The billion-pound, 15-year contract award will deliver critical utilities infrastructure upgrades at the Cumbrian decommissioning site. The safe and responsible decommissioning of the UK’s nuclear legacy is a critical part of creating a sustainable future and delivering local and national economic prosperity.
As one of Sellafield’s trusted partners, we’ll deliver safe, high-quality utilities upgrades in a complex working environment, drawing on our extensive cross-sector infrastructure experience in the water, energy and transportation sectors to upgrade a variety of on-site and off-site utility distribution systems and services.
Our responsibilities will involve refurbishing and replacing a variety of on-site and off-site utility distribution systems and services, including steam, water supply, water treatment, compressed gas and other essential utilities serving Sellafield.

The Document Control/Information Management Department plays a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient management, security, and accessibility of documents and information across all projects and operational levels. This department is central to the company's ability to execute projects effectively, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain high standards of quality and efficiency.

What does joining an apprenticeship at Costain offer you?

There are a wide range of apprenticeships available both in levels of qualification, and in length of study. At Costain we have a variety of apprenticeships on offer working on projects around the UK in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels and with a number of partners and joint ventures.
When taking on one of the many apprenticeships offered by Costain you will be supported by your project line manager and team, The Costain Early Careers Team, and the training provider of your academic qualification. The training provider may be a college, a university or even an independent training provider.
At your interview you will discuss the level of qualification on offer. At this time, we may not know which training provider you will be registered with but either before or in the early weeks of your apprenticeship, the Early Careers Team will register you with a suitable training provider who can support the delivery of your qualification. Being an apprentice means you will work both on-the-job with your project at site, and off-the-job at with the provider.
You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship by your local team and line manager, and you will be given time to carry out your studies with the provider etc. Your on-the-job training will be in line with the work available on site but will afford the opportunity to ensure that you are given on site experience required to meet the technical and competency levels in order to achieve your apprenticeship goals.

Responsibilities: Document Processing: Process, catalogue, and store documents in physical or digital formats, ensuring they are accessible and correctly filed. Support the team with maintaining the lifecycle of documents, including creation, revisions, approval, distribution, and archiving, in alignment with project and company standards.

Quality Control and Compliance: Ensure all documents adhere to company policies, project requirements, and industry regulations. Regularly review and audit documentation processes and storage for compliance and efficiency.

Coordination and Communication: Support the team and act as a liaison between project teams, departments, and external partners to ensure smooth document flow and accessibility. Coordinate the distribution of documents to relevant parties, ensuring everyone has access to the latest versions and updates.

Data Integrity and Security: Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of project documents, implementing measures to prevent unauthorised access or alterations. Ensure proper version control of documents, keeping an accurate history of revisions and approvals.

Reporting and Archiving: Prepare and maintain reports on document status, distribution, and compliance for project management review. Oversee the archiving of documents, ensuring they are securely stored for future access and in compliance with legal and company requirements.

Reporting and Analysis: Support with generating comprehensive reports on document status, compliance, and performance metrics for senior management.

Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours and Experience

Essential

Good Microsoft Office skills

Attention to detail to maintain the accuracy and integrity of documents

Able to prioritise/time management

Strong organisational skills

Team player

Adaptability

Trustworthy

Integrity

Confidence to question/clarify tasks

Motivated

Communicating clearly, both written and verbally

Quick learner

Desirable

Innovative

Someone who is creative, with a keen interest in the latest technology

Someone that enjoys challenges and problem solving in their day-to-day work

Qualifications: Essential

Equivalent of 5 GCSEs, grades A*-C or 9-4, including Maths, Science and English

Desirable

Some previous admin experience

About us: Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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