Document Control Specialist (Contract)

Job Title: Document Control Specialist II Job Description
The Document Control Specialist II supports manufacturing operations by administering and continuously improving quality management system documentation processes. In this role, you ensure accurate control, distribution, revision management, and retention of quality records, engineering drawings, customer documentation, and manufacturing travelers. You help maintain compliance with ISO 9001 and NQA-1 requirements, support audit readiness, and contribute to quality metrics reporting and data analysis within a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain revision-controlled quality documents, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper formatting for manufacturing operations.
- Control the distribution of documentation, including engineering drawings, customer-supplied documents, manufacturing travelers, job files, and turnover packages.
- Manage records retention processes to ensure quality records and documentation are stored, organized, and retrievable in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Review engineering drawings, technical documentation packages, customer documentation, procedures, work instructions, and turnover packages for completeness and accuracy prior to release or submittal.
- Maintain documentation processes that support compliance with ISO 9001 and NQA-1 quality management system requirements.
- Support audit-ready documentation systems by organizing records, maintaining up-to-date controlled documents, and assisting with audit preparation activities.
- Process records and documentation requests from manufacturing, quality, engineering, and operations teams in a timely and accurate manner.
- Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and database tools to manage document control activities, record keeping, reporting, and data analysis.
- Collect, input, analyze, chart, and report quality and calibration data to support manufacturing operations and performance metrics.
- Identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks in documentation workflows and propose improvements to streamline processes and eliminate waste.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to document control and quality systems, contributing ideas and implementing changes where appropriate.
- Support quality compliance initiatives and audits by providing documentation, records, and reports as requested by quality and leadership teams.
- Collaborate closely with quality, manufacturing, engineering, and operations personnel to understand documentation needs and ensure alignment with production requirements.
- Maintain high attention to detail and data integrity in all document control and records management activities.
Essential Skills
- Minimum 4 years of experience in document control, records management, or document administration in a manufacturing, engineering, quality, or regulated environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing revision-controlled documents and maintaining document accuracy throughout the document lifecycle.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel for document creation, tracking, reporting, and data analysis.
- Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat for reviewing, editing, and managing electronic documents and technical packages.
- Experience reviewing technical documents, engineering drawings, procedures, work instructions, and customer documentation for completeness and accuracy.
- Ability to work confidently with technical documentation, engineering drawings, databases, and quality systems.
- Ability to support and maintain compliance with ISO 9001 and NQA-1 quality management system requirements.
- Strong data entry skills and attention to detail to ensure accurate records management and metrics reporting.
- Ability to work onsite in Westminster, Colorado in a manufacturing and office environment.
- U.S. work authorization.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Associate or Bachelors degree is preferred.
- Experience supporting manufacturing environments, particularly those producing engineered metal products.
- Exposure to ISO 9001 and NQA-1 or ASME-related quality systems and documentation requirements.
- Experience supporting audits or quality compliance initiatives, including preparing and organizing documentation for review.
- Experience with Microsoft Access or other database management tools for document control and recordkeeping.
- Experience working with engineering drawings and comprehensive technical documentation packages.
- Data analysis and metrics reporting experience, including charting and presenting quality or calibration data.
- Demonstrated ability to participate in continuous process improvement efforts related to documentation workflows.
- Comfort working in a highly regulated manufacturing setting with cross-functional teams in quality, manufacturing, engineering, and operations.
Work Environment
This role is based onsite in Westminster, Colorado within a manufacturing facility that produces engineered metal products. You work in a combined office and production support environment with frequent interaction with quality, manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams. The schedule is a stable full-time arrangement of 40 hours per week, with 9-hour workdays Monday through Thursday and a shortened half-day on Friday. The position offers the opportunity to gain experience in highly regulated manufacturing operations, with exposure to ISO 9001 and NQA-1 quality systems that are valuable across aerospace, energy, defense, and broader manufacturing sectors. The environment emphasizes collaboration, audit-ready documentation practices, and continuous improvement, and the role is structured as a contract assignment.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Denver, CO.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $36.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Denver, CO.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 5, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Denver,CO. About Actalent

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