Technical Assurance Advisor - NERS
East LondonOn-site
AI Summary
A Technical Assurance Advisor maintains and strengthens OCU's NERS accreditations by leading internal audits, reviewing quality management systems, investigating non-conformances, and supporting external audits and operational teams in the utilities sector.
About this role
Location: East London | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office Based | Regular Travel
Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.
The Opportunity
Are you a field based engineer working in energy experienced in NERS now looking for a new challenge?
As a Technical Assurance Advisor, you will play a critical role in maintaining and strengthening OCU's operational compliance across our utility infrastructure activities. Supporting the management of our NERS accreditations, you'll help ensure that our systems, processes, and operational delivery continue to meet the highest industry standards.
As a Technical Assurance Advisor, you will play a critical role in maintaining and strengthening OCU's operational compliance across our utility infrastructure activities. Supporting the management of our NERS accreditations, you'll help ensure that our systems, processes, and operational delivery continue to meet the highest industry standards.
This is an opportunity to work closely with operational teams, quality professionals, and external accrediting bodies, helping to drive continuous improvement, technical compliance, and operational excellence across the business. If you're passionate about quality assurance, auditing, and raising standards within the utilities sector, we'd like to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead internal audits to ensure compliance with NERS requirements, quality standards, and company procedures.
- Support the maintenance and development of OCU's NERS accreditations and accreditation scopes.
- Review quality management systems, operational documentation, and procedures to ensure alignment with industry requirements.
- Monitor operational performance against NERS standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Investigate non-conformances and work with operational teams to implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Coordinate and support external audits, surveillance visits, and accreditation assessments.
- Provide guidance and technical support to operational teams on compliance and quality matters.
- Deliver training, briefings, and awareness sessions relating to NERS requirements, technical standards, and quality processes.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Essential
- Experience within the utilities, power/energy, or infrastructure sector in a quality, compliance, technical, or operational role.
- Strong understanding of NERS requirements and utility connection activities.
- Experience conducting audits, inspections, or compliance reviews.
- Knowledge of quality management systems and continuous improvement processes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to interpret technical standards and translate them into practical operational requirements.
- Full UK driving licence.
Desirable
- Engineering, technical, or utility-related qualification.
- Bonus if you hold an IOSH qualification or other health and safety certification.
- It would be great if you've worked directly with Lloyd's Register assessments or accreditation frameworks.
- It would be great if you have experience managing non-conformance and corrective action processes.
- Previous experience within a DNO, ICP, IDNO, or utility network environment would be advantageous.
Benefits
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Hayley Hufton at [email protected]
Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.
Skills
Compliance ReviewCorrective And Preventative ActionsDNOICPIDNOInternal AuditingIOSHLloyd's RegisterNERSNon-conformance ManagementQuality Management SystemsUK Driving LicenceUtility Connection Activities
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