Lead Document Controller

Job Title: Lead Document Controller

Location: Warrington, Cheshire OR Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70257

Shape the Future of Nuclear Services

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Lead Document Controller at our at Warrington, Cheshire or Leicester, Leicestershire site.

The role

As a Lead Document Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take ownership of all document control activities across our projects, acting as the subject matter expert for processes, standards, and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact, leading a team, driving best practice, and ensuring critical information is accurate, secure, and accessible.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

Lead and manage all document control activities across the project, including team leadership. Develop and implement project-specific document control arrangements aligned with Cavendish Nuclear and customer requirements. Drive system adoption, performance reporting, audits, and issue resolution. Collaborate closely with engineering and other project functions to ensure compliance and efficiency. Champion continuous improvement and support wider information and knowledge management initiatives.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week, based at Warrington, Cheshire or Leicester, Leicestershire with occasional travel. You’ll need to be in the office 4–5 days per week.

Essential experience of the Lead Document Controller:

Proven experience in a senior or lead document control role, including managing a team. Excellent knowledge of document control and records management processes in a project environment. Strong understanding of information management standards (e.g., ISO 15489, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 23081). Experience implementing and managing an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).

Qualifications for the Lead Document Controller:

Records Management or Librarian qualification (or willingness to undertake).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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. This Window opens February through to March annually. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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 [email protected] 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: 23/01/2026

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