Document Controller - Montevideo

About the role

As a Document Controller at Jan De Nul in Uruguay, you support our dredging activities from our office in Montevideo. Our projects keep navigation channels open, deepen and maintain river and coastal ports, and build land reclamation and coastal protection schemes. While your focus is on our activities in Uruguay, you may also support other projects in the region as needs evolve. You will work in a dynamic environment and gain valuable experience along the way.To keep our projects running, we need accurate, structured people who make sure the right documents reach the right people, on time and fully traceable. We are looking for a Document Controller to join our project team and manage the project's documentation and correspondence flows. You will play a key role in the information flow of the project, working closely with the project management team, colleagues in different departments, subcontractors and client representatives.

What you’ll do

As a Document Controller, you will receive and send project documentation in line with established guidelines and support our quality control processes. Your responsibilities will include:

• Handling contractual and other correspondence, both within the project and between the project and client representatives.
• Managing incoming and outgoing correspondence and maintaining the correspondence databases.
• Facilitating the document control process, and helping prepare and review project documents.
• Keeping project document records up to date and managing the project filing system.
• Tracking subcontractors' reports and files.
• Participating in internal and external quality audits.
• Providing general administrative support to the project team.
• Communicating clearly and efficiently with clients and internal colleagues.
• Ensuring all of this is done safely and in line with company and project-specific standards, policies and procedures

Of course, you will not be doing this on your own: you can rely on the support of colleagues in quality, administration and the technical departments within the project team.Your base in MontevideoYou will be based at our office in Montevideo, working from Monday to Friday. Because contractual deadlines and audits can come up at short notice, we count on your flexibility to occasionally work outside these hours when the situation requires it.What do you need to have?You are accurate, well-organised and hands-on, and you enjoy keeping the paperwork right behind the scenes.

• A bachelor’s degree in administration, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in document control or project administration, ideally in construction, engineering or a marine environment.
• Familiarity with document management systems and quality procedures. Knowledge of ISO 9001 is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Good verbal and written Spanish and English.
• You live in Montevideo, Uruguay, and are entitled to work here.

Why working for us

• Long-term employment in an international company working on projects with real impact.
• A competitive remuneration package.
• A caring culture through our four corporate programmes: o LEARN: continuous learning and ownership of your development.o FIT: well-being through exercise, nutrition and work-life balance.o SHIFT: sustainability through bold ideas and long-term thinking.o S.A.F.E.: equal safety standards for every co-worker.

The world is what you make itJan De Nul Group shapes water and land around the world, addressing some of the most important challenges of our time. We boost the energy transition with infrastructure for renewable offshore energy. We focus on nature-inclusive dredging solutions to build harbours and protect our coastlines from the rising sea. We develop innovative construction projects for smart mobility and durable buildings. And we invest in planet redevelopment, giving new purpose to polluted sites. At Jan De Nul, the world is what you make it.Jan De Nul Group promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal opportunities and anti-discrimination employer.