Document Controller
Overview
Redpath Partners is partnering with a specialised blast and coating facility supporting a major Australian defence shipbuilding program. We are recruiting an Document Controller to support the delivery of complex industrial and infrastructure projects.
Are you a document control specialist who knows that on major projects, the paper trail is the project? A rapidly expanding global leader in the Industrial Corrosion Control Industry is looking for an Adelaide-based Document Controller to run document control for a major industrial facility program supporting naval shipbuilding and defence infrastructure in Adelaide, South Australia. You will own the systems, registers and workflows that keep a complex, security-conscious project running cleanly.
The Role
As a Document Controller, you will:
- Maintain the project document management system, registers and numbering conventions.
- Process transmittals, submissions and document exchanges in accordance with client protocols and contractual timeframes.
- Control drawing and deliverable registers, including revision status and review workflows.
- Maintain RFI, correspondence and technical query registers in coordination with the project team.
- Apply project information security and handling requirements to sensitive and classified material.
- Support subcontractor and vendor document submissions, tracking and expediting.
- Assemble reporting packs, meeting records and formal submissions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 3+ years of document control experience on major construction, infrastructure or defence projects.
- Experience with electronic document management systems (e.g. Aconex, TeamBinder, SharePoint) and client data rooms.
- Understanding of controlled document workflows, revision management and transmittal processes.
- Exposure to projects with information security or sensitive-information handling requirements preferred.
- Qualifications in business administration, information management or a related field advantageous.
Applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government (AGSVA) security clearance. This role supports major naval and defence infrastructure projects delivered from Adelaide, South Australia.
The Perks of Working With Us
- Great team culture with a meaningful mission
- Flexible working and leave arrangements
- Competitive salary and superannuation
- Supportive employee wellbeing and benefits program
- The opportunity to establish document control on a flagship Adelaide program
Personality / Core Value Requirements
We spell happy HAPIEE - because that’s who we are:
- Humility - the team wins together.
- Agility - we move fast and adapt.
- Passion - “CAN DO!” is our motto.
- Integrity - we always do the right thing.
- Execution - we do what we say we’ll do.
- Excellence - we bring pride and work ethic to every project.
Ready to Bring Order to Complexity?
If you take pride in flawless registers, tight version control and documentation people can rely on, we want you on our team. Join us as a Document Controller on a program that demands your level of precision.
Apply now or contact Hannah at Redpath Partners for a confidential discussion.
Hannah Hellstrom
Hannah@Redpathpartners.com












