TOC Assurance Lead – Nuclear & Major Infrastructure

Civil Works Alliance; Nacton; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leading salaries

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Civil Works Alliance (CWA) is seeking a senior TOC Assurance Manager to establish and run a robust, autonomous TOC assurance capability for Sizewell C, ensuring evidence-led submissions and governance.

You will chair LOD-0 reviews, oversee scope across cost, schedule, risk, procurement, logistics, and construction readiness, and collaborate with SZC teams to drive first-time approvals and alignment with the IWS Baseline.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls or related discipline.
• Professional membership in a relevant discipline.
• Significant experience governing major package submissions through complex staged gate processes.
• Experience in nuclear or high-assurance regulated infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks (PAA, RAB, LOD).
• Background in assurance, delivery, commercial, or controls leadership on major projects.
• Experience in complex infrastructure or EPC environments with multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Proven track record improving submission quality, governance, and first-time approvals.
• Strong TOC development knowledge and major package assurance processes.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, construction and completions.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the CWA LOD-0 assurance process and define evidence standards.
• Chair LOD-0 TOC Assurance Reviews and confirm readiness for SZC release.
• Ensure TOC assurance tests cover scope, cost, schedule, risk, deliverability, nuclear assurance, procurement and construction readiness.
• Prevent immature or poorly evidenced packages from submission.
• Align TOC with SZC IWS Baseline Schedule, Sequence, and Budget.
• Challenge risk allocation and prevent inappropriate risk transfer to SZC client.
• Provide independent challenge to CWA leaders on TOC quality and baselines.
• Establish the CWA TOC Assurance Plan and mandatory evidence requirements.
• Maintain forward submission schedules aligned to NTS/NTP needs.
• Chair weekly readiness reviews and report on assurance quality, rework trends and risk patterns.
• Ensure package assumptions, interfaces, cost estimates, schedules and risk registers are coherent.
• Demonstrate procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and construction readiness within TOC submissions.
• Engage SZC TOC Assurance, Project Controls, Commercial, Finance, Engineering and Nuclear Assurance.

Skills

TOC development

Staged gate assurance

Major package governance

Nuclear environments

Governance & reporting

Scheduling & cost control

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Professional membership

Job description

Civil Works Alliance (CWA) is seeking a senior TOC Assurance Manager to establish and run a robust, autonomous TOC assurance capability for Sizewell C, ensuring evidence-led submissions and governance.

You will chair LOD-0 reviews, oversee scope across cost, schedule, risk, procurement, logistics, and construction readiness, and collaborate with SZC teams to drive first-time approvals and alignment with the IWS Baseline.