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Lead Document Controller

Van Oord

Rotterdam
Contractor
Posted on: March 15th, 2026

As the Lead Document Controller, you'll be the focal point for all project-related document control matters, facilitating seamless communication among your project team, clients, subcontractors, and suppliers. Van Oord provides an environment that fosters professional growth, encouraging you to contribute your ideas and skills to the company's ongoing success.

 

Your workplace

The Document Control team comprises 28 enthusiastic colleagues who are setting a new standard for the quality of our work. Together with the team, you will focus on further professionalizing and automating our workflow to provide the best support for our project and tender teams. You report to the department manager Document Control.

 

Internally, you will collaborate with various disciplines. You will also engage with external stakeholders such as clients, suppliers, certification authorities, and more. Every day is slightly different, and that's exactly what keeps you motivated!

YOUR IMPACT

  • Coordinate and lead the project document control team, ensuring traceability of all project deliverables using our SharePoint-based Document Management System;
  • Managing and processing of internal and external documents;
  • Prepare project-specific Document Management Plans, incorporating client-specific requirements and ensuring compliance with the Van Oord Management System (VOMS). You are responsible for the compliance of all project deliverables with the project document management plan;
  • Establish document workflows for clients, certifying authorities, subcontractors, and suppliers based on agreed-upon review schedules;
  • Attend project meetings, providing Document Control input;
  • Contribute to the improvement of our Document Management System for Projects (DMS4P);

ABOUT YOU

  • 10+ years of experience in document control, including leadership roles;
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English;
  • Minimum 40hrs availability;
  • SharePoint experience;
  • Living in the Netherlands within 1 hour travelling distance of Van Oord office (Rotterdam and/or Gorinchem);
  • Willingness to spread working days over locations Gorinchem, Rotterdam and (if preferred) partly from home;

WE OFFER

  • A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience;
  • Travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home office allowance (€2,15 per day);
  • 32 leave days per year;
  • Variable bonus;
  • Pension scheme;
  • Collective health insurance (optional);
  • Flexible working from home policy, 2 days a week when working on a full-time basis;
  • Extensive learning and (personal) development possibilities, including a wide range of online courses via Goodhabitz;
  • You can join communities, like Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women and the Van Oord staff association;
  • We organise several (sport) events, e.g. winter sport, weekend of sailing, cycling and a motorcycle tour.
About Van Oord
Van Oord logo

We create a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity.

We are a Dutch family-owned company with over 150 years of experience as an international marine contractor. We value open communication with our clients and stakeholders. Our company culture is one of entrepreneurship and engaged employees. We think and act with responsibility and focus on the long term. Our purpose is to create a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity.

As a global marine contractor with over 150 years of experience, we focus on dredging and marine construction, offshore wind, offshore infrastructure, and infrastructure in the Netherlands. We work closely and safely with our clients and stakeholders to create innovative and sustainable solutions.

Our purpose and mission have four main drivers. The growing world population needs more space. Maritime transport requires new and improved infrastructure. Climate change demands better coastal protection. The demand for energy is growing and a renewable energy system is essential to providing the energy needed for the future.

Community involvement

We believe it is important to make a contribution to the communities in which we live and work. That is why we sponsor cultural and social activities and initiatives in the maritime sector. The underlying principle of Van Oord’s sponsorship policy is to give something back to or do something special for the community in which we are active. We involve ourselves in the environment in which we work by sharing knowledge and working with local experts. We add value by teaming up with research institutes, NGOs and other local partners.

Working at Van Oord

It’s the ingenious people that make Van Oord: the things that drive them, their entrepreneurship, dedication, passion, team spirit and care, and what they want to share with the world.

The knowledge and experience of Van Oord’s rich past are sources of inspiration and the foundation on which to build its future. Van Oord’s employees’ thirst for knowledge is encouraged by a focus on career development. Because our projects and the environment in which we operate change constantly, working at Van Oord is a lifelong learning experience, at all levels in the organisation. By sharing knowledge, Van Oord ensures expertise will be passed on to future generations.

Van Oord can offer a world of opportunities to professionals working on prestigious projects, good career prospects, space for personal and professional development and a competitive salary. The work can be demanding, so you must be flexible and inventive.

In exchange for this you will be given the opportunity of a lifetime. Van Oord also provides employees with various opportunities for further learning, including the Van Oord Academy. Our center focuses on Van Oord’s core activities as an international contracting firm and on the expertise in execution, project management, procurement and safety. Based on this aim, we develop technical learning paths and global training programs.

Do you have a few years’ experience, are you a team player, enterprising and would you like to broaden your horizons. Are you looking for a dynamic and versatile international environment in which your work is appreciated and rewarded well. If you recognise yourself in this description, Van Oord would like to meet you.

Kick-start of your career: Van Oord traineeship

Have you just finished your studies? Would you like to start your career within a leading maritime contractor, but you haven’t finished learning yet? Would you like to continue to develop yourself through training and on the job experience? Then Van Oord’s traineeship is definitely something for you!

With the Van Oord traineeship you will be ready for the next step in your career in no time. What your traineeship will look like is up to you. As a trainee, you will have a front row seat on world-class maritime projects, with a strong focus on sustainability and on your own development.  You have the potential to grow into a key position within our company in a technical or staff department. We help you to work with confidence and to get the best out of yourself. Your personal growth is key. In addition to this, you will earn a good salary right from the first day!

Facts about

  • Number of employees: 4500

  • Sectors: Inland shipping, Civil, Dredging, Energy, Marine Energy, Maritime, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Wind, Shipping

  • Preferred educational level: intermediate vocational education, higher vocational education, university

  • Career level: student, starter & traineeship (0-3 years), young professional (3-5 years), professional (5-10 years), senior professional (>10 years)

  • Preferred education: Civil engineering, offshore & dredging engineering, mechanical engineering, maritime technology, shipbuilding, maritime officer

  • Open vacancies: Superintendent, Technical Superintendent, Project Manager, Project Engineer, Engineer, Logistics Engineer, Procurement Officer, Offshore Construction Manager, QHSE manager