Job Description

Job Title: Document Controller

Location: Devonport, Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £24,500 - £32,800 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73789

Keep Vital Projects Moving In A Role Where Every Detail Matters

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Document Controller at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Document Controller, you will play a vital role in supporting high-profile submarine programmes that are critical to national defence. Working within a fast-paced, project-driven environment, you’ll ensure the accurate management and control of key documentation across Nuclear Operations.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements. Set working times are Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 3:30pm and Friday 7:00am – 12:00pm.

• Provide efficient administrative and document control support to multiple teams within Nuclear Operations
• Create, record, file, distribute, and securely dispose of documentation in line with procedures
• Manage SharePoint sites and maintain accurate, organised document management systems
• Attend meetings, take minutes, and ensure timely distribution of records and supporting documentation
• Liaise with internal teams and customers to coordinate meetings and respond to routine enquiries

Essential experience of the Document Controller:

• Demonstrated experience working within an office or administrative environment
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and familiarity with SharePoint systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational and time management capabilities
• Effective problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

Qualifications for the Document Controller:

• GCSEs in English and Maths at grade C/4 or equivalent - Essential
• NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent - Desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. 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 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 Babcock 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, 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: 05/06/2026

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