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Turner & Townsend

Global project management and cost consulting

Document Controller

Office Clerical & RecordsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCape Town, South AfricaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A diploma or degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, project management, information management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • At least 5 years of document control or project information-management experience on large construction, infrastructure, engineering, or capital projects.
  • Demonstrable administration of ACC, Autodesk Docs, and Autodesk Build on live multidisciplinary projects, including project setup and ongoing governance.
  • Experience supporting mobilisation, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover, and close-out.
  • High-volume control of drawings, specifications, technical submissions, submittals, transmittals, RFIs, instructions, correspondence, reports, and handover records.
  • Strong working knowledge of SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Excel, Outlook, and Word.
  • Experience coordinating consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and clients on complex projects with formal review and approval requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the setup, governance, and day-to-day administration of the project common data environment for large, multidisciplinary construction projects.
  • Ensure project information is controlled, traceable, secure, correctly named, and available to authorised stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Configure project folders by discipline, work package, lifecycle stage, and controlled information state; establish project templates where approved.
  • Administer members, companies, roles, and permissions using least-privilege principles; maintain membership and permission registers and perform periodic access reviews.
  • Implement document numbering, metadata, and file naming standards; monitor non-compliance and coordinate corrections before information is accepted into controlled areas.
  • Maintain the ACC environment as an auditable source of current project information and protect against uncontrolled duplication or use of superseded documents.
  • Set up review and approval workflows, participants, due dates, status codes, outcomes, and escalation routes for each document or discipline type.
  • Check submissions for completeness, correct naming, numbering, revision, metadata, and folder location before routing.
  • Prepare, verify, issue, and track formal transmittals; maintain registers and evidence of recipients, viewing, downloads, issue dates, and transmitted revisions.
  • Monitor workflow actions, issue reminders, and escalate stalled, rejected, or overdue reviews to discipline leads and the Project Manager.
  • Configure and administer RFI and submittal registers, types, packages, specification sections, responsible parties, review periods, and workflow statuses.
  • Check records for clear scope, location, required response date, and supporting references; monitor ball-in-court responsibility, overdue actions, and closure evidence.
  • Maintain controlled registers for contract, site, and design instructions; confirm that formal contractual communications are issued only by authorised persons.
  • Use Build Issues for approved coordination, design, quality, safety, or action tracking while preserving the distinction between operational issues and formal contract instructions.
  • Establish and maintain SharePoint libraries and folders aligned to the Turner & Townsend gate-review system and project governance requirements.
  • Ensure Turner & Townsend project members file records in the correct locations and comply with approved naming conventions, versioning, and access requirements.
  • Perform filing audits; identify missing, duplicated, misfiled, obsolete, or incorrectly named records and coordinate corrective action.
  • Define the authoritative system for each record type and control any required duplication between ACC and SharePoint.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly document-control reports covering submissions, overdue reviews, rejected or resubmitted documents, RFIs, submittals, instructions, transmittals, naming compliance, and filing compliance.
  • Maintain actionable dashboards and trackers showing status, responsible person, due date, ageing, and escalation requirements; assist the Project Manager with ACC Insight, platform exports, and Power BI outputs where applicable.
  • Provide onboarding, role-based training, quick-reference guidance, and practical support for users with limited ACC, Build, or SharePoint experience.
  • Maintain training records, identify recurring user errors, and deliver targeted coaching or corrective guidance.
  • Support project audits, assurance reviews, stage gates, handover, and close-out by maintaining complete, retrievable, and auditable records.

Desired Qualifications

  • Relevant document control, project information management, or ISO 19650 training.
  • ACC / Autodesk Build training credentials, verified Autodesk learning badges, or recognised course-completion certificates.
  • Autodesk Certified Professional in BIM Management for Building Design; demonstrable live-project administration experience should carry greater weight than a generic course certificate.
  • Microsoft 365 / SharePoint training.
  • Power BI exposure or experience.

About the Company

Turner & Townsend

Global project management and cost consulting

Turner & Townsend provides project management, cost management, and advisory services for real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. It manages the full project life cycle—from planning and budgeting to risk management and program delivery across design, construction, and operation. The firm distinguishes itself with a global footprint of 130+ offices in 45+ countries and an alliance with CBRE that expands reach and resources for large, complex assets. Its goal is to help clients maximize asset value by delivering projects on time and within budget while improving performance from inception through operation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$1.3B
Headquarters
Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded
1980

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