ensuring accurate control, distribution, and traceability of all project deliverables within an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).

This is a hands-on document control role within a fast-paced project environment, supporting both home office and site-based teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain document registers (internal and vendor documentation)
• Ensure accurate version control, metadata quality, and document traceability
• Upload, distribute, and track documentation via EDMS systems (e.g. Aconex / Asite / SharePoint)
• Issue and manage transmittals and document workflows
• Support vendor documentation control, ensuring compliance with project requirements
• Check documents for quality and compliance prior to uploading into EDMS
• Monitor document status, workflows, and overdue actions
• Assist with project close-out and handover documentation
• Support internal project teams with document retrieval and queries

About You:

• Previous experience as a Document Controller / Project Document Controller in engineering or construction environments
• Experience working with EDMS systems (Aconex, Asite, SharePoint, or similar)
• Understanding of vendor documentation, transmittals, and document registers
• Experience within construction, infrastructure, offshore, or engineering projects
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple document workflows
• Comfortable working in a structured, deadline-driven project environment

Desirable Experience:

Offshore, oil & gas, or EPC project experience
Exposure to manufacturing record books (MRBs) or O&M manuals
Experience supporting project handover / close-out documentation

Start date: Immediate 

Duration: 6 months

Rate: £28 p/h (outside IR35)

Location: SW London

All applicants must have full, permanent right to work in the UK.