Document Controller - Project Records
Job Description and Requirements
Document Controller - Project RecordsJob Snapshot
Role: Document Controller
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Construction
Function: Document Control
Experience: Fresh graduates welcome; previous experience preferred but not required
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Parsons is seeking a motivated Document Controller to join its team in Dubai, UAE, supporting a major PPP infrastructure programme. This site-based opportunity is open to UAE Nationals, including high school diploma holders and fresh graduates who want to develop their careers in project document control. The role will support accurate registration, tracking, filing, distribution, and archiving of project information while coordinating with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal project teams.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Construction
Function: Document Control
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: UAE National
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
What You\'ll Be Doing
- Receive, register, organize, and archive project documents.
- Maintain accurate document registers and structured filing
- Track document submissions through review and approval processes.
- Monitor document revisions and maintain current status information.
- Ensure documents are correctly numbered and controlled in accordance with project procedures.
- Prepare document trackers, reports, and status updates.
- Maintain electronic and hard-copy project records.
- Coordinate document-related activities with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
- Support project audits by providing organized and traceable documentation.
- Assist with document requirements during project handover and close-out.
- Follow established Parsons and project document control procedures.
- Help ensure project information can be retrieved efficiently when required by the team.
Project Document Control
The Document Controller will help maintain an orderly and reliable project information environment throughout the infrastructure programme. Day-to-day activities will involve registering incoming information, updating document status, maintaining filing structures, and tracking documents as they move through review, approval, and revision processes.
Accuracy and attention to detail are important because document registers and records must provide project personnel with clear information on the status and location of controlled documents.
Team and Project Coordination
This position will work with different parties involved in project delivery, including clients, consultants, contractors, and Parsons personnel. The successful candidate should be comfortable handling multiple tasks, following established procedures, and coordinating document requirements within a site-based team environment.
For candidates beginning their careers, the role provides practical exposure to project documentation processes and systems used on major infrastructure programmes.
Qualifications and Skills
- UAE National.
- High school diploma, diploma, or bachelor\'s degree.
- Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Previous work experience is preferred but not required.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Good attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to organize multiple tasks and work to required deadlines.
- Willingness to learn project document management systems.
- Ability to work at a project site as part of a team.
Systems and Tools
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Aconex
- SharePoint
- ProjectWise
Previous experience with Aconex, SharePoint, or ProjectWise is not stated as mandatory. Candidates should be willing to learn these systems as required for the project.
About Parsons
Parsons provides opportunities to build practical experience while contributing to major infrastructure programmes alongside multidisciplinary project teams. The company emphasizes learning, professional growth, employee wellbeing, innovation, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity across job levels.



