Document Controller
Location: Haydock
Job type: Permanent / Full time
Salary: Competitive
Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company focused on safety-critical and mission-critical systems in highly regulated industries, including aerospace, clean energy, and maritime. Our services include engineering design, technical consultancy, and systems integration.
At Delkia, we believe engineering is more than technology, manufacturing, and innovation— it’s about the people behind it. By fostering a culture of passion, commitment, and innovative thinking, we ensure our teams are at the heart of our business, delivering exceptional results for our customers. We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and actively invest in future talent through STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements, and summer internships.
Our Head Office is in Haydock, supported by facilities in Egremont, Cumbria. Alongside these locations, we have a network of skilled staff working across the UK, forming a dynamic and highly capable team.
Join a company that values its people and is growing rapidly.
Overview of the role:
As Document Controller you will support Delkia’s quality and project delivery teams by ensuring that documentation is accurately organised, maintained, stored and distributed in line with organisational and client standards.
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Supporting with the creation, review and monitoring of and tracking of project documentation
- Leading on the completion of and upkeep of project related LTRs (lifetime records)
- Implementing internal and client document control system procedures and processes
- Performing quality checks on documentation to ensure internal and client standards and specifications are met
- Saving, retrieving, filing and archiving documentation and records
- Flowing out project documentation to stakeholders including the transmittals
What you’ll bring:
- Strong attention to detail and eye for detail
- Experience in administration
- Knowledge of, or experience in document control principles and practices would be beneficial
- A good understanding of and experience of working with Microsoft Office 365 (especially Word and Excel)
- Experience of working with SharePoint would be beneficial
- Strong organisational skills
- GCSE in English at C/4 or above
Armed Forces Covenant Commitment:
- As an Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Member, we commit to ensuring Armed Forces personnel leaving the service and Armed Forces Veterans will be actively considered alongside other candidates. Please indicate your previous service in your application. This role has been mapped against the RN/Army/RAF career streams and is closely aligned with NCO roles, such as Corporal Logistics.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Employers pension contributions of 5%
- 23 days holiday, plus 3 discretionary days to cover the Christmas closedown period (plus Bank Holidays)
- Birthday Day Off (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
- Healthcare cash plan – allowing you to reclaim the cost of everyday healthcare
- Volunteering time including 1 day for STEM related activities
- Professional Membership fees
- Free tea, coffee and fruit in the workplace
- Team collaboration and social events including a fully funded Christmas Party
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Flexible working
- Training and development
- Excellent company standards
- Company bonus scheme
- Great team spirit
Our Vision:
To be the UK’s leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.
Our Mission:
To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.
Our Values:
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Integrity, trust and accountability
- Safety and security
- Client focused
- Positive social value and impact
- Continuous improvement
Our Purpose:
At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.
Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vetting clearance as appropriate.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.
Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.
