Job Title: Document Controller
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70354
Shape the Future of Nuclear Engineering
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 Document Controller, at our Leicester, Leicestershire site.
The role
As a Document Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our document management process, ensuring critical information flows seamlessly across projects that power the UK’s nuclear future. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on national energy security while developing your career in a dynamic and highly specialised environment.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
- Manage and maintain the document management system, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Receive and process inputs from engineering and project teams.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to provide updates and guidance on document flow.
- Transmit drawing specifications for nuclear power stations.
- Investigate and organise historic documentation.
This is a permanent, full‑time role working 37 hours per week based in Leicester, Leicestershire. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of three days in the office.
Essential experience of the Document Controller:
- Proven experience with document flow, configuration, and control.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
Qualifications for the Document Controller:
- We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 22/01/2026
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