- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: South Africa
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
Represented by Get A Job.ai
About This Opportunity
Our talent team at Get A Job.ai is representing a UK-based organization in the engineering sector. They need a Document Controller to maintain version integrity and ensure teams always work from current, approved documentation. This is a permanent, fully remote position working UK business hours from South Africa.
You will own the document register, control all revisions, and serve as the authoritative source for project files. The role suits someone methodical who values precision and clean audit trails.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the central document register and control all revision cycles
- Issue documents to internal teams and external stakeholders on schedule
- Enforce naming, numbering and filing conventions across the project
- Track approvals and maintain a complete audit trail
- Archive superseded documents and manage retention schedules
- Support audits by delivering complete, retrievable records
What We're Looking For
Required:
- Two or more years in document control, records management or project administration
- Hands-on experience with a document control system such as SharePoint, Aconex or Viewpoint
- Strong attention to version detail and naming discipline
- Clear written English for issuing and chasing approvals
- Reliable home internet and a quiet workspace for UK hours (09:00–17:00 UK / 11:00–19:00 SAST)
Preferred:
- Exposure to ISO 9001 or similar quality standards
- Experience in construction, engineering or energy projects
- Familiarity with CAD drawing registers
How We Work With You
Apply directly through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter on our team will screen your CV and conduct an initial interview. If you're a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the employer directly; all communication flows through our recruiting team to protect your candidacy.
Pay
Pay via Get A Job.ai: R29,000 – R32,000 per month.
Get A Job.ai is an equal-opportunity recruiter. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or background.
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Working in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to the east and northeast by Mozambique, and Eswatini, and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has a population of over 63 million people, making it the sixth-most populated country in Africa. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while
Note: South Africa observes a public holiday on Sep 24 — Heritage Day.
🇿🇦 Relocation safety for South Africa: Exercise Increased Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in South Africa: 32.4% — via World Bank
GDP per capita in South Africa: $6,598 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in South Africa: 3.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in South Africa: 1.1% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per week in South Africa: 42.4 — via ILOSTAT
Mean monthly earnings in South Africa: $603 — via ILOSTAT
About this role & career path
Traits that fit this role
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
Source: O*NET Work Styles (Distinctiveness Rank).
Typical preparation needed: Job Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. — via O*NET
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Salary & compensation
Workers in Computer & Mathematical occupations earn a national median of $98,769 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
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Listing facts
- Role Document Controller
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location South Africa
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 4, 2026
- Apply by October 4, 2026
- Country South Africa
- Overview Full job description on this page (305 words)
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Typical work in Document Controller
Independent occupational context from O*NET (U.S. public-domain labor data). This is about the occupation, not a rewrite of this employer's posting.
- Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
- Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
- Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
- Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
- Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.
- Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems.
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