Lead Digital Document Controller – ISO 19650 & BIM in Hatfield

Equans is looking for a Digital Manager to join our team in Hatfield. This is a full‑time role with a salary range of £55,000–£65,000 depending on skills and experience, and a benefits package. The role requires a valid driving licence and involves travelling to sites across London and Southeast England.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of document controllers.
• Lead document control processes across multiple complex projects or programmes.
• Ensure consistent compliance with document management protocols, GDPR, ISO standards, and client contract requirements.
• Manage and administer EDMS platforms such as Viewpoint for Projects (4Projects), ensuring correct usage and access control.
• Define project information standards, methods, and procedures, ensuring adherence to ISO 19650 or PAS 1192 standards.
• Ensure integration of Golden Thread supporting information (e.g., Fieldview) into the EDMS platform.
• Manage the production, exchange, and approval of documents, models, and data among contractors, designers, and clients.
• Support the setup of document control systems and naming conventions at project initiation stages.
• Provide quality assurance checks on document submissions and transmittals.
• Oversee the collation and handover of O&M manuals, Health & Safety files, and other key project documentation.
• Produce and interpret document control reports for project leaders and stakeholders.
• Mentor Document Controllers, providing training and guidance as required.
• Coordinate document reviews, approvals, and version control with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the secure archiving and retrieval of project documents in line with legal and company requirements.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 2 times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to a mental wellbeing app

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in document control within construction or engineering projects.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 19650 and BIM protocols, and EDMS platforms, particularly Viewpoint for Projects (4Projects).
• Ability to manage and improve document control processes at project and business level.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
• Strong IT proficiency including MS Office Suite.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven experience leading a team, delivering training and mentoring staff.
• Experience of data and process auditing.
• Experience with BIM documentation coordination.
• Familiarity with BSR Gateway document control demands.
• Knowledge of ISO 19650 standards and project handover documentation requirements.
• Working knowledge of commercial or contractual document processes.

We encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, as well as all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK.