Document Controller

Job Description

Job Title: Document Controller

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. (Fulltime onsite)

Salary: Starting from £29,667 – depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the governance of the Business Management System (BMS)

• Ensuring core processes, documents and records are controlled, compliant and continuously improved

• Monitoring compliance to standards and regulatory requirements

• Providing oversight of process ownership and maintaining the integrity of document control

• Supporting local Audits and investigations (including Human Factors)

• Maintaining the BMS maintenance records

Your skills and experience:

• Knowledge of Business Management Systems, Operational Framework and Operational Assurance processes

• Experience of document control or audits

• Knowledge of Quality Standards e.g. ISO9001/EN9001

• Confident with Windows and Sharepoint applications

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Business Management System (BMS) Team:

This is a key role supporting the organisation to operate consistently, meet assurance expectations, and drive quality-focused performance. You’ll collaborate with colleagues at all levels of the business, gaining valuable insight into how the organisation operates while building strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the company. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing date: 10th March 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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